[LINK] Jan's NBN experience

[Andy Farkas]

On 27/03/2017 11:05, Scott Howard wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Andy Farkas <andyf at andyit.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Jan is on a 12Mbps plan. Modern-day wifi (802.11ac) can do 300Mbps. My
>> ancient wireless access point (WAP) can do 54Mbps (802.11g).
>>
> No, it can't.   802.11g maxes out at slightly less an 20Mbps useable, less
> with more than one client active or if there's other wifi base stations
> around.

Confusing Mega-bits with Mega-bytes and 2^20 with x1000 is a
marketers dream come true.

> Still more than the 12Mbps, but not the numbers you're claiming.

I'm just stating what's printed on the box. And wikipedia.

> And before someone starts claiming that HFC isn't up to delivering 12Mbps
> at peak times, the simple fact is that I have no trouble sucking down
> 280Mbps over HFC no matter what time of day or night I test...

As the Communications Minister, Malcolm F'd up our NBN with his
MTM plan big time. It'll be his legacy. Other countries are different.

-andyf