All of this is well and good, provided you live in one of the "chosen suburbs". Telstra is notoriously bad at making newer technologies available to people outside Sydney. For example, living about a hours drive from CBD and no longer can you get cable or DSL (in any of it's forms).
Believe me, there are plenty who'd be willing to pay for any form of reasonable broadband access (that doesn't require a satellite to connect to your ISP that is). But for reasons based on Telstra monopolies and local councils taxing cable providers for allowing the cables to exist, broadband ain't coming soon.
I think Microshaft has a point, even if they're addressing the wrong crowd.
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All of this is well and good, provided you live in one of the "chosen suburbs". Telstra is notoriously bad at making newer technologies available to people outside Sydney. For example, living about a hours drive from CBD and no longer can you get cable or DSL (in any of it's forms). Believe me, there are plenty who'd be willing to pay for any form of reasonable broadband access (that doesn't require a satellite to connect to your ISP that is). But for reasons based on Telstra monopolies and local councils taxing cable providers for allowing the cables to exist, broadband ain't coming soon. I think Microshaft has a point, even if they're addressing the wrong crowd.