Post-Election NBN Thread

mech · Post by **mech** » 21 Jul 2011 07:41 pm

wtf is up with these NBN prices?

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/tec" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 1hqbn.html

this thing is a farce.

mech · Post by **mech** » 21 Jul 2011 07:43 pm

http://blog.internode.on.net/2011/07/21" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... re-points/

unfnknblvbl · Post by **unfnknblvbl** » 21 Jul 2011 07:59 pm

Sigh. A great idea seemingly let down by a single stupid idea. At the risk of sounding like itch, this is what happens when pollies/bureaucrats get to make technical decisions.

Megaman · Post by **Megaman** » 21 Jul 2011 08:36 pm

What a waste of time. You can pay a shitload more for slightly faster internet.

General Chaos · Post by **General Chaos** » 21 Jul 2011 09:53 pm

Goes hand in hand with internodes fucking shocking new adsl plans. Thankfully I am on a granfathered plan.

Oh well what were people expecting?

A new utility to indirectly tax us with. Yay.

Mavy · Post by **Mavy** » 21 Jul 2011 10:34 pm

I'd be more interested in seeing tpg's plans. They might as well have asked telstra what they were going to charge.

Megaman · Post by **Megaman** » 21 Jul 2011 10:41 pm

Even if you halve these prices or double the speeds, it's still an internet service that's only incrementally better than what we are getting now - not the revolutionary upgrade that we were led to believe would happen.

selfish · Post by **selfish** » 22 Jul 2011 10:15 pm

I love that conroy says "well it's ok if you compare it with a bundled telephone service!"

Seriously, who the fuck has a landline anymore? Except people over the age of 60?

And "30gb should be enough for anybody" - great. I call retarded on the whole thing. I just went over my 100 gb limit...

BruceCamblzChin · Post by **BruceCamblzChin** » 22 Jul 2011 11:19 pm

Fucking lol, how anyone thort the people who brought you pink batts could handle this project is beyond me.

Luh to the mao.

unfnknblvbl · Post by **unfnknblvbl** » 23 Jul 2011 12:25 am

selfish wrote:Seriously, who the fuck has a landline anymore? Except people over the age of 60?

Anybody with ADSL? I just don't know my phone number

Talez · Post by **Talez** » 23 Jul 2011 12:29 am

selfish wrote:I love that conroy says "well it's ok if you compare it with a bundled telephone service!"

Seriously, who the fuck has a landline anymore? Except people over the age of 60?

Both iiNet and Internode's Naked DSL service start at $59.95 for the exact same data because you have the ULL tax on copper.

So they have a baseline 12mbps service that's either identical to naked (which only covers a fraction of city populations at best) or better than ADSL + landline bundling.

Once again The Australian sucks in all the idiots and whips them into a frenzy over a non-story. And once again westical is practicing the conservative "fuck you I've got mine" political reasoning.

GreyWizzard · Post by **GreyWizzard** » 23 Jul 2011 12:42 am

I mean it's not like ADSL was expensive when it was first introduced into Australia or anything...

Megaman · Post by **Megaman** » 23 Jul 2011 07:34 am

Talez wrote:Once again The Australian sucks in all the idiots and whips them into a frenzy over a non-story. And once again westical is practicing the conservative "fuck you I've got mine" political reasoning.

But the story was in The Age. And westical didn't post anything in response.

westical · Post by **westical** » 23 Jul 2011 09:23 am

I think Talez is turning back time. Let's call him Cher.

mech · Post by **mech** » 23 Jul 2011 12:06 pm

Hahahahaha

Talez · Post by **Talez** » 23 Jul 2011 01:06 pm

Megaman wrote:
Talez wrote:Once again The Australian sucks in all the idiots and whips them into a frenzy over a non-story. And once again westical is practicing the conservative "fuck you I've got mine" political reasoning.
But the story was in The Age. And westical didn't post anything in response.

Yes. The Age ran the story but the writers at The Australian wrote it. It said the source in the byline.

But let's ignore the completely valid point I made. Because there's really no retort to it.

People see the $29.95 sticker price on bare bones TW ADSL and then compare it to full service/naked NBN pricing.

Megaman · Post by **Megaman** » 23 Jul 2011 02:08 pm

The byline says it was written by Asher Moses and Lucy Battersby, who are Fairfax journos, which even the most basic of Google searches will confirm. You're just trolling, aren't you?

westical · Post by **westical** » 23 Jul 2011 05:10 pm

When do I get an apology?

mech · Post by **mech** » 24 Jul 2011 12:52 am

See, I always figured even though Talez is a biased aggressive lefty, he still has half a brain. But this thread is proving me wrong.

Cletus · Post by **Cletus** » 24 Jul 2011 02:34 am

selfish wrote:I love that conroy says "well it's ok if you compare it with a bundled telephone service!"

Seriously, who the fuck has a landline anymore? Except people over the age of 60?

And "30gb should be enough for anybody" - great. I call retarded on the whole thing. I just went over my 100 gb limit...

What? I have three landlines into my house? And the house is less than a year old. Other than ravers, drug dealers and renters who wouldn't have a landline?

westical · Post by **westical** » 24 Jul 2011 11:11 am

I wouldn't if I could, but naked was going to be too much of a fuck around and not any cheaper.

pilonv1 · Post by **pilonv1** » 25 Jul 2011 11:41 pm

So I can pay $80 for 200gb for 12mb/1mb with the new NBN

Or I can pay $60 for 150gb for 12mb/1mb currently.

Thanks Juliar.

Cletus · Post by **Cletus** » 26 Jul 2011 12:00 am

Juliar2.jpg

"You're taking words that have come from my lie hole and you're using them out of context."

BruceCamblzChin · Post by **BruceCamblzChin** » 26 Jul 2011 06:36 am

Lie hole

Hercy · Post by **Hercy** » 26 Jul 2011 07:20 am

pilonv1 wrote:So I can pay $80 for 200gb for 12mb/1mb with the new NBN

Or I can pay $60 for 150gb for 12mb/1mb currently.

Thanks Juliar.

This is only a valid comparison if you're currently with Internode, seeing as their prices are quite expensive compared to the competition. And the fact that you're paying $60 for 150gb on a naked or bundled plan tells me that you're not currently with Internode.

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