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Australia Gets 8Mbit/s Broadband now, 20Mbit Soon
danwarne writes "Whirlpool is reporting the 'bad old days' of slow, expensive broadband in Australia might be over, with the large ISP iiNet unveiling broadband internet up to 8Mbit/s, from $29/mth. It has been installing its own DSLAMs into the exchanges of Australia's incumbent telco, Telstra, which limits internet access speeds to a maximum of 1.5MBit/s. iiNet boss Michael Malone says as soon as the ADSL2+ standard is approved for use in Australia (which should be in a month or two), he intends to switch the DSLAMs over to offering 20Mbit/s speeds. It looks like Telstra and Optus, the two incumbent telcos in Australia might have their duopoly on high speed broadband (10Mbit/s cable internet) challenged, with potentially great ramifications for price competition in Australia. The only downside noted by Whirlpool readers is that iiNet is forcing customers to take their long distance phone service as well to get access to the 8Mbit/s speeds, a move which is ironically reminiscent of the tactics used by Telstra and Optus."
Probably a troll, but just in case anyone else was paying attention:
Australia seems to have weather very similar to North America, but better. I'm moving to Melbourne in a few days (holycrapholycrapholycrap) and according to the weather websites I read, their summers peak around 27C and winters drop to 7C. I doubt this takes humidity and windchill into effect.
Anyone is welcome to correct me on this, but please provide a link.
This needs to be rated "Funny" as well for the unnoticed Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference.
Maturity will come when it's good and ready.
... he's back on the mod list. wonder what he did to get back on, now that there's been ample evidence provided as to why he'd been sacked.
was when he was called out for lying by another editor.
Seriously...how could they keep someone that asinine unethical around this long?
It did warm my heart after Katz vanished after the whole "Junis in Afghanistan" thing though - that was fricking brilliant. It's sad that he had to screw up that badly to get canned though.
Does this mean I'll be un-blacklisted from moderating now?
I've been posting here almost every weekday for three or four years. My karma has been consistently "Excellent". My "Willing to Moderate" box is checked, and I Meta-Moderate every time the chance is offered to me.
And yet, I haven't been given any mod points to spend in at least a year, probably more. The odds are against this being mere coincidence.