View Poll Results: Which tech do you have ?
FTTP - Fibre baby, the good stuff
7
28.00%
HFC - it's fibre, but ...
1
4.00%
FTTN - the Trunbull special
2
8.00%
FTTC - better than FTTN
1
4.00%
Mobile Broadband - feel the money burn
2
8.00%
ADSL, still
12
48.00%
I'm a luddite.
0
0%
Voters: 25. You may not vote on this poll
So who's on the NBN?
#46
Re: So who's on the NBN?
Well best of luck, but as I said up thread, the word is the NBNco lot don't have the software sorted to manage FTTC yet. So don't hold your breath (and avoid iiNet if you can).
#47
Re: So who's on the NBN?
Very frustrating to have an iffy net connection, especially when it comes to watching and listening to media.
#48
Re: So who's on the NBN?
Yeah. Which is why you need a provider that works in the evenings, when you are likely to want to use it, rather than grinding to a halt but being OK outside those times.
#49
Re: So who's on the NBN?
Fetch works properly about 98 pct of the time, Kodi about 50 pct, that's the issue. I'll have to buy a box, if I go to a different provider, Circa 350 bucks.
#51
Re: So who's on the NBN?
We've got wireless NBN as have the majority of rural locations. We have the dish on the roof and receive a signal from the closest tower.
It's far in excess of our old $80 bucks a month for 8gig dongle.
It's far in excess of our old $80 bucks a month for 8gig dongle.
#53
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Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 2,900
Re: So who's on the NBN?
I will be going on it in a few weeks, moving from rural town that has broadband to rural property outside town that doesn't. It's looking like we're going to pay somewhere in the range of $60/month.
#54
Re: So who's on the NBN?
Today is the last day of the Aussie Broadband offer for a free month + 6 months double data. You could sign up now and get it for a few weeks time.
#55
Re: So who's on the NBN?
F**king yes! We're due to get the NBN (FTTN) next month. They've been working in our street this week and I came home today to find that the node has been installed virtually right outside our front gate. It's less than 50m from the node to where the cable enters the house. I went and had a look at the node and this cable will be directly connected to the node (unlike in some installations where houses that are close to a node have cable that do massive detours up and down the street). I reckon I'm going to get a good NBN connection. A friend of mine in Gooseberry Hill (next suburb along) has FTTN NBN and is about 150-200m from the node. He consistently gets upwards of 90Mbps at peak times. That would suit me
#56
Re: So who's on the NBN?
Got installed with the local wireless service on Monday and so far so good.
Signed up for 30/10; constantly getting 33/14.
Today with VPN to Perth server got between 40-50. Can't work that one out.
Won't be signing up to NBN when it arrives here.
#57
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Joined: Oct 2005
Location: Hill overlooking the SE Melbourne suburbs
Posts: 16,622
Re: So who's on the NBN?
It has been available for a few months but I decided to hold off. To be honest our ADSL conection has always allowed multiple streaming of HDTV. We are 2.5km from exchange.
Neighbours either side report no problems so I will be switching over when I get around to it.
Neighbours either side report no problems so I will be switching over when I get around to it.
#58
Re: So who's on the NBN?
Think they're getting similar speeds to you through the day, drops a little during the evening.
#59
Re: So who's on the NBN?
30Mb is perfectly fine for most applications. What do you pay for that? Unlimited?
Unlimited 100Mb NBN is $90 with Mate
Last edited by Amazulu; Feb 9th 2018 at 11:17 am.
#60
Re: So who's on the NBN?
NBNCo do appear to be pulling a fast one, or rather a slow one.
Since their cockup and move to FTTN there are a large part of new signups that can't physically get 100/40 or faster. So they have made 50/20 cheaper for the ISPs to persuade them to preferentially offer that. That makes NBNCo look better ("look, we are delivering what people want") but hobbles Australia with a network that can't actually go any faster (which will hit services a few years down the road, such as multiple 4K streams).
If you look at the take up of speeds between FTTP and FTTN, you see there is a latent demand if the physical layer is up to it, but FTTN just isn't. With sensible governance they would have halted the rollout of FTTN as they did with HFC and delivered at least FTTC, or better FTTP which they could do for the same price. Then there would be less FTTN that's going to need to be ripped out and replaced 5 years hence.
Since their cockup and move to FTTN there are a large part of new signups that can't physically get 100/40 or faster. So they have made 50/20 cheaper for the ISPs to persuade them to preferentially offer that. That makes NBNCo look better ("look, we are delivering what people want") but hobbles Australia with a network that can't actually go any faster (which will hit services a few years down the road, such as multiple 4K streams).
If you look at the take up of speeds between FTTP and FTTN, you see there is a latent demand if the physical layer is up to it, but FTTN just isn't. With sensible governance they would have halted the rollout of FTTN as they did with HFC and delivered at least FTTC, or better FTTP which they could do for the same price. Then there would be less FTTN that's going to need to be ripped out and replaced 5 years hence.