說起網路，台灣應該很多人中華電信有許多的怨言，和韓國、日本比它的確還有許多的改進空間。但是和澳洲網路比，狂電還有剩。對我這種網路重度使用者來說，澳洲的網路真的不及格。
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| From 20090614_Darwin |
達爾文 YHA 的付費上網區
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| From 20090524_Cairns |
凱恩斯 N!Joy 背包客棧的付費上網區
Far away from my hometown, the Internet made me contact with my family and friends easily, even knew what happened in Taiwan. During the early months in Australia, it's a must to ask my landlord to you provide Internet? So I don't have to worry about the Internet surfing. In the last two months of my stay in Australia, because of the nomadic life moving frequently, I could only live in the backpackers, you usually have to pay for the Internet or go to the Internet coffee, etc. I found a fun phenomenon that many backpackers from all over the world would stay in the state libraries or McDonalds, since these places have the free Internet or wireless network.
遠離家鄉的我，網路讓我能夠輕易的和家人、朋友聯絡上，更能掌握台灣所發生的事情。在澳洲的前幾個月，因為是租房子，找房子前都會詢問有無提供網路，所以不會有到處找網路的困擾。到後期的一、二個月，由於快速的在各城市之間移動，只能住背包客棧，通常使用他們的網路都需要再額外收費，或是到提供付費上網的商店。在這裡常會看到一個有趣的現象，來自世界各地的背包客會集中在州立圖書館或是麥當勞前上網，因為這兩個地方會提供免費的上網電腦，或是無線網路。
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| From 20081105_Adelaide |
在阿德雷德的南澳州立圖書館
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| From Perth (Australia) |
在珀斯的西澳州立圖書館
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| From 20080826_Perth |
在珀斯的西澳州立圖書館
In terms of my observation in McDonald, most of the wireless Internet users are Asian, and most of them use portable computer, ASUS EPC or Acer One. In some branches, you can see a notice near the Internet area in McDonald, says this area is for customers only, maximum stay time is twenty minutes. Actually, some people buy a cup of beverage costing around one to two AUD and stay in the Internet area for couple of hours, there are some people don't even buy anything from them.
在麥當勞使用無線網路的背包客，根據我的觀察，以亞洲人居多，又以 ASUS EPC，Acer One 小筆電居多。在上網區的餐桌附近，有些分店會特別貼上告示，本上網區只提供給店內的消費者，時間限制在二十分鐘內。其實有不少人買杯一、二澳幣的飲料一上就是好幾個小時，有些人甚至連消費都沒有，就用了起來（還不少台灣人這樣）。
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| From 20090514_Brisbane |
在布里斯本的昆士蘭省州立圖書館
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| From 20090514_Brisbane |
在布里斯本的昆士蘭省州立圖書館
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| From 20090514_Brisbane |
在布里斯本的昆士蘭省州立圖書館
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| From 20090514_Brisbane |
在布里斯本的昆士蘭省州立圖書館
That's great to surf the Internet in the state libraries, not only quiet but also have air conditioners, the only drawback is you have to conform to the opening time.
在州立圖書館上網就更棒了，不但安靜還提供冷氣，唯一美中不足的是要配合館方的開放時間。
Take the WA state library as example, usually you can't use the Internet at night, you have to find something to do.
以西澳州立圖書館為例：通常到了晚上就沒辦法使用，只能自己想辦法找些樂趣。
Mon - Thu 9.30am - 7.30pm
Fri 9.30am - 5.00pm
Sat - Sun 10.30am - 5.00pm
In all the stat libraries that I've ever been to, the North Territory state library in Darwin is the most peculiar, it locates inside the Parliament house. Before you go into the library, all your things have to be examined by the X-Ray device for the security, and you as well.
去過了各大州的州立圖書館（西澳柏斯、南澳阿德雷德、塔斯馬尼亞霍巴特、維多利亞墨爾本、新南威爾斯雪梨、昆士蘭布里斯本、北領地達爾文），就屬北領地的州立圖書館最奇特，這間圖書館是在國會大樓裡面，每次要進圖書館前，都要把所有的東西掏出來，經過設備做安全檢查，人也不例外。
Now, talk about the Internet installed at home, I don't discuss about the bandwidth here, the part that I criticize most is, the bandwidth per month is only 20GB to 30GB (It depends on the ISP and the plan you choose), the definition of the used bandwidth is the sum of upload and download stream, and half of the bandwidth in one month can only be used in the non-peak hours(For instance, 0AM to 7AM). Once your bandwidth is over, the punishment might be different in terms of the policy of your ISP, the bandwidth might be as slow as a Modem, you have to pay in a higher price for the extra bandwidth or you can't surf the Internet in that month anymore. It seems that the Chung Hua Telecom in Taiwan is not bad but we take the ISP in Korea and Japan for comparing instead of the worse ISPs in other countries.
再來，說說一般家庭所安裝的寬頻網路，頻寬先不提（我也不是很清楚），最為人所詬病的是，每月的流量限制 20GB 至 30GB（流量是依你的 ISP 和你所買的方案來決定），這流量可是上傳和下載相加所使用的流量，而且有一半的流量只能在離峰時段使用。一旦你超出了當月的使用量，處理的方式也會依你的 ISP 而有所不同，有可能降你的頻寬至數據機的等級、超出的部份額外收取較高的費用、當月無法再使用網路。原來種花電信還算不錯的，不過肛世代還是要再加油，我們是要和韓、日比。
The table below lists the plans that provided by one of the Internet Service Providers in Australia
下面的表格是澳洲某一家網路業者所提供的方案
| plans | down/up speed | peak + offpeak quota | total cost |
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| home 1 - $29.95 | ADSL2+ speeds | 2GB + 2GB | $39.90 |
| home 2 - $39.95 | ADSL2+ speeds | 5GB + 7GB | $49.90 |
| home 3 - $49.95 | ADSL2+ speeds | 10GB + 25GB | $59.90 |
| home 4 - $59.95 | ADSL2+ speeds | 22GB + 30GB | $69.90 |
| home 5 - $69.95 | ADSL2+ speeds | 25GB + 45GB | $79.90 |
| home 6 - $99.95 | ADSL2+ speeds | 50GB + 70GB | $109.90 |
| home 7 - $129.95 | ADSL2+ speeds | 70GB + 90GB | $139.90 |
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| From 20090615_Darwin |
達爾文的國會大樓
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| From 20090615_Darwin |
達爾文的國會大樓
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| From 20090615_Darwin |
達爾文的國會大樓
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| From 20090615_Darwin |
在達爾文國會大樓裡的北領地州立圖書館
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| From 20090615_Darwin |
在達爾文國會大樓裡的北領地州立圖書館
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| From 20090615_Darwin |
在達爾文國會大樓裡的北領地州立圖書館
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| From 20090615_Darwin |
在達爾文國會大樓裡的北領地州立圖書館
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