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> it's a bandaid solution to your governments poor planning and infrastructure rollout .. Well yes, but a needed bandaid. That's what happens when governments

> it's a bandaid solution to your governments poor planning and infrastructure rollout .. Well yes, but a needed bandaid. That's what happens when governments vacate their role - individuals are left to manage on their own (and the devil take the hindmost). Australian here like you. Generally appalled by the NBN debacle. Starlink's beyond my means, but if I had a remote job I'd find it a godsend where I live (rural Northern Rivers). Our "NBN" is SkyMuster, which is from all accounts not up to much (even if you can get the NBN to connect it).

melbournegrad 4y ago
I don't want to get off topic but the NBN hasn't even worked. I'm only offered wireless in my apartment 4km from the CBD, currently 1.7 Mbps
- crispinb 4y ago
  Yes, fixed wireless has been vastly overused. Presumably when NBN were short of budget for an area, or where there weren't enough wealthy folk calling their pet MP.
nikcub 4y ago
Australia has a real problem with getting the last ~2% of residents connected. SkyMuster cost $2B and has 100k connections - so $20k per connection.
- crispinb 4y ago
  It's very patchy though even for those in urban areas. Fixed wireless has been way over-used in areas that could easily have been wired. And SkyMuster is supposed to be a last resort, but is pushed anywhere local topography offers a mild inconvenience for fixed wireless. I'm 4km from a village, and 30km from Lismore - hardly the back of beyond. And the NBNCo is just an old-style Telco: bloated with plushly-remunerated suits, utterly indifferent to users, and grossly inefficient. Before I knew how bad it was I tried to get signed up with SkyMuster. It never happened. I had multiple appointments made by NBN with different contractors, none of whom knew anything about the other appointments. It never actually happened and I ended up cancelling the whole thing and making my own arrangements.

melbournegrad 4y ago

I don't want to get off topic but the NBN hasn't even worked. I'm only offered wireless in my apartment 4km from the CBD, currently 1.7 Mbps

crispinb 4y ago
Yes, fixed wireless has been vastly overused. Presumably when NBN were short of budget for an area, or where there weren't enough wealthy folk calling their pet MP.

nikcub 4y ago

Australia has a real problem with getting the last ~2% of residents connected. SkyMuster cost $2B and has 100k connections - so $20k per connection.

crispinb 4y ago
It's very patchy though even for those in urban areas. Fixed wireless has been way over-used in areas that could easily have been wired. And SkyMuster is supposed to be a last resort, but is pushed anywhere local topography offers a mild inconvenience for fixed wireless. I'm 4km from a village, and 30km from Lismore - hardly the back of beyond. And the NBNCo is just an old-style Telco: bloated with plushly-remunerated suits, utterly indifferent to users, and grossly inefficient. Before I knew how bad it was I tried to get signed up with SkyMuster. It never happened. I had multiple appointments made by NBN with different contractors, none of whom knew anything about the other appointments. It never actually happened and I ended up cancelling the whole thing and making my own arrangements.