Our street recently got added to NBN. Interestingly, not long after that my ADSL2 download speed dropped to 1.3mp during peak times. Next door neighbour recently switched to NBN and said it was great..............for the 36 hours that it lasted. He has now been without internet for 3 weeks while NBN/Telstra shuffle responsibility (without any enthusiasm apparently).
We got notified by mail from NBN Co. that we needed to switch as the ADSL2 was soon being switched off in our area. Neighbour on the other side contacted Telstra about switching and was told that they are not doing any new connections in our area until about 6 months time as there is not enough capacity to support our area ?
There is a new housing estate of 1500 homes being developed between our street and the nearest exchange, so I'm not holding out much hope for the future.
looks like 4g via the mobile phone might be the best option ?
edit;- my mobile started misbehaving on the week-end, so I went into the Telstra shop yesterday to see about upgrading........................thats 4 hours of my life i'll never get back.....
Since when do you need to make an appointment at a shop ? doctors or solicitor sure...........but a Telstra retail outlet
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When I walked into a near empty store with multiple Telstra employees sitting along a wall doing what appeared to be data entry ?, young lassie asks if I was on the list ? no says I, I just want a phone, she starts tapping away on a tablet and says, that will be a 2 1/2 wait until the next available appointment....
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Imagine the uproar if Coles or Woollies had the same business model.............oh, you want milk and bread........come back in 2 1/2 hours and we'll see if a checkout is open........................ oop's, hang on.......maybe they are
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perhaps I should wander over to the rant page
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