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so you are saying "government does not even do it's job........govern?"
Not only do they have shareholders they also face a far greater regulatory burden.
How many public servants ever get sacked for incompetence?
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I tried my best to get NBN. I could see the green boxes across the road but I got a quote of $11,000 to connect. I raised a CEO level complaint. The bloke I dealt with was friendly but ultimately couldn't tell me when the roll out would extend to my side of the street, if ever. The NBN satellite plans have very low data.
So I signed up with Starlink. Unlimited data. I went from 9 Mbps on ADSL 2 to 124 Mbps. Pretty happy with that.
So I signed up with Starlink. Unlimited data. I went from 9 Mbps on ADSL 2 to 124 Mbps. Pretty happy with that.
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I wasn't aware the government was subsidising Starlink. Cost me $199 for the dish and modem on a special offer. It's even faster today for some reason.
I wasnt talking about sl.
Im pointing out the stupidity of not offering you the difference between what it costs them to put a redundant service on your roof and what it costs them to put you on fibre and seeing if you would pay that difference.
By have you thought about going and seeing your neighbour and getting them to go halves in a 1000mps plan, setting up a point to point system between your houses and having lightnjng fast internet for around $75 a month?
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Why does it cost the government 9k to put me on satellite? If the difference between fibre and satellite was $2k I would have paid it. It's hard enough to speak to a real person at NBN let alone trying to negotiate a deal like that.
1000 Mbps is only available on FTTP and HFC isn't it? I don't have those options. I don't need 1000 Mbps anyway. 200 Mbps feels like lightning fast after 10 Mbps on ADSL2. With unlimited data and 200 Mbps I could share with my neighbour I guess.
That’s how much a satellite install costs the government.
The fact they dont offer you that = bureaucracy manifest.
Yes i did mean fftp. And yes most people would be happy with 200 shared between two of you. Prob cost you $55 a month each + the cost of installing a p2p system.
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But why?
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Looking to move back to Australia and it seems that this still a shambles. even if you're in a 'NBN' enabled area.
Gonna be moving from 1000/500 for $45/m to 'HFC' NBN for a hell of a lot more.
******* hell
Gonna be moving from 1000/500 for $45/m to 'HFC' NBN for a hell of a lot more.
******* hell
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You can thank LNP
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Labor promised 93% of dwellings to be connected by fibre. It was never properly costed and the plan to sell NBN at a profit has been shown to be a joke.
Since coming into power Labor has quietly reverted to a multi-technology mix strategy and is no longer committing to connecting properties by fibre regardless of cost.
Apparently it costs $9,000 for the government to install satellite for me but $199 for Starlink to do the same. Maybe a government monopoly on providing fast internet was never the best solution.
sataris
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Maybe we should get Telstra to do it.
