Plan: Telstra 3G w/ 3.6mbit HSDPA modem (Aka iPhone)
Location: NSW, near Canberra
Read it and weep Blacky - There's a reason you pay more for Telstra 3G.

Not sure what is up with the ping - as you can see by below, it's not 500ms
Pinging
http://www.bigpond.com [144.135.18.32] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 144.135.18.32: bytes=32 time=133ms TTL=239
Reply from 144.135.18.32: bytes=32 time=92ms TTL=239
Reply from 144.135.18.32: bytes=32 time=121ms TTL=239
Reply from 144.135.18.32: bytes=32 time=115ms TTL=239
Pinging
http://www.l.google.com [74.125.127.105] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.125.127.105: bytes=32 time=307ms TTL=41
Reply from 74.125.127.105: bytes=32 time=287ms TTL=41
Reply from 74.125.127.105: bytes=32 time=306ms TTL=41
Reply from 74.125.127.105: bytes=32 time=283ms TTL=41