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THE rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) has received a mostly positive reaction from the readers of the Surf Coast Times, according to our latest Facebook poll.<\/p>\n

The fourth in our series of polls asked the question: \u201cIf you\u2019ve switched your internet connection to the NBN, is your internet service (download and upload speeds, etc) better or worse?\u201d<\/p>\n

The poll drew 126 votes (hopefully, Facebook users were not prevented from taking part due to internet outages, buffering or dropped connections) with 58 per cent saying their internet was better on the NBN and 42 per cent saying it was worse.<\/p>\n

The Surf Coast Times polls its readership about issues on a weekly basis \u2013 head to facebook.com\/surfcoasttimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) has received a mostly positive reaction from the readers of the Surf Coast Times, according to our latest Facebook poll. The fourth in our series of polls asked the question: \u201cIf you\u2019ve switched your internet connection to the NBN, is your internet service (download and upload speeds, […]<\/p>\n

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