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join:2001-10-28
Nashville, TN
| Duh.
Broadband access in rural Australia (which is 90% of the country, mind) is a sham. You generally have to pay twice as much for half the bandwidth as in most places in the world, and then you're fed stiflingly metered access on top of it. Telstra is party to blame -- they'll often outright lie to secondary DSL carriers that your home can't be serviced, then turn right around and offer you their own access. Not that Telstra's rural customers really expect any less from them already. The federal slaps on the wrist they've been getting so far just aren't working.
I'm nice and cozy with my American cable modem connection right now, but I dread dealing with broadband when I'm shifted to rural SW Australia. |
