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Just to add to the story, there are areas in Australia that also can not even get DSL.

Daintree in FNQ for example, quite a lot of inner australia. Don't get me wrong... I do understand the complexities of delivery, but it isn't perfect either.

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No, the NBN is a cluster____. In the cities majority of people are in a decent position (heaven help you if your in a blackspot). For most of the rural areas fixed wireless was to be the answer. However Fixed wireless was under-cooked (technology works, but density makes congestion bad, and high bandwidth plans unavailable). Many cells need to be broken into smaller cells, but that would make the economics even worse.

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