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longweekend58

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Will you connect to the NBN?
Dec 21^st, 2010 at 10:35am

The govt belives that 70% of households will connect to the NBN. The question is... will you?

The NBN will offer me a 12Mbs internet and a landline - two things I already have. So the advantage is slim unless i want 100Mbs connection which i might but probably wont. Will it cost me to connect? if so then the answer is no. Will they want to trench thru my newly landscaped garden? If so then also NO.

I doubt I am that different to most people. If you already have ADLS2+ and a landline then I dont see the point. And will the NBN connection be cheaper than ADLS2+? not a chance.

so let me know. will YOU connect to the NBN and why. and state what your current options are.

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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: Will you connect to the NBN? Reply #1 - Dec 21^st, 2010 at 10:40am No, I will not.
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codswal Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2070	Re: Will you connect to the NBN? Reply #2 - Dec 21^st, 2010 at 10:44am No.. cant afford what I have now.
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Please delete Gold Member Offline Please delete this smacking PROFILE Posts: 2936	Re: Will you connect to the NBN? Reply #3 - Dec 21^st, 2010 at 10:44am Why not hicks? Because you don't live here? Maybe a way to cut to the chase would be to ask lefties who will not, or righties who will?
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longweekend58 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 45675 Gender:	Re: Will you connect to the NBN? Reply #4 - Dec 21^st, 2010 at 11:01am all other things being equal, the only possible reason is to get 100Mbs bandwidth and the need for that at present is nil. Desire, yes. Need, no.
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Verge Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6329 Gender:	Re: Will you connect to the NBN? Reply #5 - Dec 21^st, 2010 at 11:44am It will be an economic decision. I will connect if its cheap enough, but I wont be connecting for speed purposes. My wireless is plenty fast enough, so if the NBN is cheap enough I might. To be honest, I quite like having my prepaid wireless for home, lets me take the laptop anywhere.
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Re: Will you connect to the NBN?
Reply #6 - Dec 21^st, 2010 at 12:18pm

longweekend58 wrote on Dec 21^st, 2010 at 10:35am:

The govt belives that 70% of households will connect to the NBN. The question is... will you?

The NBN will offer me a 12Mbs internet and a landline - two things I already have. So the advantage is slim unless i want 100Mbs connection which i might but probably wont. Will it cost me to connect? if so then the answer is no. Will they want to trench thru my newly landscaped garden? If so then also NO.

I doubt I am that different to most people. If you already have ADLS2+ and a landline then I dont see the point. And will the NBN connection be cheaper than ADLS2+? not a chance.

so let me know. will YOU connect to the NBN and why. and state what your current options are.

Connection rate is around $58 for basic connection and for faster speeds around $78-85 per month.

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 41215 Gender:	Re: Will you connect to the NBN? Reply #7 - Dec 21^st, 2010 at 12:23pm I'm already on cable, about $30 per month. If judas nbn was a LOT chepaer than that I'ld connect.
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Miss Anne Dryst Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2296 Sydney Gender:	Re: Will you connect to the NBN? Reply #8 - Dec 21^st, 2010 at 12:26pm With all the hoo-haa about the NBN, it really isn't that fast at all. WiMax is a lot faster at the same cost.
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gizmo_2655 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 16010 South West NSW Gender:	Re: Will you connect to the NBN? Reply #9 - Dec 21^st, 2010 at 5:04pm will it still cost $1500 dollars to connect??
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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: Will you connect to the NBN? Reply #10 - Dec 21^st, 2010 at 5:06pm This is going to be another great big white elephant. When people ask me about why I pay as little tax as possible, I merely point to the way Government piss our money against the wall as an answer.
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viewpoint Gold Member Offline A joke is a very serious thing. [Winston] Posts: 2209 Gender:	Re: Will you connect to the NBN? Reply #11 - Dec 21^st, 2010 at 5:17pm NO.....I'm satisfied with what I have.
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Life_goes_on Gold Member Offline Posts: 4772 400kms south of Yobsville, Qld Gender:	Re: Will you connect to the NBN? Reply #12 - Dec 21^st, 2010 at 5:22pm Once the copper network is decommissioned you won't get a choice. If you want a fixed line net or phone connection then the NBN will be the only game in town.
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skippy. Gold Member Offline Posts: 20882 Gender:	Re: Will you connect to the NBN? Reply #13 - Dec 21^st, 2010 at 5:22pm [quote author=EHBROSTER link=1292891718/0#3 date=1292892284]Why not hicks? Because you don't live here? quote] Bump ,hicks? How will it affect someone in the USA?
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Re: Will you connect to the NBN?
Reply #14 - Dec 21^st, 2010 at 5:52pm

10 years ago we were all on dial up getting about 3 to 5 kilobytes per second. It will be another 10 years before the project is finished and I suspect that by 2020 ADSL2+ will be woefully inadequate.

The NBN is future proofing Australia's future internetspeeds because at the moment the speeds we have are pedestrian compared to other countries.

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