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They'll find some way to cripple it for sure, like sticking a 200GB/month cap on it. Australia can't have nice things :/

elithrar 13y ago
> They'll find some way to cripple it for sure, like sticking a 200GB/month cap on it. Australia can't have nice things :/ If you look at many of the plans already offered by ISP's, you'll find that this isn't the case.[1] Once more homes are connected, these limits are only likely to increase (as they have each year prior). Perhaps we shouldn't have limits at all, and just pay for a pipe of a certain bandwidth; but from an ISP's perspective they implement these caps to protect themselves from abuse by a small % of users. Personally I'd rather know my cap is there, as opposed to the odd behavior of many US ISPs in targeting "high usage" users with what seems like little transparency. [1]: http://www.iinet.net.au/nbn/nbn-plan-residential.html http://www.iinet.net.au/nbn/nbn-plan-residential.html
- cynix 13y ago
  > If you look at many of the plans already offered by ISP's, you'll find that this isn't the case. The largest plan offered by iiNet has a quota of 1000GB. If you're on the 100Mbps plan, this can be consumed in less than 1 day. How is this not the case?
  - kondro 13y ago
    Because you won't consume it in less than a day. For the present time, 1TB is enough for almost all home users. As history has shown us, these limits will increase as demand does. And iiNet overage at $0.10/GB is pretty favourable as well… what does AWS charge again?
    - cynix 13y ago
      > Because you won't consume it in less than a day. I would if I could… > And iiNet overage at $0.10/GB is pretty favourable as well… Well, I suppose it's reasonable. I don't think it's fair to compare it to business-grade services like AWS though; it would be more appropriate to compare the NBN to Google Fiber or one of the Japanese/Korean ISPs.
endgame 13y ago
Or Labor will muck up this election and the Libs will muck up the NBN.
dmishe 13y ago
You have universal healthcare
rayiner 13y ago
How is that crippling it? From the point of view of subsidized public infrastructure, it's much better to keep it fast for everyone than to let it get overloaded with people torrenting movies.
grecy 13y ago
As an Aussie who left to live in the USA, let me assure you Australia has many, many nice things. Healthcare, education, safety are very high on the list of things you should be thankful for, and are high on the list of reasons I'll be coming back (at some point)

elithrar 13y ago

> They'll find some way to cripple it for sure, like sticking a 200GB/month cap on it. Australia can't have nice things :/ If you look at many of the plans already offered by ISP's, you'll find that this isn't the case.[1] Once more homes are connected, these limits are only likely to increase (as they have each year prior). Perhaps we shouldn't have limits at all, and just pay for a pipe of a certain bandwidth; but from an ISP's perspective they implement these caps to protect themselves from abuse by a small % of users. Personally I'd rather know my cap is there, as opposed to the odd behavior of many US ISPs in targeting "high usage" users with what seems like little transparency. [1]: http://www.iinet.net.au/nbn/nbn-plan-residential.html http://www.iinet.net.au/nbn/nbn-plan-residential.html

cynix 13y ago
> If you look at many of the plans already offered by ISP's, you'll find that this isn't the case. The largest plan offered by iiNet has a quota of 1000GB. If you're on the 100Mbps plan, this can be consumed in less than 1 day. How is this not the case?
- kondro 13y ago
  Because you won't consume it in less than a day. For the present time, 1TB is enough for almost all home users. As history has shown us, these limits will increase as demand does. And iiNet overage at $0.10/GB is pretty favourable as well… what does AWS charge again?
  - cynix 13y ago
    > Because you won't consume it in less than a day. I would if I could… > And iiNet overage at $0.10/GB is pretty favourable as well… Well, I suppose it's reasonable. I don't think it's fair to compare it to business-grade services like AWS though; it would be more appropriate to compare the NBN to Google Fiber or one of the Japanese/Korean ISPs.

endgame 13y ago

Or Labor will muck up this election and the Libs will muck up the NBN.

dmishe 13y ago

You have universal healthcare

rayiner 13y ago

How is that crippling it? From the point of view of subsidized public infrastructure, it's much better to keep it fast for everyone than to let it get overloaded with people torrenting movies.

grecy 13y ago

As an Aussie who left to live in the USA, let me assure you Australia has many, many nice things. Healthcare, education, safety are very high on the list of things you should be thankful for, and are high on the list of reasons I'll be coming back (at some point)