Today was the big day: I gave live streaming a test with the shiny new Fallout 4. Unfortunately, the roughly 1 Mbps uplink on this ADSL connection simply isn’t enough for much beyond 360p. Maybe 480p if I’m really lucky. Welcome to the wonderful world of Australian internet!

We’re expecting NBN availability around here sometime in early 2016, which should be an improvement. Unfortunately, the service I’m expecting is only 25/5, taking my upload speed from about 1 Mbps to roughly 5 Mbps. I’d been hoping for something closer to 40 Mbps up, so five is a bit disappointing!

There are faster NBN plans, of course, including 50/20 and 100/40, but what actually turns up at your house is another matter. For the moment, 25/5 looks like what we’re getting locally. At least it’ll be quicker than this ADSL connection!

What a disappointment. Good job Australia. 25/5 for the next 10, maybe 50 years? Girt by sea and run by those in the ID-10t club.

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