Comparison of worldwide broadband speeds

On checking my broadband speed recently on http://www.zdnet.com.au/broadband/speedtest.htm it was disappointing to note that Australia is ranked at No 24 in the world with an average speed just over 6000kb/s. One wonders why other countries are able to achieve much high download speeds. Even the United States of America creeps in only two places ahead of Australia. Here's hoping our new Prime Minister, Mr Rudd is able to do something about this disgusting performance. He will need to do much more than just set up 'committees' ( he has averaged one new committee for every four days his government has been in office so far). What about some actual decisions Mr Rudd?


Rank Country Attempts Fastest Slowest Median Average
1 Liberia 5 49,279kbps 1,108kbps 46,427kbps 37,440kbps
2 Macau 22 100,530kbps 224kbps 12,433kbps 36,372kbps
3 Korea, 569 105,304kbps 241kbps 21,262kbps 27,725kbps
4 Sweden 14,016 248,020kbps 100kbps 16,242kbps 18,971kbps
5 Hong Kong
6 Estonia
7 Japan
8 Finland
9 Luxembourg 14,016 248,020kbps 100kbps 16,242kbps 18,971kbps
10 Denmark
11 Netherlands
12 Switzerland
13 Romania
14 France
15 Norway
16 Belgium
17 Greece
18 Slovenia
19 Czech Republic
20 Singapore
21 Germany
22 United States 23,915 172,931kbps 14kbps 5,362kbps 6,711kbps
23 Portugal
24 Australia 383,511 234,156kbps 1kbps 5,361kbps 6,062kbps
25 Austria

Sharemarket ramblings of interest

The purpose of this blog is to report on matters if interest on just a few of the 'small cap' (low market capitalisation) companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange ( referred to later as simply ASX). My interest in the 'small cap' companies is that they offer interesting opportunities for small investors. The share market prices of these companies are not influenced by the large investors. The companies of interest here are mostly in the highly speculative area for investors. They are:

1. AUSTRALIAN INFRASTRUCTURE FUND
   AIX
   Transportation
2. AUSTINDO RESOURCES CORPORATION NL
   ARX
   Materials
   
3. AUSTINDO RESOURCES CORPORATION NL OPTIONS
   ARXO
   Materials
   
4. FOX RESOURCES LIMITED
   FXR
   Materials
   
5. GINDALBIE METALS LTD
   GBG
   Materials
   
6. IRONBARK CAPITAL LIMITED
   IBC
   Diversified Financials
   
7. INTERNATIONAL WINE INVESTMENT FUND (THE)
   IWI
   Diversified Financials
   
8. PHARMAUST LIMITED
   PAA
   Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
   
9. LION SELECTION LIMITED
   LST
   Materials
   
10. LYNAS CORPORATION LIMITED
    LYC
    Materials
    
11. UNION RESOURCES LIMITED
    UCL
    Materials
    
12. UNION RESOURCES LIMITED OPTIONS
    UCLOB
    Materials
    
13. URANIUM OIL AND GAS LIMITED
    UOG
    Energy
    
14. URANIUM OIL AND GAS LIMITED
    UOGO
    Energy
    
15. UXC LIMITED
    UXC
    Software & Services
    
16. VICTORIA PETROLEUM NL
    VPE
    Energy
    
17. VICTORIA PETROLEUM NL OPTIONS
    VPEO
    Energy
    
18. VIEW RESOURCES LTD
    VRE
    Materials
    
19. VIEW RESOURCES LTD OPTIONS
    VREO
    Materials
    
20. ZYLOTECH LIMITED
    ZYL
    Technology Hardware & Equipment