No such thing as 500 mb/s speed 500 mb d/load.
Telstra 's only obligation is to supply a telephone line to those that want it. Hence the rim service. This service is outdated by telstra's own internet sales. Now restricted to adsl 2 only. Rim service does not support ADSL 2, But the phone works fine.
Change will continue to happen and all for the better.
I don't know why you think a faster speed will be any dearer in proportion than what it is now.
Some don't want faster speed , well some do.
The fibre optic is the only designed internet cable we have. Telstra was never designed for internet, it,s just lucky the phone line came as a pair.
Telstra will never sell naked adsl. Internet to telstra is a sideline only, and they only take responsibility for their own internet customers. Telstra is for Telephones only, if you are not a telstra internet customer.

579 said;
Telstra will never sell naked adsl. Internet to telstra is a sideline
only, and they only take responsibility for their own internet
customers. Telstra is for Telephones only, if you are not a telstra
internet customer.

Uhhh !
I think 579 has dropped a few bits !
chrisgaff1000; surely you mean 500k bits per second ?
or perhaps 5Mb per sec.

579,

Telstra is a telecommunication company, in an age where telecoms is all digital. Voice calls are now the sideline.

Telstra is now pushing its wireless networks, which will soon make the NBN largely obsolete, as mobile phones have done for the land line.

Mobile won't do any damage to NBN. Mobile will never compete for price, download speed, download quota, faxes, cable tv from anywhere in the world, Radio from anywhere, Live interaction, & phone calls for free.
Mobile is good, but limited, Wi fi is handy but limited. You can sit in your car outside a mcdonalds and do your business for free.

579

They said the same about mobile phones compared to land lines. Land lines are cheaper and better call quality.

In order to make a very very modest profit, the NBN needs 70% of house holds connected to broad band, and needs to complete its installation on time and on budget.

Not one of those 3 conditions are going to be met. The cost so far is blowing out, it is going to take years longer, and if the trend follows the US, wireless only houses are already 16% and are likely to reach 25% before 2020.

As 4G is rolled out, and the newer 5G is implemented what wireless can don in 2020 compared to today will be similar to a comparison between today and 2005.

579,

I'm a Hungry Jack's fan when I eat junk food. Can I sit outside and use the internet for free there too? Tempted to try it.