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Originally Posted by Ukastronomer
modem !!!!
Haven't had a modem for so decades 
Is it THAT expensive over there for £39 we get high speed fibre AND unlimited TV/films etc.
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You might be disappointed to learn that all your high speed fibre downloaded tv and films would be impossible without a modem
Whether it’s an ADSL modem, a cable modem, or a fibre modem, they all do the same job....which is to “modulate/demodulate” the electrical signals going up and down the wire into digital 1s and 0s.
Btw, $70 is roughly £40, so it’s not all that different. The biggest difference is your government heavily funded 21CN many moons ago, whereas successive governments here have bickered about why public money should bear the brunt for an expensive and complex infrastructure program. It’s very different when you have a large population in a very small space.
Which brings us to geography, which is a significant challenge. Australia is roughly 32x the size of the UK. You may think it’s a long way to go to the nearest shopping centre, but until you understand the scale of this country you really have no idea. While Australia is highly urbanised, meaning about 85% of the population live in the relatively few cities, there’s an Australian concept called fairness that prevails and that means that folk living outside of the cities should have access to (roughly) comparable public services as those in the cities.Indeed, it’s an absolutely crucial connection to people living in more remote locations.
So, as you can see, it is not as simple as just mocking our cost of internet
