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Re:Stadia Founder's Edition by baroffoos on Thursday June 06, 2019 @09:52PM (#20120978)
That won't help. The connection to your house in Australia is using ancient copper lines that is all rotted out and stops working in the rain. In absolute best case conditions you could use this service but most of the country would struggle to stream 1080p reliably.

The internet upgrade in Australia (NBN) is well known as the biggest government fuck up in the last 20 years.

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Re:Stadia Founder's Edition by ClassyJacket on Thursday June 06, 2019 @10:56PM (#20121272)
This is not a joke or an exaggeration, thanks to the NBN being switched from fibre to copper, my parents now have no internet when it rains, is windy, or there is lightning in the area.

All to upgrade them from 13Mbps to 17Mbps. Yes, I'm being serious.

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Re:Stadia Founder's Edition by FridgeSeal on Thursday June 06, 2019 @10:43PM (#20121218)
> and stops working in the rain

For anyone who thinks this is hyperbole, I assure you it's not, my internet quite literally grinds to a halt when it rains too much.

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