NBN Discussion

[TheRealTMA]

Lets hope this helps:

About time!

 

[ausfox]

Lets hope this helps:

Will a $25 fine each failure really change their performance?

 

[moa999]

Will probably just be passed on to subcontractors, which will mean they might show up to jobs,

But if they assess them as possibly taking too long, will likely walk away and defer to another team

 

[DC3]

Will probably just be passed on to subcontractors, which will mean they might show up to jobs,

But if they assess them as possibly taking too long, will likely walk away and defer to another team

Quite possibly leading to a higher rate of cancelled/deferred appointments (to get around the no-show penalties). Have I got this right?

Edit: And, from the link in Post 2219 ".... figures have been proposed in industry discussions: $25 per connection for every missed appointment above an agreed acceptable level of missed appointments ...". My bolding.

 

[straitman]

I don't think the techs you are dealing with have anything to do with ABB. They're just the cheapest contractors that NBN could find in your area.

I have had the extra plumbing that ABB installed removed and now just have a single line to a single point. That alone has improved my ADSL2 speed from about 8 MBPS to 12 Mbps.

Now to see if NBN turn up on Thursday morning.

 

[Quickstatus]

Pretty sure the RSP does not install anything. The contractors that come to house are NBN subcontracted techs.

 

[JessicaTam]

I have had the extra plumbing that ABB installed removed and now just have a single line to a single point. That alone has improved my ADSL2 speed from about 8 MBPS to 12 Mbps.

Now to see if NBN turn up on Thursday morning.

I hope you really didn't remove any plumbing!

 

[straitman]

I hope you really didn't remove any plumbing!

Yep. Those flexible wire type pipes that the electrons go through.

 

[Quickstatus]

That alone has improved my ADSL2 speed from about 8 MBPS to 12 Mbps.

Would a higher speed improve your internet experience?

 

[Buzzard]

I have had the extra plumbing that ABB installed removed and now just have a single line to a single point. That alone has improved my ADSL2 speed from about 8 MBPS to 12 Mbps.

Now to see if NBN turn up on Thursday morning.

12 is still pretty poor. Attached is what I am getting as a free WiFi connection at my holiday accommodation in Merimbula where there is no NBN

 

[straitman]

Pretty sure the RSP does not install anything. The contractors that come to house are NBN subcontracted techs.

The comments about ABB were in reference to an earlier post I made about Aussie Broadband putting an 'odd' structure in my house as part of a fault find a few years ago and yours and other peoples comments about keeping it a simple single line into the house for NBN. I've had the ABB work removed and that alone is what has provided the speed increase. I'm not expecting anyone other than NBN to arrive on Thursday.

Would a higher speed improve your internet experience?

Probably as the present system has been prone to getting totally bogged down when the family all arrive and use multiple devices. If it was speed alone that was the issue I would simply just continue using 4G which I get at 120 - 170 Mbps. Trouble is that it gets expensive if larger downloads are needed.


Trouble is that I now have a full day on Thursday so NBN needs to be on time in their 0800 - 1200 window. If they are late I'll have to cancel this time. I now have a funeral at 1300 and then a function at the East Sale Officers mess at 1630.

 

[Quickstatus]

12 is still pretty poor.

@Buzzard and @straitman ‘s non NBN internet speed is like FTTP to me:

Yes I’ve had private phone line tech check everything. Can’t be improved. That’s via wifi. If I connect directly via Ethernet cable then add about 20%. During wet weather less than 0.5Mbps.
Sometimes I can get 5. Does not seem to be related to evening peak though.

I’m not due for the FW until maybe 2020

 

[TheRealTMA]

Sorry folks, but anything under 60-100 Mbps is not acceptable. Our current HFC connection (non-NBN) gets 120 Mbps.

Complain to your local politician.

 

[straitman]

@Buzzard and @straitman ‘s non NBN internet speed is like FTTP to me:

Yes I’ve had private phone line tech check everything. Can’t be improved. That’s via wifi. If I connect directly via Ethernet cable then add about 20%.

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The way of the world is all Wi-Fi though. My laptop doesn’t have a cable socket.

 

[jb747]

Ha. My NBN connection was originally at about 46 or so meg/sec, but it has slowly degraded to 41 meg/sec. At that rate it will be back to dial up in about 10 years. Note this is not congestion, but the connection speed.

Go one street east and you'll have 100 meg/sec. One street west and you'll be lucky to get 25 meg/sec. Sadly, if we had to have FTTN, the NBN should not have been permitted to plan the nodes to give as much separation as they do...but I guess that fitted the 'cheaper' part of the equation.

 

[Quickstatus]

The way of the world is all Wi-Fi though. My laptop doesn’t have a cable socket.

Correct, but try telling that to bigpond technical support who advises to connect via Ethernet to ensure better speeds.

Connection speed (or modem synch speed) is about 3.5Mbps

 

[serfty]

I wonder if a USB3.1 / Ethernet Adaptor would make any difference, they seem to be about $20 on eBay.

I have had the extra plumbing that ABB installed removed and now just have a single line to a single point. That alone has improved my ADSL2 speed from about 8 MBPS to 12 Mbps.

Now to see if NBN turn up on Thursday morning.

Be careful of the difference between MBps and Mbps; 8MBps is more than 5 times faster than 12Mbps.

I'm pretty sure you meant 8Mbps.

Note that this would still represent a 50% increase in speed from what you had. I wouldn't mind that on my seemingly profiled/capped 5.1Mbps max ADSL2 speed.

 

[Quickstatus]

I wonder if a USB3.1 / Ethernet Adaptor.

Likely will make it slower as it’s an additional connector.

If it did make a difference, the USB 2 would also have as the top speed in that was around 400mbps. Rate limiting step would be the ADSL

 

[straitman]

Be careful of the difference between MBps and Mbps; 8MBps is more than 5 times faster than 12Mbps.

I'm pretty sure you meant 8Mbps.

There’s a difference?

 

[NM]

There is no 5G operating anywhere in the world at the moment. South Korea is testing/showcasing/trialling a version of it at the winter Olympics.
However its all speculation at the moment with lots of hyperbole.

There are several 5G trials operating now in various parts of the USA. AT&T's first was in Austin, and now in a few other locations.
AT&T Expanding Fixed Wireless 5G Trials to Additional Markets
AT&T Launches 5G Trial with Magnolia at the Silos

Expect real deployment (not just trials) by the end of 2018:
AT&T to Launch Mobile 5G in 2018

I think it will a while before we see it in Australia and even longer until plans make it viable as an NBN alternative in the domestic market. But it will happen for sure.