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21 Mar 2018, 20:59 (Ref:3809719) | #26 | ||
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Wireless delivery of internet services is the way for much of Japan and wider Asia. I've seen wi-fi speed tests done showing 1900 MBps download speeds - not bad for a mobile network.
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Re NBN / Telstra I have both.... despite my wanting to decline (on advice from a friend in Telstra) when I got the call advising me the area was to be upgraded to NBN. I said thanks but no thanks to which they said I had no options and ADSL would no longer be available. Oh and our engineers will be at your premises in 2 weeks to do the installation.
Much activity in the street but no digging up of roads or driveway. Installation goes ahead and I am told it will take 24 hours to activate. Also not to switch anything on until I am told to. No landline no internet and no Foxtel signal. 24 hours became 3 days and still no word and no service. So I just decided to switch it on myself. It worked. For 5 days when I was sent an email to say I might have service interruptions because they had to do some upgrades. Indeed another 24 hours of no phone, 'net or Foxtel. Service resumed and I rang them to say I would like to take up my option to restore old system.... sorry not an option. Now 6 months on I have and still get days of service interruption, although now it sometimes leaves me with Foxtel. They did upgrade my plan for no charge to give me unlimited downloads. Yesterday I received an email to tell me I had been (no charge) upgraded to a faster evening time speed: Quote:
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Hang onto ADSL as long as you can, has been my advice.
Although I find it highly coincidental that within weeks of wireless NBN being implemented in my area, that an iffy 'phone line has reared it's head... |
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As I said I requested that I wanted to stay with my ADSL and was told in no uncertain terms that ADSL was to be disconnected in my area as soon as NBN was installed and that if I wanted internet it had to be NBN.
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22 Mar 2018, 10:54 (Ref:3809846) | #30 | |
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i love my NBN, quicker, more data, same price
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They're only suggesting similar speeds up and down, though, and given how dependant on good weather it'll be, may lack stability. |
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22 Mar 2018, 12:25 (Ref:3809872) | #32 | ||
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I like those aspects with my (wireless) NBN.... yes it is quicker than ADSL2 was, but still woeful (half of) the expected and NBN nominated actual download rate.
I also get more outages, and the fact it also usually takes out my television (Foxtel) in those outages... only 3 today, admittedly only a few minutes each time today, but they happened twice in V8 qualifying. In reality I would prefer the slower more reliable service I got from ADSL2. |
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Cricket Australia not happy with initial media rights bids.
The outcome could be telling for other sports such as Supercars. For example the networks could dig deeper for Cricket and have little left for anything else. Or the networks could tell Cricket "that's all there is" and as a result, rights fees slide back generally. With Cricket splitting the broadcast properties into 11 sections, it could mean that if you were into Cricket and wanted to watch everything, you'd need multiple subscription products to do so. Interesting times ahead. |
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Mobile download rates are good in Australia... it is the fixed lines that are woeful and worse download speeds than the average 3rd world nation.
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In between being able to hand out sledging but not be able to take it, and now this, well, they're an unlikable bunch to say the least.
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An embarrassment to Australians and Australia. Not only cheating but planning to cheat by a bunch of guys who are role models to thousands of kids.
Its just not cricket. |
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Poms and saffers have been doing it for years and both have been caught, so the mock horror is misplaced.
The sin is getting caught. |
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I know.
The TV networks are behind the ball-tampering!! Devalue the product and get it for a steal. They're geniuses. |
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Would have been a tough sell getting those money hungry Aussie cricketers to devalue their own product.
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