Foxtel and Cable Broadband

I've switch from ADSL2+ from TPG (where I was getting maximum downloads of 1.5MBPS) to Cable with Telstra. I was attracted by the lure of "30MBPS" speeds.The sales agent on the phone assured me I would get 30MBPS (anything over 20 would have been fine actually) and said that TPG shape their ADSL which is why my speed was so slow previously. "Telstra give you the full speed". Since getting cable installed I have speeds of 1 - 2.2MBPS as a maximum. Whilst I run a speedtest I get 30MBPS (a simple ping), however downloading a file from any reputable (Apple etc) and not so reputable website is just as slow as I had before. I've had 2 technicians out that confirm all settings, cabling etc are fine and the Telstra call centre and they tell me the problem lies with the website I am downloading from. Whilst that may be a consideration to have such a gap in speed is incredible especially considering my ADSL2+ was similar. I don't feel like I'm getting value for money as now I'm paying $20 more per month and on a limited 200G plan (TPG was unlimited). Anyone else had the same issues with Cable? Is there a solution?

It doesn't always...
the actual download speeds are dependant on many factors, for some servers have a cap on the speed you can download them from (either purposely put in place, limited technology or bandwidth sharing when large number of users are online)...
so as an example, you download a file from Apple as you mentioned,
If their server has a cap at say 2 megabytes per second, once you have a connection speed over 16Mbps (roughly) it isn't going to help much since the server you are downloading from isn't capable of higher or is limited to only that speed...
The faster the connection, the faster in theory you can download, however you can only obtain it as fast as the server is providing it... so the 100/2Mbps speedboost, will again increase your speed, NBN will provide about the same speed, but neither would make a huge difference if you are trying to get files from a server which is limited...
When actually testing download speeds it is very hard because there are so many things which come into play, the path that is taken, the servers in the middle, the main server you are trying to reach...
What the speedtest does is grabs a file from a local server, which means the information has less distance, less middle men and as such is faster...

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