Australia ranks rather low compared to the rest of the world in terms of internet speeds - and on top of that it costs families a pretty penny for limited usage.
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Aussie Broadband's managing director Phillip Britt took to Reddit this week for a question and answer session on the NBN, which has improved average speeds somewhat, and the telecommunications industry.
Mr Britt said the Connectivity Virtual Circuit, where internet providers are charged for how much bandwidth they need per month from the NBNCo.
This means the company will unlikely offer speeds over 100mbps to homes without fibre to the premises until access technologies improve, and unlimited usage at that speed won't be on offer until NBN wholesale pricing changes.
His opinion is that a provider offering an unlimited plan with higher tier speeds "would have the potential to really cause some damage".
"I believe we will see the price of the 100 Mbit tier reduce over time but it will require a government write-down of NBN for this to occur," he said.
Because the bandwidth charge is in essence going towards paying for the infrastructure, a value write-down may not be likely, even with companies lobbying for it.
One forum user said the NBN has become the "greatest scam in Australia's history", and another said the current setup "means squeezed customers, poorer service and more complaints".
While there is a new innovation hub opening in Bega and a new "Connected Learning Centre" for TAFE students, consistently fast internet is something which appears as mythical as a minotaur.
The new learning centre currently has an internet speed of just 20Mbps, or almost 10 times slower than that of top ranking Singapore.
Is this really good enough for a new generation of students enrolling in "the future of vocational education"?
Two years ago the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission found around half of Australia's NBN customers connected with fibre-to-the-node internet could not actually get the fastest two speeds offered.
Retailers were selling plans to customers that were not realistically available.
Late last year the government said it would soon provide increased NBN satellite data allowances for regional residents, admitting regional Australia produces 70 per cent of our exports with just 30 per cent of the population.
If we're so important for the country's economy, why do we continue to be second-class citizens when it comes to connectivity and that oft-promised, but oft-failing, "super fast broadband"?