
Worst of the worst: Photos of Australia's copper network
· Not quite sure where this came from, but it's a doozy. In this case, because of a "crushed duct", a reader tells us, they have to share their phone/ADSL connection with their neighbour. This shot is from Adelaide, about 4KM from the nearest telephone exchange, and they get 300kbps downlink speeds, 60kbps up.