NBN. What is your experience so far.

[Bird]

I find this VERY handy
https://www.numberlookup.com.au/

[edz]

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM0k_CVQFoM

[Paddler Ed]

New Universal Service Obligation coming through from the other day - Just did a quick Speedtest on ours, and we're now hitting 25 instead of about 15 on fixed wireless; should make it a bit easier as Zoom etc goes to sh!t if too much is going on - I suspect that the router is now the bottleneck.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-02/high-speed-internet-universal-service-obligation-legislation/12415512

[MrCruza]

After having regular daily dropouts on my Optus HFC connection, while both of us are working from home, I've finally cracked the s^%#ts and today  I make the switch to OntheNet, a Gold Coast based ISP who we use extensively at work. Their help desk is always only a phone call away and based in Varsity Lakes.
At least I figure if we find the dropouts continue then I'll be able to easily contact someone to get something done about it, unlike the Optus merrygoround.

[Fizzie]

Interesting, thanks Ed.

So I've just run a couple of tests on our 25/5 HFC.

Usually we sit ~21-23 down & high 4s up, but these two tests were "only" 18.1 & 20.6 down, but both 4.8 up.

So who do we have a whinge to, & how much refund do we get

[noel_w]

unlike the Optus merrygoround.

Welcome to my world

[Jon Burrell - Tentworld]

I have FTTP to my house & just changed ISP to Aussie Broadband after they launched their new 1000/50 plan for $149 per month.

With this speed will make offsite backups nice and quick.

[Bird]

New Universal Service Obligation coming through from the other day - Just did a quick Speedtest on ours, and we're now hitting 25 instead of about 15 on fixed wireless; should make it a bit easier as Zoom etc goes to sh!t if too much is going on - I suspect that the router is now the bottleneck.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-02/high-speed-internet-universal-service-obligation-legislation/12415512

Wonder how that goes with - didnt NBN Corp release more bandwidth to help with everyone working from home in AU - or something like that - what happens when they remove that 'extra' available bandwidth... will the excuses start rolling out?

[gronk]

Interesting, thanks Ed.

So I've just run a couple of tests on our 25/5 HFC.

Usually we sit ~21-23 down & high 4s up, but these two tests were "only" 18.1 & 20.6 down, but both 4.8 up.

So who do we have a whinge to, & how much refund do we get

I'd say you could whinge as much as you like....download speeds "somewhere" near advertised is OK. When you get down to approx 12, then you might have a case !!

[Champin]

Internet in the country sucks. My brother has been having no end of trouble with his internet constantly dropping out and when it does connect its just plain slow. He tried to run a speed test and that took 3 minutes to load. He is currently receiving signal from a ymax tower which he was informed was targeted for removal this year sometime. So....he gets a techie out to sus out the nbn. No signal. His tv antenna is on a pole about 6m above his roof so we thought about maybe wacking the receiver up next to that but, the techie is only allowed to go 3m over the roof line. I have no issue with that as I am all for safety. Would it help to go higher? I could build a mast that hinges at the bottom so we could drop it for installation and maintenance but would the tech people be ok with that?
I ran a test on my internet a wow! Double figures (if you disregard that dot thing in the middle).

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[austastar]

Hi,
    In NT I have seen two public hot spots set up in areas of zero bars on the phone.
They are just a 1m^2  plate steel mounted up a pole, reflecting a signal from a remote tower. This is collected by a satellite dish closer to the ground.
To use it, turn on phone, dial, put it on speaker phone, place the phone on the small ledge at the focus point of the dish and stand back a meter or so.
Bingo, 3 bars from nothing.
An old dish should be easy enough to locate and mount in a fixed location.
Cheers

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[Champin]

Thanks mate, I'll give that a go.

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[Kangaron]

Still waiting here in downtown Dunolly, expected connection date now 31/12/2020.
That date has changed numerous times.
The countryside around our town is on wireless but npothing in town.

[saph]

Connected a few months ago on aussie broadband

50/20 for 79 unlimited

While watching a internet stream and family has netflix going.



loving it comming from my mobile data.

[corndog]

And now for the new improved NBN roll out plan, or should it be called a roadmap now. Roll out plan/roadmap mk3. Those that were/should have gotten FTTP (mk1) that was changed to the half ass FTTN (mk2) cause it was cheaper and just as good, will now after a few years more, if your lucky, to get FTTP. So for those in this boat, what is your experience so far. I'll check back in 3 or 4 years to see if it's changed.

[Bird]

And now for the new improved NBN roll out plan

is there an election coming?
Roll out the manure, win election, then fold it all up and put it back to bed until next election

[Foo]

If that egotistical Turdbull had of done what the megalomaniac Crud had introduced, we wouldn't be going down this path  FFS! 

Foo

[alnjan]

If that egotistical Turdbull had of done what the megalomaniac Crud had introduced, we wouldn't be going down this path  FFS! 

Foo

agreed, Turnbull showed his true colours then.  Still reckon if Rudd had left it to the telcos in the first place we would be far better off without the Government having to feed a money pit. 

[WilSurf]

NBN was great, until two days ago.
No more 5Gz from the Wifi and today not even the 2,4Gz.
What's going on?

[corndog]

Is it a problem with the NBN or a problem with your wifi?

[D4D]

Still reckon if Rudd had left it to the telcos in the first place we would be far better off without the Government having to feed a money pit. 

Correct - privatise Telecom on the basis of market competition, then create another publicly funded network and stifle competition and investment. Nobody was prepared to pay the $200+/m plan charges for FTTP back then, I'd be concerned that people still won't pay $150/m for FTTP now. Why would I when I can get 5G from Optus or Telstra and it is cheaper and more convenient...

[db]

It will be a long time before 5G is widespread and viable outside major population centres, and the way the technology works, it may never be viable for broadband when the population density is below a certain level. And the 5G works very poorly or not at all inside buildings, or even behind trees, on in the rain. Most of us are unlikely to be using 5G for general broadband in the foreseeable future.

Satellite https://www.starlink.com/ maybe...

[D4D]

It will be a long time before 5G is widespread and viable outside major population centres, and the way the technology works, it may never be viable for broadband when the population density is below a certain level. And the 5G works very poorly or not at all inside buildings, or even behind trees, on in the rain. Most of us are unlikely to be using 5G for general broadband in the foreseeable future.

I wouldn't say a long time. Have you seen the Optus and Telstra investment roadmaps? They are going all out to build a network to move customers from the NBN to their own to make more margin and cut out NBN. The free market will win in the end and NBN will be sold back into the private sector. I have a few colleagues on 5G broadband and they are getting way better speed/service than they ever did on NBN.

[Pete79]

At the expense of all the regional areas, again.
Optus are currently rolling back coverage in our region to aid in their aggressive 5G metro plan.

Fortunately I didn't go with the recommendations of the guys that installed my 4G antenna/modem system. I went with Telstra so I could add my 100g/month sim onto our work plan with the mobile.
Otherwise I would be in the same boat as hundreds of other people that will soon have useless $2,000 Optus 4G systems installed in their houses.

Here we have No NBN, no 5G and no plans from any telcos to change that.
The private sector might have built an NBN network for the citys, but without the government getting involved the regions would have got squat....

[Bird]

I noticed 2 new towers along the Eastlink today, one near the freight depot, and one further along ... wondering if they are for this.