by Sky Pilot » Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:48 pm
by The Sleeping Giant » Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:54 pm
by scoob » Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:41 pm
The Sleeping Giant wrote:We obviously use the internet differently. I would use 6 GB in 2 days.
by The Sleeping Giant » Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:42 am
by Psyber » Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:40 pm
I used a Telstra 4G USB modem and prepaid service while in WA's south west for 3 months because it was all I could get.Sky Pilot wrote:I've got no faaaarking idea what you blokes are on about. I use the Telstra USB wireless gizmo at $39/month and it does everything I want fast and efficiently. Plugs into my laptop and travels with me. I think I get 6Gb/month and have never used it up. So if NBN ever came my street I dunno why I'd need it.
by Roxy the Rat Girl » Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:34 pm
by Interceptor » Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:57 pm
Roxy the Rat Girl wrote:We can only get satellite connection and it is painfully slow and prone to dropping out. It is also very expensive at $60 per month for 4 GB (2 GB on peak and 2 GB off Peak). The slow download and transfer speeds preclude us from accessing Skype, movies on demand services, streaming videos, or video download (unless you enjoy watching a computer buffer every 10 seconds). It takes a huge amount of time to download computer and software updates, and this eats significantly into the monthly allowance. It's not like we are in the bush either, we live 40 minutes from Adelaide CBD. I don't really care if it is cable, fibre, or wireless, I just want some form of decent broadband that works and provides us access to the full range of internet based services.
by Roxy the Rat Girl » Fri Mar 29, 2013 11:12 pm
Interceptor wrote:In the UK, farmers got so fed up waiting/being excluded, they built their own system.
It's not going to help you, but thought it was a novel approach.
by dedja » Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:35 pm
by Roxy the Rat Girl » Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:42 am
dedja wrote:The coalition policy ... *facepalm*
by tipper » Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:00 am
Roxy the Rat Girl wrote:dedja wrote:The coalition policy ... *facepalm*
This is a half arsed plan that delivers far less than the current NBN in all areas, very limited scope to accomodate future technology, won't promote the development and use of new technologies as the bandwidths will not accomodate them, far less coverage in regional australia (again bad for regional and rural businesses) and much slower. Obsolete almost as soon as it is completed and will require enormous additional expenditure to bring it up to a required standard. Just build the thing properly the first time around FFS.
by Wedgie » Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:44 am
Armchair expert wrote:Such a great club are Geelong
by Banker » Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:13 am
by Psyber » Wed Apr 10, 2013 11:12 am
Not necessarily, it seems from the figures supplied (that I have seen and read) that it can deliver similar base speeds to a greater segment of the population and still leave those who need more speed for some reason the option of running their own fibre cable from the street hub to their place of business or their "computer cave" whichever is applicable. And, with the hubs in the street, fibre to the home is still possible later once maintaining the copper is not longer financially competitive, and the money is there to fund the extension.Roxy the Rat Girl wrote:This is a half arsed plan that delivers far less than the current NBN in all areas, very limited scope to accomodate future technology, won't promote the development and use of new technologies as the bandwidths will not accomodate them, far less coverage in regional australia (again bad for regional and rural businesses) and much slower. Obsolete almost as soon as it is completed and will require enormous additional expenditure to bring it up to a required standard. Just build the thing properly the first time around FFS.dedja wrote:The coalition policy ... *facepalm*
by Wedgie » Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:08 pm
Banker wrote:What can you do with the NBN that I cant do on my 4G mobile connection?
Armchair expert wrote:Such a great club are Geelong
by Psyber » Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:22 pm
Today the Coalition announced our plans to deliver very fast broadband to all Australians sooner, cheaper and more affordably for consumers.
We will ensure:
All Australian households have access to download speeds of between 25 and 100 megabits per second by the end of 2016 and the vast majority of the fixed line connections can deliver 50 to 100 megabits per second by 2019.
• Regions with substandard internet services will receive priority rollout.
• Basic broadband plans will always be more affordable under the Coalition than under Labor. Modelling shows consumers will save up to $300 a year by 2021 compared to Labor’s NBN.
• Our changes to the NBN will save tens of billions of dollars, compared to Labor’s NBN.
Affordability is one of the most important issues when it comes to ensuring all Australians are able to compete in the digital economy.
Households in the bottom fifth in income earners are nine times more likely to have no Internet at home than those in the top fifth.
That is why it is so important to ensure that money invested as efficiently as possible in upgrading networks -- because a dollar wasted today will mean a dollar that has to be recouped from consumers down the track.
by dedja » Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:18 pm
Banker wrote:What can you do with the NBN that I cant do on my 4G mobile connection?
by tipper » Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:31 pm
by Banker » Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:36 pm
dedja wrote:Banker wrote:What can you do with the NBN that I cant do on my 4G mobile connection?
My household will go through 60-80Gb per month, a figure that cannot be provided by mobile data, primarily due to cost.
Also, ADSL technology provides large downloads in comparison to uploads. Typically you'll only get uploads of 256Kb-384Kb up to maybe a max of 1Mb.
For a whole range of uses, this is totally inadequate.
I cannot do a decent Skype or Facetime call at home due to this fact alone.
by HH3 » Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:49 pm
scoob wrote:The Sleeping Giant wrote:We obviously use the internet differently. I would use 6 GB in 2 days.
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