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|    Re: How do "they" Speed-test Internet Li    |
|    09 Sep 25 12:30:43    |
      From: suzyw0ng@outlook.com              Daniel70 wrote:       > (Posted to both Win-11 and Linux groups)       >       > Some years ago, The Australian Government set up a "company" to connect       > everyone up to the Internet. Commercial Buildings would get       > Fibre-to-the-Building whilst Homes would get Fibre-to-the-Node then       > twisted pair to the Home .... unless the Home-owner paid the extra bucks       > to get Fibre-to-the-Home.              Actually, the first suburbs rolled out got FTTH, I was lucky to be in       one. But then under pressure from Murdoch, the government went for the       mixed madness system (FTTN, coax, fixed wireless, whatever shit was in       the spare parts bin....)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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