Telstra 3G performance dropping

Those of you with long memories will remember that analyst house IDC caused a bit of a stir back in June last year when it claimed that Optus' 3G mobile broadband offering was only 4 percent behind Telstra's At once G offering across a range of criteria - in spite of acknowledging that Telstra's network was on average 60 seconds faster.

In this month's issue of PC & Tech Authority, the lads from the labs tested all of the major mobile broadband services available in Australia, taking the kit on the road from Sydney's CBD to the suburbs, to regional NSW and even the Gold Coast. Most of the networks performed as expected, however we found these comments about Telstra and Optus particularly interesting:

AVG Pty Ltd, the distributor of the award-winning AVG anti-virus and Internet security software in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific, has released the latest AVG Digital Diary which tracked early childhood research usage trends over the course of the last year.