JD> :( I'm hoping that when the glass starts glowing, I will be part of JD> it. Bell, the major telco here, is fighting that with the regulatory JD> body. They dont want the last mile to go to those who do not feed from JD> them directly, yet they will happily take money from the smaller ISPs JD> who do a better job, and give better service, for less money.
We got screwed by the government here. The previous government actually went to do things right. They went for a national rollout of a new network, with fibre to the premises for urban areas, fixed wireless for rural areas, where a fibre rollout was uneconimical, and satellite for remote areas.
Then in 2013, we had an election, then change of government, which resulted in FTTP being downgraded to fibre to the node, and the 1Gbps target speed being lowered. And while they claimed it would be cheaper, it's costing more and has been delayed. Had we not had a change of government, I'd be shooting light down glass now. :/ Now, the rollout is not scheduled to start until Q3 this year. There also seems to be more encroachment of fixed wireless into higher density areas (insanity!). At least here, we're down for FTTN... whenever that actually happens. :/
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