>>8457845Two main problems encountered with internet in ausfailia, location and company capacity
>locationif they live in the suburbs and have a long copper cable connection to the local fibreoptic "node" box, their connection will be gimped by that and can even get lossy with weather. If it's a short run, shouldn't be any problems. If they're on Cable <-> fibreoptic, it depends how good the install is and whether rain can ingress into the equipment as that can often fugg those up. Keep in mind some places in aus were still running over crazy shit like aluminium wire about a decade ago. Some people's best case tech was 256k async dialup modems.
If they live in the country they're on satellite or fixed wireless (dish on roof pointed at a Tx tower in nearest town).
If you have 15k AUD you can get fibre run to the house.
capacity
if they avoid early evening ausfag stream times, they'll be ok - this is when all the wagies are tuning into netflix. Some internet providers don't buy enough capacity at the local exchange point, which just absolutely tanks the net until they "buy" more units
Other things ofc shit like a router/wifi setup. I once had big issues myself (intermittent lag spikes up to 4000 ms due to router setting bullshit. Also could be on an oversaturated wifi channel (some 2.4 ghZ channels intersect with microwaves - cook some snacks and the internet dies). Or the company negotiates shitty routing to other locations.
