Directly following on from my previous post TPG: a scourge to society, this post could be entitled
TPG: a scourge to society II. The quality of our internet connection was appalling, but TPG would not believe me. I saw this as a challenge, and subsequently set out to prove to them our connection was junk. Previously, I was monitoring if I could connect to google; however, I also wanted to monitor our internet speed. Using speedtest.net I was able to create a picture of what was happening with our connection, but the results were not entirely clear.

According to their website, “TPG is a leading Australian ISP Telco providing cost effective and reliable NBN, ADSL2+, Fibre, DSL Internet Broadband with Phone and BYO Mobile plans”. In my experience, TPG is the bottom rung of the Australian internet ladder - which is no mean feat - and unable to deliver an acceptable quality of internet service. Moreover, their ability to gag their own support staff and find seemingly the least competent technicians and engineers is simply astounding. Unfortunately, what adds the salt to this festering wound is the state internet infrastructure in Australia, which has been purposely crippled by commercial interests to the detriment of all. The result is that you have no choice but to accept your lot. During my fight for a better internet connection, I made a few scripts which might be useful to others and also produced some neat plots, so if that is your thing please, take a look around.