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I lived and worked in Sydney for a year or so, and used iiNet while I was there. They had a mirror of free software, and also zero-rated most iTunes content. With most ISPs there having caps (mine was just 100GB), it was difficult to not see this as a benefit, but overall of course it's far from ideal.

The other problem was just terrible speeds; best I could get in a central district was ADSL2+, with about 16/0.8 mbit d/u, and that's not including the terrible latency issue you had to deal with for a whole host of US and EU based websites and services.

Then again, I'm back in London now with a 150/15 mbit d/u connection for under £30, no caps in sight.




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