Broadband In Australia Just Got Slower

liquidx writes: "Seems like broadband Down Under is getting more and more restrictive. First we had our _unlimited_ plans changed to capped usage plans, then incoming port 80 traffic was blocked (due to Code Red/Nmida worms) and now file-sharing protocol ports are filtered due to 'load balancing issues'! Whirlpool reports that Optus@Home throttled traffic to ports 6700-6702 (ex-Napster ports) without telling its users. Read the letter and article here. Are there any other broadband services, other than the ones in Australia, continually degrading their service to customers? When will this stop?"

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Oz Animals

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah... but who needs broadband in Oz, look outside, have you seen the fucking animals? How entertaining are they, I could watch them for hours. It's like gods alpha and beta testing ground, loads of weird and wonderful animals.

Take the koala bear for instance, they're pretty neat, but they're lazy bastards that sleep for 23 hours a day, what a life, they're pretty vicious if you wake up also.

Also, what's that animal with the long tail that can't tell the difference between trees and power lines with drastic consequences? They only make that mistake once. Mind you, they have been jumping around the place for millions of years and we go a put up a fucking great electricity cable, who's to blame?