Australian Internet Or How It Doesn't Work

[Ravioli]

I have never had a cap ever, i dont think i would survive. There use to be 3 of us in the same apartment who each of us used internet intensly each day, using unlimited bandwith that could supply all of russia.

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

At least your government has plans, Britain is stuck with British telecom having the monopoly on the lines and exchanges, so basically they couldn't give a toss, give you a shit unreliable service and lol their way to the bank.

Virgin media has been laying down Fibre Optic cable which is superior, but since I don't live in the middle of some massive English dump of a city, I won't see it any time soon.



I think anger at shitty internet is grounds to riot, I'de riot for better net provision.

Actually, as far as I'm aware, BT has had plans to implement fibre optics and much faster connections all round, for a long time, but they haven't been able to do it precisely because by doing so they'd be considered as having a monopoly by the government. The company has already been carved up before because of it.

Virgin Media can do whatever the hell they like because they're not the remnants of a nationalised company.

This is stuff I remember from Private Eye a couple of years ago though, so DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT.

 

[Baserape>]

I have used a 33k modem, you guys should be thankful you have the internet. If it wasn't for the British your ancestors would have been hung, drawn and quartered. Plus you would have no internet.

 

[Pi Mu Rho]

There's also a bunch of Local Loop Unbundling going on (slowly), which allows other companies to put their own equipment in BT exchanges instead of leasing bandwidth from BT. Like the one I've just switched to! Score!

 

[Evo]

I read that BT are going to put their next gen network stuff down on my exchange

It won't happen for ages though

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7667761.stm

 

[Raziaar]

I read that BT are going to put their next gen network stuff down on my exchange

It won't happen for ages though

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7667761.stm

Man, I remember when they announced they were going to install fiber optic in my suburb. I was excited, since there were so few places in the country they were doing it, and my suburb was one of the few places in the country.

It took them a year and a half to finally reach my house, despite much of the rest of this suburb north of Dallas already having it for a great length of that time.

But when it came... it was great! I love it and I'm spoiled now because of it. 15mbps download, 2mbps upload. Unlimited bandwidth.

 

[Jintor]

Damn you Raz. Damn you.

 

[OmegaX]

Man, I remember when they announced they were going to install fiber optic in my suburb. I was excited, since there were so few places in the country they were doing it, and my suburb was one of the few places in the country.

It took them a year and a half to finally reach my house, despite much of the rest of this suburb north of Dallas already having it for a great length of that time.

But when it came... it was great! I love it and I'm spoiled now because of it. 15mbps download, 2mbps upload. Unlimited bandwidth.

I'm currently in the process of moving and will be getting a 15/2 connection from Road Runner. I'm guessing its going to be quite the jump from my current 768kb/128kb connection. I can't wait :E

 

[Bad^Hat]

Actually, as far as I'm aware, BT has had plans to implement fibre optics and much faster connections all round, for a long time, but they haven't been able to do it precisely because by doing so they'd be considered as having a monopoly by the government. The company has already been carved up before because of it.

Matter of fact, I think Telecom have been accused of the same thing here. And justifiably so.

Heh, I just remembered something from when I tried to sign up with an ISP here last year when I moved to a new flat. They're Telecom's number 1 competitor, and as far as I know the only ISP here who's begun to offer cable. So I checked out the plans on their site and where it was available, and it turns out my flat was literally right in the centre of the area they had mapped out on there.

So I call them up, and apparently it hasn't been installed in that area yet.

Mother****ers had a huge arse circle on a map which blatantly said "available here!", I'm right in the bloody centre and I still have to settle for dildos broadband, which also cost twice as much as cable would have because I had to pay for a phoneline I never even used just to get it.

C*nts.

 

[Pi Mu Rho]

I just switched my ISP from Sky, because for the past 3 weeks, every night at 1715 precisely, someone presses a button marked "turn Pi's internet to shit." Steam dies, web browsing just about works, mail goes.
So I just signed up with O2, using their unbundled equipment in our exchange. Not only that, but I used a friend's employee discount. So now I get O2's Ultimate Package (which works out at 18Mbit) for ?7.50 a month. This is in contrast to my 8Mbit for ?22 with Sky. **** yeah!

 

[Kyorisu]

IN BRIEF | Political action group GetUp has launched a new campaign to oppose Labor's plan to censor the Internet.

The group, well known for their work on such issues as WorkChoices and mandatory detention, has called its latest campaign "Save The Net".

"It's certainly one of the most ill-thought-out decisions of the Rudd Government so far", campaign manager Ed Coper told The Sydney Morning Herald.

GetUp has been accused over the years of being a front for the Labor party due to its tendency to side against the Coalition government (it was formed after the Howard government gained a majority in the Senate). The fact that it is choosing to go after Rudd Labor's filtering plan will no doubt send a strong message to Canberra.

GetUp has launched a petition on its site, and says that it plans to raise mainstream awareness of the plan through advertising and other activities.

http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveTheNet/442

I think these guys are gauging interest before starting any advertising campaigns.

 

[Bad^Hat]

I just switched my ISP from Sky, because for the past 3 weeks, every night at 1715 precisely, someone presses a button marked "turn Pi's internet to shit." Steam dies, web browsing just about works, mail goes.
So I just signed up with O2, using their unbundled equipment in our exchange. Not only that, but I used a friend's employee discount. So now I get O2's Ultimate Package (which works out at 18Mbit) for ?7.50 a month. This is in contrast to my 8Mbit for ?22 with Sky. **** yeah!

And I'm paying the equivalent of about 30 pounds a month for (probably less than) 3Mbit download, shithouse upload, with capped bandwidth.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. :bounce:

 

[Krynn72]

My apartment just upgraded our internets. I used to get 180kb/s max for downloads but now I can get 1mb/s pretty easily. **** yeah! And it doesnt cost me any extra!

 

[Raziaar]

Yeah 1-2 megabytes per second is great! My 15mbps connection on good servers usually translates to around 1.5-1.8megabytes/sec reliably.

 

[Kyorisu]

Using government computers (technically free, for me anyway) I can pull down 2-3MB/s which is rather handy when I have a stack of DVDs with me.

 

[Steven]

Wasn't Australia a British colony?

No, Australia is a Kenyan colony founded four years ago by batman.