There are 1TB plans out in the marketplace, why would you assume that the cap would remain constant?

No doubt someone will come out with a 100Mbps 'unlimited' plan.. of course, the contention ratio would be a very big number.

All copper lines in the fibre footprint under the Australian NBN rollout are being decommissioned, the only people who will remain are those getting wireless or satellite broadband services, for POTS usage.

Some would argue that Telstra, by keeping the copper lines active until forced to decommission them (as is the deal), makes it easier for a future opposition government to scuttle the fibre rollout.

Launch the testing app inside a standalone X11 instance - no window manager, just itself.

"For WWDC, this used to be channel 13, which is not licensed for use in the US, but is in Japan."

Does he have special WiFi firmware to go with it?

Channel 13 stops working on my MacBook if any access points with the country code set to 'US' are nearby, even though I'm clearly in Australia (where 13 is allowed).

make that under (<) 100ms, usually 60ms at the low end.

I make VoIP calls over 3G just fine (even with G.711,G.729 better). My latency to the SIP server is 100ms typically.

Are they still using the block within 5/8? They better get off it.. before actual hosts get addresses from it within the next few months.

Seriously, I used to have RSI issues until I became a Mac laptop user. Two reasons why:

• Macbook's are as thick (physically) as most laptops you can buy, which are generally quite fat in comparison
• I find Ctrl-Click or two finger tap less stressful on my arm when doing a right click than trying to hit a separate button on the touchpad

In fact, under the NBN model, they could sign up and carry their own traffic from the alarm*, bypasing the telco middleman. Downside is they can pass the ongoing connection cost to the consumer.
* (Presumably the ethernet ports on the ONT can be vlan segregated)

Uhh, from what I've heard, back to base alarms work perfectly fine over some existing FTTH rollouts. And some alarm companies are now moving to GSM/3G anyway.

And if you actually bother registering as a priority assistance customer no doubt NBNCo/whoever will give you a free UPS for that ONT.