On 21/02/2014 10:33 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote: > The Communications Department has released a My Broadband website > that purports to show what broadband is available at the address > level. From the article: > http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/government-it/broadband-availability-report-released-20140220-hvd6v.html
It's just as well they have wiggle (I'd call them weasel) words. I'm in the part of Beacon Hill, (Northern Beaches, NSW), that's in next electorate to the PM's The Broadband profile for my area says: Overall Fixed Broadband Quality C Fibre to the premises (FTTP) quality > Not available Hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) quality > B Fibre to the node (FTTN) quality > Not available Fixed wireless quality > Not available ADSL quality D The estimated median ADSL speed 6.04 Mbps. (Using Speedtest.net I get 3.17 Mbps, less than half the average.) The weasel words are: "The estimated median peak ADSL speed for your local area is based upon the modelled speed for each house in your area with access to ADSL services. Not every house in your area will experience this speed and your actual ADSL speed will probably be higher or lower than the median speed." "your actual ADSL speed will probably be higher or lower" just about covers it. So, the NBN isn't (and won't be available Real Soon Now), and my existing ADSL is crap. That's nice to know. -- Regards brd Bernard Robertson-Dunn Sydney Australia email: [email protected] web: www.drbrd.com web: www.problemsfirst.com Blog: www.problemsfirst.com/blog _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
