Australian National Broadband Network Announcement

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Originally Posted by TarJak

When you can get 100mbps wireless then come and see me. Wireless is great for laptop/mobile access, but is not going to get you the speed you need for things like on demand HD movie downloads anytime soon. It's fine for broadcast media but when you have 5 million plus people all wanting different content at the same time it becomes a nightmare on wireless.

But will this be the case in 8 years time? 8 years ago, speeds higher than 28.8kbps were unheard of, and yet now 10mbps or higher is relatively commonplace. There has been a similar growth in wireless tech over he past few years.

I will say this - Its about time that something definite has been announced re our 2nd rate internet. Howard could've done this 5 years ago and we'd all be better off, but he didnt. Oh well. FTTH is a significantly better idea in theory than FTTN is, too, but it does mean significantly more costs in the construction phase..