Australian Internet Speed Tests Aggregated by 600m Grids, 2020-2022

88,000 grid locations across Australia summarize over 3.1 million Speedtest results from Q2 2020 to Q1 2022. The dataset, created by Richard Ferrers, provides average download/upload speeds, test counts, and device counts per 600m by 600m grid cell. A noted discrepancy exists between this geospatial average and national figures reported by Speedtest Global.

Use Cases

• Mapping broadband performance disparities based on aggregated grid-level speed data.
• Analyzing temporal trends in internet speeds across Australian regions based on quarterly extracts.
• Correlating infrastructure investment with user experience using average speed and test count metrics.
• Benchmarking provider performance using geospatial averages of download and upload speeds.

Strengths

• Covers 88,000 distinct geographic grid locations across Australia.
• Summarizes over 3.1 million speed tests from a specific quarter.
• Includes temporal coverage from Q2 2020 through Q1 2022.
• Provides derived metrics like average speed, test count, and device count per grid.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or temporal bias inherent to the Speedtest source platform.
• A noted discrepancy exists between this dataset's averages and national Speedtest Global figures.

Provenance

Source

Speedtest Open Data via Amazon Web Services (AWS) opendata.aws.

Collection Method

Extracted from a global dataset (>400MB, 7M lines) by filtering for Australian locations.

Time Range

Q2 2020 to Q1 2022.

Freshness

Data covers up to Q1 2022; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Australia.