@voodoo said in TV Serieseseses:

@Nepia Yep, That's Tone's hood. I'm in Fairlight, round the corner. We got NBN pretty quickly, one of the first streets. Paid for 25/5 initially to test it out, we have never got better than 17/3.5.

I used to live in Fairlight - near the ocean pool.

Sheesh that's still pretty shit.

I think I documented the crap I had with Belong on here - used to get drop outs at least three to four times a day, Belong blamed it on NBN, congestion, the way the wind was blowing etc, as soon as I changed to a new ISP (Aussie Broadband) I've never had any problems and the 50/20 averages roughly 45/17.

I have a mate who lives up above Brookvale who has to use wireless because there's no NBN in his area (what is weird is I think it was Abbott's electorate so you'd think it would have been done by now).

@RoninWC said in TV Serieseseses:

@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:

@RoninWC said in TV Serieseseses:

So I am loath to lose the 100 mbps and unlimited data just to unsubscribe from Foxtel so we are in a bit of a bind as we both really feel the Foxtel is no longer worth it.

Huh, lots of ISPs have 100 mbps down (with unlimited. Plus, 80 down is probably more than good enough for what you want?

So I guess it comes down to the 4K sport?

@Nepia Not sure if they do, or at least most do. I think you will see most offer around 80 mbps because of the real world failure of most NBN installations to hit 100 mbps due to the various connection types - FTTP, FTTN, FTTC, HFC, etc.

In fact, Telstra now only advertises their Premium Speed Service as "85Mbps typical evening speeds on Premium speed boost. FTTP and HFC only", no mention at all of 100 mbps and yes it does include unlimited data. This premium service costs $120 a month.

It does say in the details on another page... "Sometimes we go even faster. From June - Nov 2019, most customers experienced average evening download speeds of 90Mbps"

Where as we get an average of around 95-98 mbps in those times and I've seen speeds exceeding 100 mbps in the middle of the night gaming.

Often on the Aussie based BF4 and V servers I will get a ping of 1, never more than 2 and other gamers always ask what I'm on.

Looks like you're stuck then.

@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:

@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:

@mariner4life look at you with 2 TVs, dont tel me the 2nd one is an outdoor one for you to watch while in the pool or something!

the 2nd one is on the patio so i can watch sport from the pool.

It's such a Queensland thing to have outside TVs, my cuzzies in Brisbane basically install them in the outside pool area or carport the moment they move into a new place. Thankfully they've all given up smoking now as it was like being in a Sydney bar with their bullshit fake smoking areas.

@RoninWC said in TV Serieseseses:

So I am loath to lose the 100 mbps and unlimited data just to unsubscribe from Foxtel so we are in a bit of a bind as we both really feel the Foxtel is no longer worth it.

Huh, lots of ISPs have 100 mbps down (with unlimited. Plus, 80 down is probably more than good enough for what you want?

So I guess it comes down to the 4K sport?

@KiwiMurph I'm such an old man I don't know what those emojis/pics/whatever they're called mean.

@Machpants said in Blues 2020:

@Nepia said in Blues 2020:

@KiwiMurph said in Blues 2020:

@Kirwan said in Blues 2020:

@taniwharugby
Not many players get this much bullshit written about them, even fewer get character assassinated by the AB coach. All very weird.

Looks like Rieko has had a few things to say on this very topic today.

Do you have a link?

https://gamewith.net/fortnite/article/show/91

Hurrumph.

@KiwiMurph said in Blues 2020:

@Kirwan said in Blues 2020:

@taniwharugby
Not many players get this much bullshit written about them, even fewer get character assassinated by the AB coach. All very weird.

Looks like Rieko has had a few things to say on this very topic today.

Do you have a link?

@mariner4life You wait until I figure out how to work twitter.

@Mokey said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

@voodoo Your point is stupid. Those who remain in NZ are contributing to the government and economy via taxes (PAYE, GST etc) those who leave contribute nothing. Why should they get the same benefit?

I guess it comes down to whether the aim is to recoup the loan in the fastest amount of time, if they want to do that then making it easier for overseas based borrowers to pay it back is going to contribute to that.

Also, an alternate scenario is this, a mate of mine worked in NZ for 10 years after uni and paid his loan back ... he hasn't lived in NZ for 10 years now and will likely never move back. However, someone who heads overseas for 10 years to earn some cash, pays off their loan and interest, and then returns to NZ for the rest of their life is going to contribute more than my mate yet they "paid" more for their education than this bloke.

No one is saying to give overseas based loan holders a pass, just make it easier for them to pay back the money in the fastest time possible. The system is not currently geared towards that.