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Cookie, 18mbps for cable is pretty slow, however, depending what you use internet for you may not notice speed differences.

My brother and I live in opposite sides of Glen Waverley - he has Optus cable, I have Telstra cable.  Optus speeds are much slower as they don't buy the bandwidth and let it "get full".  He gets 18 mbps regularly and is affected at peak times.  I do speed tests and don't drop below 33mbps.

There are other factors that affect speed as well, including what junk is sitting on your machine chewing up memory and CPU space.

Equipment does make a difference - my brother has a new modem and top end cable through his house, so it doesn't slow things down too much.  It is fine for him and he is downloading films a lot.

Thanks D. That statement made me think about it a bit. The first test I did (18mbps) was on my Android tablet via my wifi range extender. I then tried on my Android phone and got 5Mbps via the range extender. Tried that again direct to the modem and got 22Mbps! Then tried on my W10 laptop direct to modem and got 37Mbps!  Finally tried the Android tablet again direct tp modem and got 36 mbps. So I guess the lesson is clear! This is on Telstra cable broadband (non-NBN) btw.