TELSTRA vs AANET

i could write pages and pages here on my experience with Telstra Bigpond over the last 2 weeks. it wouldn’t be pleasant reading. i will sum it up:

Telstra Bigpond is horrible. Every part of the experience was shoddy. The only upside was when i actually got normal customer service. In light of that i want to to point out the two people at telstra who have kept me going this long with them {2 weeks}. The original sales guy who was funny and promised me the moon {at least 30 MBS download!} , and Andy and his crew on the @bigpondteam twitter account who actually cared enough to try and help. *Note to Andy* i picture you in front of a PC with a twitter search open bring you the latest results for Telstra and Bigpond – what a depressing job! i cannot imagine seeing the endless complaining on twitter that comes up about bigpond and telstra! good luck man}. Everyone else i have dealt with at Telstra was pathetic.

anyway.

The proof is in the pudding as they say and in this case the pudding is SPEED. So as i have the both Telstra Cable and AAnet ADSL on here at the paine HQ at the moment, i’ve run some tests:

this is a speed test from University of Queensland:

TELSTRA BIGPOND EXTREME CABLE:

AAnet ADSL2

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this is a speed test from OZspeedtest:

TELSTRA BIGPOND EXTREME CABLE:

AAnet ADSL2

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this is a speed test from speedtest.net:

TELSTRA BIGPOND EXTREME CABLE:

{sunshine coast}

{sydney}

AAnet ADSL2

{sunshine coast}

{sydney}

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this is a speed test from Speakeasy speedtest:

TELSTRA BIGPOND EXTREME CABLE:

{from Seattle}

{from Atlanta}

AAnet ADSL2

{from Seattle}

{from Atlanta}

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so what would you do if you were me?

correct. cancel telstra.