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This is a propaganda piece from NBNco (the company installing Australia's new broadband network). It basically says Internet that is too fast is bad:

http://www.nbnco.com.au/blog/singapores-gigabit-dream-arrive...

Or to put it another way: our bad solution is superior because it's slower.

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As an Australian the only reaction I can have to stuff like this is an overwhelming desire to leave the country. We're screwed in the near-to-medium term, and in the long term if we don't improve both our technical capability and the level of political discourse.

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