My biggest trouble with the NBN program is the political aspect of the cable run out. I have the Optus cable giving 100 Mbps. I have friends who live within 8 km of the Penrith P.O. who only have access to dial up, not even ADSL Mark 1. However, the NBN seeks to get the most voters, so those with access to the Optus cable will be getting it first (which is the higher density area of the Lindsay electorate) and those with inadequate service are apparently years away because there are few votes in it. A fair NBN would concentrate on getting fibre to the node in all areas with inadequate broadband service first, and then progress to other areas and to the home after all Aussies have access to broadband at at least ADSL2+ speeds. I am getting unsolicited mail offering NBN services. Prices seem reasonable at the moment: Broadband and home phone for $2,012.95 for 24 months contract. Gives 200 GB, phone and free calls within Australia (fixed and mobiles). Top broadband is $3,262.75 for 24 months - 1TB, 100/40 Mbps. Major worry is that we are re-introducing a monopoly. Where will prices go after the Optus and Telstra cables and Telstra copper are decommissioned. I am afraid I do not trust KRudd with a monopoly.
I think most people have little understanding of the potential of wireless data transmission, I don't necessarily believe it is the answer and cable is always going to be faster (still rocking cat 6 in my house) and more secure but this article does shed some light on potential speeds of "wireless": 7Gbps transmissions up to a mile will boost wireless Internet coverage | Ars Technica
You need only Google some speed test results to see that LTE is beginning to match and even beat the average ADSL2+ connection for speed and latency. Whilst it is true that OTA will always have 'moar physics' working against it, I think most folk would be happy with the 100/40 @ 30-40ms Telstra LTE can pull. The problem is and always will be the associated quota. Either way my neighbours Telstra 4G hot spot leaves my ADSL2+ for dead. As Telstra learns from it's (next) 3G mistakes by building a heterogeneous 4G network, I can see it becoming a formidable enemy to the NBN, provided those quotas become a bit more reasonable. Sadly it is unlikely that Telstra will build such infrastructure for country users, but heck even 25/25 @ 100ms would be better than what most rural folk have. It helps that Optus and Voda are nipping at Telstra's LTE heels.
Hmm, I dunno, will see how much it costs. 95% of the time my download speed is fine (bear in mind, though I do not download TV shows and movies, but I watch a lot of youtube. I cannot upload to youtube however, I have to go to the university to do that.
Internode Only problem is it is on a 24 month contract and it takes 10-14 days to setup, as it requires a technician to come out to your joint to check the copper. Also, Internode don't email you if you 'accidently' copywrite infringe. #yolo Sent from my GT-N7105 using Tapatalk 2
http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitio...r-a-fttn-nbn-in-favour-of-a-superior-ftth-nbn petition going strong to the Liberal party, please sign and share!
