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by XorNot 2282 days ago
It's worth noting for context that the NBN was meant to be FTTP across the entire country, until the most recent conservative government came in and promptly cancelled all that.
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My area is fixed mobile only now.

The storms we had 6+ weeks ago knocked out the landline (and adsl), so we've been tethering for any internet, which is 1 bar strength of 4g.

It's increasingly unlikely that Telstra (the fixed line telco) will ever repair the copper: we've had several promises and nothing yet (nor expected until April).