Subj : Your cell phone bill?
To   : Spectre
From : TassieBob
Date : Wed Jul 20 2022 14:46:52

 Sp> NBN (National Broadband Network) is pretty much the lowest common
 Sp> denominator here.. its resold by pretty much everyone...

For the benefit of those not in AU - the NBN is a wholesale only access network, and most retail providers will resell NBN access tails simply because that's where 99% of the potential customers are.  Some will augment their offerings with fixed wireless or other fibre providers.  NBN covers pretty much the whole country with one technology or another - the lucky ones get FTTP (fibre), less lucky gets a copper or coax based service, less lucky again gets fixed wireless (basically congested LTE), and the unlucky ones get NBN satelite (Sky Cl^h^hmuster)

So for pretty much universal coverage, an ISP will resell NBN tails.  But, there are other much smaller fibre providers that provide FTTP within new housing estates, and there's alternative fixed wireless providers, and of course alternative satellite providers..

 Sp> For 20/50Mbps I'm forking out $AU89 a month.. I may well be able to
 Sp> find a better deal than this costwise if not speed wise.. but I've
 Sp> remained reasonably happy with the provider I'm using.

Indeed, but if you're happy where you are then why change it :-)  Especially if you have a static IP and things tied to that - can make changing ISP's a right pain in the ass.


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