Bill Gates don’t call anything under 400 as “broadband”… and if you tell him about that 500MB BigPong cap you’ll hear him laughing all the way from Seattle. :p
Cable rollout has ceased in Melbourne about 5 yrs ago. Not everyone
has access to cable TV & cable modems. Then there’s silly Optus who
don’t provide cable to “multi-dwelling” sites ie units/flats.
Even if its only 2 units, built on the site of 1 demolished old house.
Which had Optus cable before it was pulled down. :shock::dead:
ADSL provisioning has a few caveats. Your local exchange has to be
digital (most are) but you also have to be close enough that your
line isn’t degraded (50:50 – it must be tested capable of 1500).
Plus your line has to be pure copper back to the exchange and not
pair-gained (quite common in new homes 5 yrs ago) or on a RIM
(again, another recent cost-cutting measure by installers).
Lots of hurdles there for broadband, not just cost alone. Think
Australia is sitting at only 5% penetration; it’ll be a long while
yet before we’re anywhere near the 60%+ of Korea.
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