Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliable luxury

Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by killingtime74 on Monday April 03, 2023 @04:19AM (#35420226)

I moved from Sydney to Auckland and now can get up to 7700Mbps. 1000Mbps costs 60 something AUD. One of my colleagues in Melbourne got the fiber upgrade (under 10k) and claimed the install on his tax so there's that to reduce it a bit.

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Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by Nursie on Monday April 03, 2023 @05:08AM (#35420541)

I moved to Aus from the UK about two years back. In Southampton I was getting 1000/40 for the equivalent of 100AUD a month, but a new fibre company had just started to offer 900/900 for 35AUD.

It’s been a bit of an eye-opener moving back here! I left at the end of the Gillard government, when the future of the Australian internet connection was bright, and came back wondering what had gone wrong!

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Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by mrjin on Monday April 03, 2023 @06:19AM (#35421098)

You know, copper network is not a great option technically, but nothing better to just exhaust the budget.

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