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The world can only exist with a properly working internet service.

Just another day at the Telstra internet help desk in Mumabi

The World of Warcraft that is; and Facebook and Twitter and all the other cyber realities that require an efficient communications network.

So obviously most online gamers and Facebook fiends were salivating at the speeds promised by the Federal Government’s National Broadband Network. It was heralded as bringing Australia into the “modern age” of telecommunications with internet speeds faster than Usain Bolt driving a Ferrari.

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  • St. Michael says:

    05:56pm | 17/12/12

    I can speak for iiNet.  In short, a shitload better service than Tree, Telstruck, and SubOptimal put together.  Yes, you do have waiting times, and the Indian call centre thing is there, but they actually seem to know what they’re doing, which is always nice.  Never had a significant problem… Read more »

  • Andrew says:

    05:28pm | 17/12/12

    Gotta say Brad, had a ditto experience to your’s with Telstra, combined with phone drop outs, having to re-tell the story to Some Indian call centre folk on innumerable times over one whole day I dedicated to setting up broadband 2 years ago. And it took a further 3 weeks… Read more »

 

I love progress. I’ve got an IPad and a desktop computer. I shop online. I work from home.

Cartoon: Nicholson.

I even do my own software updates, partly from necessity and partly because I’m feeling empowered enough to do it.

The debate about the NBN has left me cold. I find myself asking: do I need faster internet speed?

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