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This is a world wide issue in the free world at this point, but Australia is stuck in the 90's when it comes to the internet. We have some business there and f
by joaodlf 10y ago
This is a world wide issue in the free world at this point, but Australia is stuck in the 90's when it comes to the internet.
We have some business there and find everything about Australia ridiculous: ISP monopoly; hosting costs; licensing and internet related law... We ended up hosting in Singapore to serve our Australia needs.
AU needs a major revamp on everything internet.
- joshontheweb 10y agoSpeed is the biggest thing Oz needs. I lived there for a year and the speeds and latency are wel below what you would expect for a country of it's stature.
- joaodlf 10y agoYes! Speed is absolutely archaic. Lack of links can explain some of that (ISP monopoly is another one, lack of investment is so much easier when you control everything...). I'm amazed by the response times our users get in AU.
- mickael-kerjean 10y agoI don't really experience what you're saying about speed and response time at all (I'm in Sydney) I just come back from Thailand and I was amaze how fast and reliable is browsing the web in Australia in comparison. Trying the Internet in China, even staying in the airport is quite an experience in comparison: in China they would give you access to the Internet only if you scan your passport in exchange for credentials to use if you need access ...
- mmjaa 10y agoI'm Australian, and I decided 3 decades ago to not live there any more, because of what I saw was happening with the Internet and the way the country was crippling itself in comparison with the rest of the world. No amount of cheap plastic shit from China can keep me interested in a country so self-absorbed, and at the same time so utterly ignorant of the clear repression holding the nation back.