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Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke

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On Friday, 13 Jan 2017 3:50 PM, Xeno wrote:
> On 13/01/2017 2:26 PM, jonz wrote:
>> On Thursday, 12 January 2017 22:03:14 UTC+11, Xeno  wrote:
>>> On 12/01/2017 7:58 PM, felix wrote:
>>>> On Thursday, 12 Jan 2017 7:21 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>> news:edodlaFmm6aU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>> On Thursday, 12 Jan 2017 5:49 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>> Fools ran that line about 4G too and they pig ignorantly lied.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Because it’s a shared bandwidth system, stupid.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I remember ppl saying the NBN would be made obsolete by mobile
>>>>>> broadband before the NBN cables were even laid.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yep, some fools did say that.
>>>>>
>>>>>> so it's not true then?
>>>>>
>>>>> Nope, never was, because of the shared bandwidth problem.
>>>>>
>>>>>> a friend who doesn't use much data recently ditched her ADSL and 
>>>>>> uses
>>>>>> her phone as a hotspot to connect
>>>>>
>>>>> Sure, it can be cheaper for people like that.
>>>>
>>>> it was not only cheaper but better. she was only getting 2.5 mbps on
>>>> ADSL and now gets 17.5 mbps. it was my suggestion to her to do it, so
>>>> she's quite pleased now she took the advice
>>>
>>> Suits some, wouldn't suit me.
>> ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
>>  Prolly not if you are on a mission to download the entire internet 
>> content.. :)
>
> Years ago I tried.... and failed.   ;-)
>
> Have all the music I could ever want, or could ever listen to in the 
> rest of my lifetime.
> Movies bore me.
>
> These days I chew through 150 GB per month and the lions share of that 
> would be accounted for by my wife who watches online Thai soapies. She 
> used to get them from Springvale on DVD years back but, obviously, 
> that's not an option here. Online is more timely anyway, at most 24 
> hours behind screening in Thailand. It's also free.  ;-)
>
>

no it aint. you have to pay for your data plan :)


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5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2017-01-11 10:25 +0100
  Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke Lucifer Morningstar <Barry@saymyname.com> - 2017-01-11 20:47 +1100
  Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-01-12 05:49 +1100
    Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-12 15:05 +1100
      Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-01-12 15:45 +1100
        Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-12 22:02 +1100
      Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-01-12 19:21 +1100
        Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-12 19:58 +1100
          Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2017-01-12 02:36 -0800
            Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-13 23:44 +1100
              Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2017-01-13 19:54 -0800
          Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-12 22:03 +1100
            Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2017-01-12 19:26 -0800
              Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-13 15:50 +1100
                Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-13 23:46 +1100
                Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2017-01-13 19:47 -0800
      Re: 5G cell phones will make Turnbull's FTTN a joke jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2017-01-12 02:17 -0800

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