All I want for Xmas is ...................................... A Decent Internet Speed

iinet recently upgraded my plan quota, doubled it actually, thanks iinet.

I don't want to sound ungrateful after all, I move quite a fe photos around, use Google Drive and use Lynda for hints and tutorials on Lightroom.

However, here's the reality of my internet.

1. I am in Clear Island Waters, so I am not exactly in the boonies!













2. I am on the iinet equipment at the local exchange, so there's supposedly no hardware issues.
BUT here's the latest speed test:









Australia ranks 30 from 55 countries in the latest Akamai rankings and I barely get half of the Australian average.

Akamai 2014 rankings

Rank	Country/Territory	Avg. connection speed (megabits per second)[5]
-	World average	3.9
1	South Korea	25.3
2	Hong Kong	16.3
3	Japan	15.0
4	Switzerland	14.5
5	Sweden	14.1
6	Netherlands	14.0
7	Ireland	13.9
8	Latvia	13.0
9	Czech Republic	12.3
10	Singapore	12.2
11	Finland	11.7
12	United States	11.5
13	Belgium	11.4
14	Israel	11.4
15	Norway	11.4
16	Romania	11.3
17	Denmark	11.2
18	United Kingdom	10.7
19	Austria	10.4
20	Canada	10.3
21	Taiwan	9.5
22	Russia	9.1
23	Hungary	8.8
24	Germany	8.7
25	Poland	8.6
26	Slovakia	8.6
27	Portugal	8.0
28	Spain	7.8
29	New Zealand	7.0
30	Australia	6.9
31	France	6.9
32	Thailand	6.6
33	Italy	5.5
34	Turkey	5.5
35	Uruguay	5.5
36	United Arab Emirates	4.7
37	Argentina	4.2
38	Mexico	4.1
39	Malaysia	4.1
40	Chile	4.1
41	China	3.8
42	Indonesia	3.7
43	Ecuador	3.6
44	Peru	3.6
45	South Africa	3.6
46	Colombia	3.4
47	Brazil	2.9
48	Panama	2.9
49	Costa Rica	2.7
50	Philippines	2.5
51	Vietnam	2.5
52	India	2.0
53	Venezuela	1.3
54	Paraguay	1.3
55	Bolivia	1.1

Cheers

DADFAP