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		broodbucket on May 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In Australia, Coal Remains King Is it VDSL? We've had VDSL2 in Canberra for many years now (built privately) and it's better than most people's NBN.

ClassyJacket on May 10, 2019 [–]

Yes, fibre to the node uses VDSL, but with ridiculously long copper lengths, meaning only around 1/4 of premises can reach 100Mbps, some get less than 10, many are plagued with dropouts, and it can never be upgraded.

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