Yep. It can do up to 1Gbps but no one is offering it.
Quality streaming is not just about number of pixels.
And do you need/use that speed, really? Being HD streaming uses about a qtr to half of my 12?
Do I need it? No. Do I want it? Yes! Nothing worse than turning on your PS4 or PC and there is a 20gb update waiting for you. Also flip side of the coin is the upload speed. Iâm assuming Riolio would like to get his graphics and websites into the cloud quicker.
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Ah, see, I never think of the Gaming thing.
If youâre into that, especially playing communal worldwide stuff, I get the need.
Edit: from here on out, Iâm calling 100mbps âGeek Speed!â 
High speed isnât essential for online gaming. Low ping is what you want for gaming 
Have a look at this and then apply the concept on a business sense and youâll start to understand where âgeek speedâ internet will get you.
I absolutely freaking need 100mbps
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iâll take my 20mbps down again, house sitting with adsl, not even 2+.
NBN is available from May 5 down here.
Iâll have to get the guy who installed all the C-Bus etc down here to convert it over once I get the modem. Weâre using a FritzBox modem rather than the Telstra-supplied one, and FritzBox just isnât going to cut it, I gather.
Iâm probably about 350 metres from the node. On ADSL2 at the moment through Telstra, and itâs actually quicker than the cable connection I had in Essendon. I suspect that was because the installation was faulty there though.
I doubt Iâll bother with the highest speeds. I donât stream much and I donât game.
I need geek speed. Desperately.
Until something goes wrong. Then youâre in a World of pain dealing with their South African call centre. I have no words to describe that experience, but will simply state the net effect of their towering incompetence on me: no NBN connection from early Dec 16 to early Jan 17 - no internet, no phone. Suffice to say Iâm with Mint now -theyâre in Salamanca Place. Their service is utterly sensational, they answer the phone, I can understand them, they know what theyâre doing, speeds are better than I was getting at iinet and theyâre marginally cheaper.
Given what my job is - I need lots and lots of uploading speed
â â â â â producer?
Unfortunately - this will most probably end as it usually does - successful small business gets bought out by larger dinosaur, customers suffer.
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It sucks that we canât see the censored text when quoting, anymore.
No Barnz - the only thing I produce, is more bodies.
Amirite?
I sincerely hope not as Mint are brilliant. If it does, I shall resume my search for an ISP with Aus-based support staff. Aussie Broadband (who BSD is with) also offer Aus support. Based in rural Victoria and Adelaide, I think.
Yep. Iâm with iinet. $100, unlimited data, full noise, great reliability, and no frigginâ lock in contract. Just month to month. Love it.
Yup, another reason I went with them. Great service, Aus company, aussie staff, all based in Morwell, ( âŚjust up the road!! As they say), and lets face it, Morwell needs employers employing now more than ever âŚ
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I internet for a living.
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do you have anyhting to hide? lots of net are for dead end kids and paedophiles.