That's at least partly because the speeds you pay for are "up to" 100mbps. Many who pay the extra (~double a normal adsl fee) don't get anywhere near the advert

That's at least partly because the speeds you pay for are "up to" 100mbps. Many who pay the extra (~double a normal adsl fee) don't get anywhere near the advertised max speed. Besides, what people pay for and need in October 2017 is probably less than a child starting school will use in 2022 when they hit year 5. This is a national infrastructure project - surely it should be built with the future in mind? This is without discussing upload speeds - not everyone is a purely downloading user. Viewing a population of civilians as a population of solely consumers seems a common folly. I recommend the four corners tv show [1] (linked in the original piece), likely the cause of the extra media attention on the NBN lately. [1] http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/whats-wrong-with-the-nbn/9077900 http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/whats-wrong-with-the-nbn/9077...