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Australian National Broadband Network Provider Telstra Declares Defeat for High Speed Connections

posted by janrinok on Monday March 02 2020, @08:32AM   Printer-friendly
from the they-don't-make-em-like-they-used-to dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

It's a day for Australia as Telstra, one of the main ISPs providing internet access with the newly built NBN network, declares 100Mbps plans will no longer be sold as they cannot be used. This change has been made due to the determination that the NBN cannot deliver the speeds promised. With the original plan in tatters after the Liberal government downgraded the network components to use "Multi Technology Mix" many customers lack the physical components to connect to the NBN to be able to receive the full speeds available. While some of the initial rollout delivered fibre to the premises the Liberal government switched the rollout to use copper and existing cable systems with many customers connect via FTTN leaving a lot to be desired in terms of speed. Farewell 100Mbps, we hardly knew you.

No large scale infrastructure plan survives contact with an incoming government.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 02 2020, @08:55AM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 02 2020, @08:55AM (#965404)

    we get 1Gbps for €20-€50

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 02 2020, @09:34AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 02 2020, @09:34AM (#965413)

    This is why we hate the world.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 02 2020, @09:47AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 02 2020, @09:47AM (#965415)

    Define "rest of the world".

    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday March 02 2020, @08:29PM

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Monday March 02 2020, @08:29PM (#965660) Journal

      It's one of those "exoplanets"

      --
      La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by shortscreen on Monday March 02 2020, @10:38AM

    by shortscreen (2252) on Monday March 02 2020, @10:38AM (#965427) Journal

    Nah, I get 20Mbps for that. $50 to be specific. Back in 2005 it was 5Mbps, so by my estimate I should reach 1Gbps in about 85 years.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by datapharmer on Monday March 02 2020, @01:25PM

    by datapharmer (2702) on Monday March 02 2020, @01:25PM (#965454)

    Nah, I pay $58 US to get 3mbps that isn’t functioning for days at a time, and if I complain AT&T suggests I can cancel, but if I do I can’t reorder it from them. They are the sole provider in my area other than satellite.

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 02 2020, @04:13PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 02 2020, @04:13PM (#965532)

    Never under estimate the bandwidth of a kangaroo with a pouch full of microSD cards.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 02 2020, @08:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 02 2020, @08:58PM (#965674)

    Before people in the US complain, they are not the 'rest of the world' when it comes to this statement. Australia should have been the 'rest of world', where the USA was left along with a few third world nations delivering substandard internet. But, then I realised that even in the third world, they get better internet than Australia and the USA.