Coming from australia and not familiar at all with Webpass... is the latency low? ie. could people use this for gaming internet connections?
No login, no metering, no shaping.
Example latency:
admin@RT-AC5300-E6A0:/tmp/home/root# ping -c 5 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=0 ttl=55 time=3.526 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=1 ttl=55 time=3.559 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=2 ttl=55 time=3.547 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=3 ttl=55 time=3.518 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=4 ttl=55 time=3.584 ms
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 3.518/3.546/3.584 msYou can already order microwave and fixed fiber links in Sydney CBD, Pyrmont, etc but they cost a lot more than $60/m.
The NBN was a solid idea. Execution is always kind of the issue though.
:( such a sad truth.
I recall someone complaining that they had no internet at all for months, because the NBN wire got hooked up to their house, but not plugged into anything at the other end - then their internet company was legally obliged to disconnect their DSL because technically they had an NBN cable - it just wasn't plugged in to anything.
Of course this would be a good law IF we were getting proper fibre NBN (and the above technicality got seen to). Just like we don't want multiple companies running power lines to one house.
This does not preclude other high-speed internet options servicing those dwellings.
For example, https://www.lightningbroadband.com.au offers or plans to offer 100/100 (actually, some pages have mentioned 200/200 but maybe that's coming later or business only). A salesperson explicitly told me they plan to service NBN-connected areas too but that they'll probably prioritise other non-NBN metro areas first, because the demand will be stronger.
why were you disappointed?
I'd hope that connection would be good enough for gaming.
It's point to point wireless to a building and Ethernet from there. No real latency issue there.
I wouldn't be surprised if they have buildings fed with 1x1Gbps going to 40x1Gbps clients.
(hand waving about Erlangs and queuing theory here) E.g. if you assume everyone is downloading a DVD image from a fast mirror (CentOS install DVD or something), they probably won't all start the download at the same time so there's a really good chance one user will finish their download before someone else starts theirs.
My MDU users rarely crack 1Mbps on a 30-day 95th percentile basis.