Opinions on "fiber optic" internet?

[fredd bear]

Alrighty then, I am suitably enfibred. At first blush, web pages are astonishingly instantaneous. I plan to stress test tomorrow by downloading a movie or ten The gross physical aspect of getting fibre in the door were unexpectedly onerous. My furniture is now in a heap in the middle of the living room. That said. I am scoring 960 MBs plus. It peaked at 1,300 MBps.

So far so good.

Bloody hell!  I think I hate you; I pay extra for the 'fast download speed' of 50Mbps. $74 a month. (does not include VOIP) 

 Our National Broadband System is a multi billion $  project conceived by and implemented by a Labor government. Then we had a change in government. The the  conservatives decided to change it, to save money. Today, most people get  'fibre to the node' instead of 'fibre to the premises.' I have fibre to the premises. There are two largish boxes attached to an inside wall.

Our politicians seem oblivious/ indifferent to how poorly our system compares internationally.  I wish I could think of a way to cause them deep embarrassment over this issue. Then they might pull their finger out.


 Everyone gets NBN connected, it's mandatory to have the connection, but you don't have to use it, except for phones.