Everyone knows the platypus is a myth.
Nothing like that could ever be real.

I'm thinking the same thing about the Atkinson.

You mean like this :> ?
They are the cutest canines I've ever seen... and I'm a cat person !

Then do what all sane and informed australian gamers do, import.

...or buy downloadables online, amirite ;> ?

Not with Australia's internet speed and download caps. :P

Well my speed and caps are fine, as long as I don't mind stay up till 3am to download in my off peak time...

My caps and speeds are okay (now... earlier on in the year no way). Accept if I want content overseas in large file sizes, it is a leave the PC alone for a couple of hours. And that I'm willing (and stupid) enough to pay the cost it requires, but I don't have many options.

Do you guys get full speed in Australia when downloading from Steam?
Just curious.
I really enjoyed the ADSL2 speed in Melbourne.

Steam download speeds: 600+ KB/sec if it is from GameAreana (ISP unmetered) around 200 from other AU suppliers and about 25 from overseas servers.

Holy crap, that fast.
I only get like 100+kbps and it ain't cheap.
Such a pain to use the internet here. Damn monopoly.

To see these speeds elsewhere is a bit rare for me (mostly it is in the 20-100 range). But almost all of the (large) ISPs here have big content servers, including a steam game cache.
Cheap here? Thanks to lack of competition in my area, I'm stuck with high costs myself. Other suppliers say they'll do it, until I have them look into it. Getting everything to work for an alternative is too much a hassle and cost in itself :\

I tend to get my full speed on Steam, which around mid 900's.
The download cap is a bit of a pain, but if TPG is anything to gy, it seems that they're becoming a little more sensible, or fair.
Recently they've tweaked the amount you can download on peak, which I think is a good step. Bring on cheap unlimited downloads? kthx.

Unmetered, feh! How would I blow my 140 gig offpeak quota that way? :P
I tend to get 200-600 on Steam, but I don't think its measuring is too reliable. The best I've ever downloaded via bittorrent in the 5 hour offpeak time (via TPG) is 8 gigs (~450Kbps average).
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