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Re:Telecom Lobbyists Successfully Remove Canada from Wireles... by megablast on Monday October 07, 2019 @01:01AM (#21177656)
> I think where Australia suffers is in things like imported goods (often there's an extra 20-40% markup beyond the maybe 5% higher shipping cost.

Oh yeah, crazy that somewhere in the middle of nowhere is more expensive than one that is not.

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Re:Telecom Lobbyists Successfully Remove Canada from Wireles... by zxcmx on Monday October 07, 2019 @03:08AM (#21178215)
So sure it's hardly the whole logistics story (volume, volume, volume)... but Australia is actually closer to S.E Asia (where a large volume of e.g. electronics goods are made or assembled) than the U.S.
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