It's a few years since I last documented my home broadband speed, so here's an update. Speed is in kilobits per seconds, and is the line speed reported by the modem.
| date | download | upload | technology | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 2.4 | ? | V.22bis | First home internet. Netcomm Automodem |
| ~1996 | 28.8 | ? | V.34 | Interlink Hotlink 5i |
| ~1999 | 56 | ? | V.90 | NetComm Roadster II 56 USB AM5050B |
| 23 Oct 2004 | 256 | 256 | ADSL 1 | First home broadband, using modem Billion 741GE |
| 15 Nov 2004 | 320 | 320 | ADSL 1 | ISP turned ADSL interleaving on and increased the data rate to counteract the ATM overheads |
| 2 Feb 2005 | 5,408 | 928 | ADSL 1 | ISP increased my speed for free |
| 15 May 2005 | 5,984 | 928 | ADSL 1 | ISP modified their DSLAM settings |
| 30 July 2008 | 8,232 | 1,021 | ADSL 2+ | Bought an ADSL2+ modem, Billion 7401VGPM. Also has wifi and VoIP |
| 8 Aug 2015 | 15,859 | 1,253 | ADSL 2+ | Moved house. New modem: Technicolor TG582n. For comparison of line speed compared to actual transfer speed Speedtest.net reports 13,090 down 1,060 up |
| 6 Sep 2015 | 54,130 | 3,100 | DOCSIS 3 | Moved house. Hybrid fibre/coax (HFC), optical fibre to a node, then coaxial to my house. This speed is from Speedtest.net, and is significantly slower in the evenings when more people on my street are using the internet. |
| 21 Nov 2015 | 70,030 | 5,160 | DOCSIS 3 | ISP increased speed to nominal 70Mb/s down |