[Bloodmyst]

Originally Posted by Paroxysm

@ Cordance, it still sounds like complete shit. I mean c'mon - 'Lets spend billions of dollars on the NBN, but let's only do a half assed job in which the big cities are the only ones which benefit from the full program, with regional areas (THE MAJORITY OF AUSTRALIA) being forced to use a wireless version which peaks at 12Mbps rather than 1GBps download '

Hey Parox, what part of Townsville you live in? Wouldn't you be experiencing the benefits of NBN already? I'm sure they have finished the project in Aitkenvale and are currently working in Heatley (Where my family lives).

The thing that sucks most with wireless is interference. It doesn't matter how fast they can make it, unless some Einstein out there can figure out a way to reduce the interference down to fibre/cat standards it's useless for gaming.

You would think Mount Isa would be a high priority for the NBN, considering it's a mining town + the amounts of money the mining industry brings into Australia. But I guess they do need to start at the core before they start branching off in rural areas.

[Paroxysm]

Originally Posted by Bloodmyst

Hey Parox, what part of Townsville you live in? Wouldn't you be experiencing the benefits of NBN already? I'm sure they have finished the project in Aitkenvale and are currently working in Heatley (Where my family lives).

The thing that sucks most with wireless is interference. It doesn't matter how fast they can make it, unless some Einstein out there can figure out a way to reduce the interference down to fibre/cat standards it's useless for gaming.

You would think Mount Isa would be a high priority for the NBN, considering it's a mining town + the amounts of money the mining industry brings into Australia. But I guess they do need to start at the core before they start branching off in rural areas.

I'm not directly in Townsville, I'm living in Ayr, south of there by about 100km's. We won't be getting NBN for a loooooooooooong time sadly. There are a few places within Townsville that are getting NBN as we speak however.

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Bloodmyst:

Ouch! In Ayr huh... yeh thats gotta suck....