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Old 09-27-2008, 12:01 PM  
natas
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LOL 10 or 20? Try 2 if you're lucky. They only just got cable modems over there.

I've spent 1 year of the last 2 living and working in Australia and their internet is so backwards it's untrue.

If you're used to fast speeds ie the rest of the world you will be sorely disappointed over there.

Early 2008 I was paying $120AUD a month for the fastest consumer connection you can buy - it was about 2 mbps (*possibly* it was 4 i never measured it) AND bandwidth was capped at a paltry 60gb.

What does this mean? Basic surfing, email and uploading of a few sites. No torrents, downloads, streaming video, plus watching your bandwidth meter every damn day to make sure you don't go over.

The first month we didn't watch it and ended up with a $2k AUD bill - they hammer the fuck out of you for overages. Yes $2000 dollars

They are VERY backwards with their internet, apparently the new prime minister wants to sort that out but you know what politicians are like lol

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