According to Wynne, Thirty Mill Studios is a "poster boy" for the original NBN concept. "We are a small creative business, using the NBN to connect to the world," said Wynne. "Most of the time it's just me, or Mark and me, at the studio. Some of the software we need is massive in terms of size. We can buy it, download and install it, and be up and running in a matter of minutes."

Sadly for Wynne, in recent times he has also endured a dose of NBN reality. Wynne's apartment is also on Brunswick Road, just three kilometres from the studio. Six months ago the NBN network was installed. He signed up to the same plan with Optus, offering the same speed and unlimited data as his work connection. The difference is, instead of fibre to the premises, the optic fibre cable only goes as far as the basement of the apartment block. From there it is dispersed via the old copper network.

On the day we visited Thirty Mill, Wynne had walked to work to download some files. "The home network was telling me it was 58 minutes to download," Wynne said. "It's a 27-minute walk to work, and it took me five minutes to download. Guess which one I picked? Who wants to hang around at home for an hour?"

Tests showed Wynne's studio rarely gets download speeds of less than 95 megabits per second, even during peak periods. His home network was lucky to get nine megabits per second. "And at night, when everyone is streaming TV, forget about it. I tried to download a movie at home the other night. It was going to take 23 hours."

Wynne has been in contact with Optus, who said there is nothing wrong with the network installed to his premises. NBN, in turn, said there is no issue with the NBN network in his area.