Australia’s fastest internet is not in Sydney and Melbourne behind

It was revealed that Australia’s fastest internet speed is not in Sydney or Melbourne – it’s in Tasmania, with its average megabits per second (Mb/s) at 28.7. 

Tasmania’s fast internet speed could be because of its smaller population and ‘high proportion of fibre to the premises (FTTP) connections,’ Finder spokesman Angus Kidman told Gizmodo.

According to data from the SpeedTest website Ookla, Tasmania has an average internet speed that is 4Mb/s faster than New South Wales, which has a mean speed of 24.2Mb/s.

Tasmania’s fast internet speed could be because of its smaller population and ‘high proportion of fibre to the premises (FTTP) connections,’ Finder spokesman Angus Kidman told Gizmodo  

According to data from the SpeedTest website Ookla , Tasmania has an average internet speed that is 4Mb/s faster than New South Wales, which has a mean speed of 24.2Mb/s 

The state of Victoria comes in third place, with an internet speed of 23.7Mb/s.

Data also shows that the rest of the Australian states are not lagging too far behind: Queensland (23.3Mb/s) comes after Victoria, followed by the Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, and lastly, Western Australia (19.5Mb/s). 

The data from Ookla also reveals a disparity in the number of tests run for each Australian state. 

Tasmanians tested their connection speed just 264 times in comparison to New South Wales 3,120 test runs. 

Tasmania’s smaller population and a higher proportion of fibre to the premises connections have been cited as reasons for the island’s superior connection speeds.

The data from Ookla also reveals a disparity in the number of tests run for each Australian state with Tasmania running just 264 speed tests to New South Wales’ 3,120