In July 2022, the average mobile internet download speed in Australia was ****** Mbps. Mobile internet outperformed fixed broadband in terms of download speeds, however, fixed broadband performed slightly better in upload speeds.

According to data collected in Australia between July and September 2024, Optus had the highest average 5G download speed of the operators surveyed. Optus customers with a 5G enabled device experienced an average download speed of ***** Mbps.

Internet Speed in Australia increased to 11063.10 KBps in the first quarter of 2017 from 10098.33 KBps in the fourth quarter of 2016. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for AustraliaInternet Speed.

This data compares Australia's performance in broadband against the other 30 OECD nations (at Dec 2018). A graph ordered by count of subs over 100Mbps puts Australia in the bottom two (since we have no over 100Mbps at Dec 2018).A presentation titled; "Maximising the Value of the NBN; comparing our NBN to Australia's Top 10 Trading Partners and the OECD", attached for presentation 25 Feb 2020, Telsoc event (link added below at Telsoc.org; includes video of event). Event Title: NBN Futures Forum - Learning from International Experience (Description added). Melbourne.Version: 14: Paper published in Journal of Telecomms and Digital Economy; Vol 8, No. 2 (Jun 2020) - see DOI below (10.18080/jtde.v8n2.252)13; add slideshare link.12. Original OECD file found with AU speed breakdown - now loaded. Confirming speed analysis of AU.11. Loaded copy of OECD data file. File now contains only aggregate Australia data. No breakdown by speed available from OECD site. This casts some doubt on the AU breakdown, provided in file attached, and may be a revision of the stats or an Author error. (28.2.20)10.FINAL slides loaded (24.2.20)9. Added OECD as Author.8. Draft v3 of slides (18.2.20).7. Seminar 25/2/20 (link added); Slides Draft v1, v2 slides added (pdf).6. Added pdf of Submission (Sub_016_RF.pdf) to Inquiry into NBN, and link to published submission. (Appendix 1 links not working). A separate Appendix 1 with working links now attached.4/5. Uploaded cleaned up Graph, with better legible x-axis. Countries marked with * are Australia's Top 10 Trading Partners - exports, imports.3. (Jan 2020) - adds China, Singapore who are non-OECD, and Australia 2009 (Source ABS 8153.00).Add filter, to allow comparing - all OECD (plus China, Singapore), filter = 1 (top 10 AU trading Partners), filter = 2 (AU 2009, 2018, post build NBN). Added slower speed for AU 2009.China estimate of slower speeds, based on s-curve take-up of high speed, see CNNIC Report (linked below). Singapore data - source to add. A calc of weighted average puts Australia in the bottom 3 of 30 OECD countries, just ahead of Colombia and Mexico, behind Chile, Turkey and Austria.ERRATA;Noted OECD original file, now no longer contains a breakdown of AU speeds, casting doubt on dataset. 28.2.20, corrected in V12.Noted China User count error is slowest speed - to amend. Noted calc error in V2 of average speed. Corrected in V3.OECD data available at: OECD Broadband Portalhttps://oecd.org/sti/broadband/5.1-FixedBB-SpeedTiers-2018-06.xlsNB: OECD should be an author of this dataset, but Figshare currently doesn't allow OECD to be included as an author, since they are not a known author in the Figshare system. Please cite as Ferrers, R, and OECD (2019). Title etc...Counts are measured in subscriptions per hundred people.SPEEDS>1.5/2 Mbps (megabits per second)>10 Mbps>25/30 Mbps>100 MbpsThe categories seem to mean;1.5 - 10Mbps | 10-30Mbps | 30-100Mbps | >100Mbps. A graph aggregates to three categories; slow (Under 30mbps), medium, 30-100 mbps) and fast (>100 mbps)This data is a response to the NBN sponsored report from Alpha Beta suggesting Australia is 19 / 37 countries and ahead of Germany, France and China. NBN report at: https://nbn.tm/Speed-CheckBased on Dec 2018 #OECD DATA of internet speeds as reported by each of 30 countries - AU is at the bottom end of speeds, one of the few to report 0% over 100mbps eg France 5 subs/100 ppl over 100mbps; Germany 6; Spain 9, US 9; Canada 10. #nbnCalculation of weighted average speed of broadband users puts Australia 32 / 34 countries at 7mbps. Impacted by large number of under 25mbps services (27/33).NEWS (2.9.20): China reports 417M FTTP/O connections (93% of total fixed connections) at Dec 19, and 85% of fixed connections at 100Mbps or over. https://cnnic.com.cn/IDR/ReportDownloads/

