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   Woozy Song to All   
   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   
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