Fastest broadband slowing - ComCom

Fastest broadband slowing - ComCom
Brent Melville
The latest survey of broadband speeds confirms what anybody currently under covid-19 lockdown already suspects - our fast broadband is slowing down.In this case, it's 10 percent down since May on the strength of measurements by independent speed testing agency SamKnows, the Commerce Commission said.The latest SamKnows report indicates peak time broadband speeds have dipped across all retailers and wholesalers' 'higher speed' fibre max plans since the last report in May. It also notes a discrepancy between regions,...

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