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download speed of about 10MB/hr (it has recently been up to about 
10MB/s, and, sometimes, better).

But, with the increased spying on us and what we do, and, other 
interception, by the federal parliament, regardless of how many KB/s we 
are supposed to get, the actual speeds will probably revert to about the 
33.6KB/s  (an even slower) dialup speed, even if we have 6" wide 
optical fibres in the cables.

It does not matter whether you have a ferrarri, or a porsche - if you 
are driving it through deep puddles and muddy paddocks with foot-high 
grass, and, having to stop and open and close gates, and, drive it over 
cattle stops, then you can not really maintain an average speed of over 
150km/hour.

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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"So once you do know what the question actually is,
  you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
   Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
   "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
   A Trilogy In Four Parts",
   written by Douglas Adams,
   published by Pan Books, 1992
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