This is an Australian extract of Speedtest Open data available at Amazon WS (link below - opendata.aws).AWS data licence is "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0", so use of this data must be:- non-commercial (NC)- reuse must be share-alike (SA)(add same licence).This restricts the standard CC-BY Figshare licence.A world speedtest open data was dowloaded (>400Mb, 7M lines of data). An extract of Australia's location (lat, long) revealed 88,000 lines of data (attached as csv).A Jupyter notebook of extract process is attached.A link to Twitter thread of outputs provided.A link to Data tutorial provided (GitHub), including Jupyter Notebook to analyse World Speedtest data, selecting one US State.Data Shows: (Q2)- 3.1M speedtests- 762,000 devices- 88,000 grid locations (600m * 600m), summarised as a point- average speed 33.7Mbps (down), 12.4M (up)- Max speed 724Mbps- data is for 600m * 600m grids, showing average speed up/down, number of tests, and number of users (IP). Added centroid, and now lat/long.See tweet of image of centroids also attached.Versions:v15/16. Add Hist comparing Q1-21 vs Q2-20. Inc ipynb (incHistQ121, v.1.3-Q121) to calc.v14 Add AUS Speedtest Q1 2021 geojson.(79k lines avg d/l 45.4Mbps)v13 - Added three colour MELB map (less than 20Mbps, over 90Mbps, 20-90Mbps)v12 - Added AUS - Syd - Mel Line Chart Q320.v11 - Add line chart compare Q2, Q3, Q4 plus Melb - result virtually indistinguishable. Add line chart to compare Syd - Melb Q3. Also virtually indistinguishable. Add HIST compare Syd - Melb Q3. Add new Jupyter with graph calcs (nbn-AUS-v1.3). Some ERRATA document in Notebook. Issue with resorting table, and graphing only part of table. Not an issue if all lines of table graphed.v10 - Load AURIN sample pics. Speedtest data loaded to AURIN geo-analytic platform; requires edu.au login.v9 - Add comparative Q2, Q3, Q4 Hist pic.v8 - Added Q4 data geojson. Add Q3, Q4 Hist pic.v7 - Rename to include Q2, Q3 in Title.v6 - Add Q3 20 data. Rename geojson AUS data as Q2. Add comparative Histogram. Calc in International.ipynb.v5 - add Jupyter Notebook inc Histograms. Hist is count of geo-locations avg download speed (unweighted by tests).v4 - added Melb choropleth (png 50Mpix) inc legend. (To do - add Melb.geojson). Posted Link to AURIN description of Speedtest data.v3 - Add super fast data (>100Mbps) less than 1% of data - 697 lines. Includes png of superfast.plot(). Link below to Google Maps version of superfast data points. Also Google map of first 100 data points - sample data. Geojson format for loading into GeoPandas, per Jupyter Notebook. New version of Jupyter Notebook, v.1.1.v2 - add centroids image.v1 - initial data load.** Future Work- combine Speedtest data with NBN Technology by location data (national map.gov.au); https://www.data.gov.au/dataset/national-broadband-network-connections-by-technology-type- combine Speedtest data with SEIFA data - socioeconomic categories - to discuss with AURIN.- Further international comparisons- discussed collaboration with Assoc Prof Tooran Alizadeh, USyd.

This is an Australian extract of Speedtest Open data available at Amazon WS (link below - opendata.aws).AWS data licence is "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0", so use of this data must be:- non-commercial (NC)- reuse must be share-alike (SA)(add same licence).This restricts the standard CC-BY Figshare licence.A world speedtest open data was dowloaded (>400Mb, 7M lines of data). An extract of Australia's location (lat, long) revealed 88,000 lines of data (attached as csv).A Jupyter notebook of extract process is attached.A link to Twitter thread of outputs provided.A link to Data tutorial provided (GitHub), including Jupyter Notebook to analyse World Speedtest data, selecting one US State.Data Shows:- 3.1M speedtests- 762,000 devices- 88,000 grid locations (600m * 600m), summarised as a point- average speed 33.7Mbps (down), 12.4M (up)- Max speed 724Mbps- data is for 600m * 600m grids, showing average speed up/down, number of tests, and number of users (IP). Added centroid, and now lat/long.See tweet of image of centroids also attached.Versions:v3 - Add super fast data (>100Mbps) less than 1% of data - 697 lines. Includes png of superfast.plot(). Link below to Google Maps version of superfast data points. Also Google map of first 100 data points - sample data. Geojson format for loading into GeoPandas, per Jupyter Notebook. New version of Jupyter Notebook, v.1.1.v2 - add centroids image.v1 - initial data load.

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In 2022, Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) consisted of a mix of technologies, with **** percent of connections achieved through Fiber to the Node (FTTN) connections. Around *** percent of connections that cannot be connected by fiber cables are serviced through a long-term satellite. A Multi Technology Mix (MTM) The original NBN design proposed that the majority of connections would be supplied by Fiber to the Premises (FTTP). This design was later changed to include a greater multi technology mix, which would combine the existing copper cable network with fiber. The rationale behind this change was to reduce costs and speed up the installation process, but this came at the cost of reduced internet speed for some connections. Connections that rely on copper cables have a maximum speed of around *** times less than FTTP connections and even less for wireless connections. As a result, the average download speed for fixed broadband in Australia currently sits at around ** Mbps. A national broadband network The NBN is an Australian government-owned wholesale broadband network and at a cost of ** billion Australian dollars, it is the country’s largest-ever infrastructure project. In June 2021, over ** million homes and businesses were deemed ready to connect to the NBN. Once complete, NBN Co. Limited will continue to administer and maintain the network while the retail sales of broadband internet will be handled by internet service providers.

According to data collected in Australia between July and September 2024, Vodafone had the highest 5G availability of the operators surveyed. Telstra customers with a 5G enabled device could obtain a 5G connection **** percent of the time, whereas Optus customers could only connect **** percent of the time. 5G and mobile internet use 5G implementation has supported the use of mobile internet across many areas of everyday life in Australia. This is further supported by the relatively high average 5G user download speed in the county. The daily activities performed on smartphones vary greatly, with Australians using smartphones to shop online, conduct business, play games, stream content, and much more.   5G acceptance in Australia While 5G has largely been embraced across the country, a small share of consumers believe there are health risks associated with 5G. Furthermore, the share of consumers who would switch to 5G in Australia was higher among younger age groups, with older generations more reluctant to make the switch. The move to 5G will likely become more relevant, with over half of Australian respondents in a recent survey about attitudes towards the internet stating it was important for them to have mobile internet access in any place at any time.