we are 28th in the world in internet speed :(

[***super_nova***]

And we can only hope that the LNP will change their minds, will listen to reason and implement the NBN.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDQY1upYFfI

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5aFEhTyNjc

 and for those who do not understand how much difference it would make, and are unsure about the bits and bytes, and the difference between FTTP and FTTN

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1REhLC8lKo

[crystal**flake]

This is one thing I really dont care about.

[lakeland27]

there are businesses in this rollout area who have spent considerable amounts of money preparing for a promised fibre connection, and i suspect the case is the same in other areas where it was promised.  abbotts ant- business stance is nonsensical, and at odds with his own partys pro-business stance. his only real reason is to make any labor policy fail as an issue of partisan stupidity.. the cost of his 'plan' will exceed labors by many billions in the long term.

[monman12]

So show us some references and not UTube nonsense.  I think  that  "your" 28th is quite fair considering that we do not have a NBN, yet!

"the drop could have been the result of our regional neighbours getting broadband at a faster rate than we are."

The above is  to be expected   with the snail-pace roll-out of the current NBN

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/state-of-the-internet-australia-web-speeds-ranking-dwindles-to-40t...

Australia's land-mass is also overlooked when it comes to discussing the country's comparative internet speeds.

(just 4.1 per cent of Aussie internet users were downloading content at speeds greater than 10 megabits per second - the speed required to stream 720p high-definition movies.)

So what speed do you want, and what will you use it for?

nɥºɾ

[daydream**believer]

From what i understood, the Labor plan would take 10+ years to fulfil and cost heaps.

The Liberal plan would take less time and cost less and only be a little slower in internet speed than the Labor plan.

[lakeland27]

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@daydream**believer wrote:

From what i understood, the Labor plan would take 10+ years to fulfil and cost heaps.

The Liberal plan would take less time and cost less and only be a little slower in internet speed than the Labor plan.

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the maintenance costs will see it exceed the cost of a genuine fibre network . totally pointless except for electioneering. turnbull himself puts his money into fibre networks overseas, he's laughing at us.

[daydream**believer]

All i know is, in the last 5 years my internet has been rubbish due to faulty cables. It stops working when it rains and it stops working when my phone rings.  And they wont be replaced because, some day, some government is going to replace them all with something else anyway.

[lakeland27]

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@daydream**believer wrote:

All i know is, in the last 5 years my internet has been rubbish due to faulty cables. It stops working when it rains and it stops working when my phone rings.  And they wont be replaced because, some day, some government is going to replace them all with something else anyway.

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thats an australia-wide problem. fibre would see it gone.

[daydream**believer]

yeh, but how long would i have to continue to wait for it

[monman12]

LL: " the cost of his 'plan' will exceed labors by many billions in the long term."

Show us a balance sheet to confirm that LL (assuming you can find NBN costings for the next decade)

What speed  do you think  businesses (including the 750,000 small ones) require to operate, assuming they are not watching streaming HD 720p TV all the time?

nɥºɾ