@EvilClownwrote: I would say if the area is NBN ready the copper line service will be terminated at some stage. Is NBN any better than ADSL2? In my opinion, YES and NO! I could not get any better speed than 8Mbps using ADSL due to the fact I was 4k's from the exchange. Now on fixed wireless NBN I can get 20Mbps but I do pay more. But my son who was on ADSL was getting 25Mbps because he was living within 1k of the exchange. The speed drops a lot, the more K's it has to travel through copper lines..  Thanks for the feedback @EvilClown  Suspected that might be the case too re termination. Good feedback on the differences too. I’ll study up on where the exchanges are, and make a short term decision. Where I am now (Hampton EastJ ADSL2 is easily doing the job - streaming movies, playing PS4 games online etc, never with an issue.        ... View more