Re:How Australia's $49B internet network came to be ridiculed
by hiisukun on Thursday October 26, 2017 @09:48PM
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That's at least partly because the speeds you pay for are "up to" 100mbps. Many who pay the extra (~double a normal adsl fee) don't get anywhere near the advertised max speed.
Besides, what people pay for and need in October 2017 is probably less than a child starting school will use in 2022 when they hit year 5. This is a national infrastructure project - surely it should be built with the future in mind?
This is without discussing upload speeds - not everyone is a purely downloading user. Viewing a population of civilians as a population of solely consumers seems a common folly.
I recommend the four corners tv show [1] (linked in the original piece), likely the cause of the extra media attention on the NBN lately.
Besides, what people pay for and need in October 2017 is probably less than a child starting school will use in 2022 when they hit year 5. This is a national infrastructure project - surely it should be built with the future in mind?
This is without discussing upload speeds - not everyone is a purely downloading user. Viewing a population of civilians as a population of solely consumers seems a common folly.
I recommend the four corners tv show [1] (linked in the original piece), likely the cause of the extra media attention on the NBN lately.
[1] http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/whats-wrong-with-the-nbn/9077...