[clug] [OT] Broadband clangers

[Peter Lavender]

On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 15:54 +1000, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic wrote:

> On 12 August 2010 15:50, Peter Lavender <plaven at internode.on.net> wrote:
> > 14,400 bps modems were slow, 56kb/s modems were slow, ADSL2
> > modems/always on internet rocks!
> 
> Paying for ADSL2+ but only getting ADSL1 speeds doesn't rock :s


Sure.. that hurts a bit.


> 
> Whereas with FTTH (or even FTTN), just about everyone should be
> getting the same speed (possibly slight variations for people in
> apartment buildings, etc.).
> 


Until congestion becomes a problem.  Every network medium has a limit
and a bottle neck.


> As for Transact cable: when I moved down here 6 months ago and looked
> for internet providers, they were a definite turn-off because I had to
> first get a phone line from them and then pay an extra $30/mth just to
> be able to pay someone else for internet (and at slower theoretical
> speeds than what ADSL2+ offers); I use VoIP, so why do I need to pay
> for a phone line?


Won't the pricing model of the NBN be somewhat along the same lines all
in the name of "competition"?