NBN Discussion

Quickstatus said:
For most FTTB = THB(too hard basket)
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Yep. It’s really a new building development thing. Literally cable it up from the ground floor.

A friend had access to it. It was a fraction of the cost of standard TPG NBN rates (although I’ve not looked recently).
 
Quickstatus said:
My Unifi happily accepted the change without a reboot - just plug and play.

What did you have to tweak?
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That's more or less exactly what happened for me too. The device is the now ancient USG-3, and it has a maximum throughput of 80-100 meg/sec with all of the security features turned on. Before I connected it to the fibre, I knew that was a limitation, so I turned them down. When I plugged the fibre connection in, it didn't miss a beat. It then worked happily for a couple of weeks until it had this morning's 3am conniption. The setting I changed was literally a random setting from the security page...and I immediately put it back to what it had been beforehand. My suspicion is that somehow it had turned back on the features I'd turned off, so I was just reinforcing my 'off' decision. The newly ordered device can handle 1Gbe with everything turned on.
 
Quickstatus said:
storms
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Whadayaknow.

Storm cell hit us this arvo. No power.
When I got home I fired up the 2 genies and connected the fridge and freezer.
Also connected the FTTP box and our "Storm router". Instead of plugging in the expensive Unifi system to the Honda genies and risking the electronics we use the $180 Aussiebroadband supplied "Storm" router/wifi.

Back online. The FTTP so far so good. Plug and Play didn't miss a beat once the box was powered up. FTTC would have been Ok but I've found before sometimes it needed a couple of restarts before it handshakes with whatever it need to handshake with.
 
Quickstatus said:
Whadayaknow.

Storm cell hit us this arvo. No power.
When I got home I fired up the 2 genies and connected the fridge and freezer.
Also connected the FTTP box and our "Storm router". Instead of plugging in the expensive Unifi system to the Honda genies and risking the electronics we use the $180 Aussiebroadband supplied "Storm" router/wifi.

Back online. The FTTP so far so good. Plug and Play didn't miss a beat once the box was powered up. FTTC would have been Ok but I've found before sometimes it needed a couple of restarts before it handshakes with whatever it need to handshake with.
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Whilst we do have a generator too I just bought a $99 Ryobi one+ inverter as a backup power option. Happily runs a standard lamp and/or Internet boxes for many hours without the noise.
 
prozac said:
Who does the offer come from?
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For me, it came from my RSP (Superloop). The offer I got was entirely free upgrade and 6 months of 100mbps at the same cost as my previous speed (50mbps on FTTC).

Not sure the incentive around speed upgrade was needed, but I couldn't see any reason not to take them up on the offer and I'm glad I did - not that I had any significant FTTC issues before, but the ability to have multiple active services on FTTP as well as higher attainable speeds and the lack of delay while the FTTC reverse power activates the NTD at the street which used to drive me crazy after a power outage have already improved the excellent experience I'd already had with FTTC which had been almost bulletproof for me (sans for my house's RCD tripping from time to time which is hardly their fault, but which led to a good 30 mins delay to bring the port back up every time).
 
33kft said:
For me, it came from my RSP (Superloop). The offer I got was entirely free upgrade and 6 months of 100mbps at the same cost as my previous speed (50mbps on FTTC).

Not sure the incentive around speed upgrade was needed, but I couldn't see any reason not to take them up on the offer and I'm glad I did - not that I had any significant FTTC issues before, but the ability to have multiple active services on FTTP as well as higher attainable speeds and the lack of delay while the FTTC reverse power activates the NTD at the street which used to drive me crazy after a power outage have already improved the excellent experience I'd already had with FTTC which had been almost bulletproof for me (sans for my house's RCD tripping from time to time which is hardly their fault, but which led to a good 30 mins delay to bring the port back up every time).
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What do you mean by "multiple active services"?
 
prozac said:
Who does the offer come from?
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Usually your ISP or any ISP company that wants your business.
You could ask your ISP.
They will need maybe a day and a bit, as they have to out the box on your external wall, with cable into call box within a round larger sheath, and then they need access to the inside of house too, might need to add power points as well.
As I mentioned, mine is tenanted, I checked the address on NBN, and it listed as the address has NBN.
Their next door probably still has ADSL.
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Am using mobile rollover data, so hard to cut and paste.
Till Fri, my oath, those people do take their time.
The Mon night Tue morn storm must have made it hard work for those Adelaide based NBN techies.
 
Guvner said:
What do you mean by "multiple active services"?
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There are multiple "universal data" (UNI-D) ports available (4 in total) which can consist of different internet services from different providers. You could have one for business and one for home, or potentially use it if you were swapping from one ISP to another (although I doubt this is a model which is used often).

Might even be able to get creative with a primary internet service and then a pay as you go or pause-able service on the second port in case your RSP goes Optus at an inconvenient time
 
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33kft said:
There are multiple "universal data" (UNI-D) ports available (4 in total) which can consist of different internet services from different providers. You could have one for business and one for home, or potentially use it if you were swapping from one ISP to another (although I doubt this is a model which is used often).

Might even be able to get creative with a primary internet service and then a pay as you go or pause-able service on the second port in case your RSP goes Optus at an inconvenient time
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Ahh OK. Four different WAN ports. I misinterpreted it as multiple aggregated services. Thanks.
 
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Guvner said:
Ahh OK. Four different WAN ports. I misinterpreted it as multiple aggregated services. Thanks.
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It depends on terminology - it's 4 different ports each with distinctly separate RSP services split out by the NTD which are carried over the same strand of fibre - you're subject to the same GPON bandwidth limitations in aggregate but through encoding it enables multiplexing of 4 different services over 1 physical cable but not so much for the benefit of throughput - more for billing flexibility.
 
prozac said:
Who does the offer come from?
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NBN makes it progressively available
Service providers in your area may advertise
Or you can check your address against the NBN address checker or the service provider address checket

However order via a service provider not NBN
You will need to agree to a higher speed plan for a short while - maybe only a month
DeKa said:
250/25
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FTTN to FTTP only need 100/40. FTTC require 250/25
But there is no contract for most service providers - minimum 1 month and then drop back if you wish
 
SYD said:
I put a request into TPG years ago to run their FTTB network... My current HFC comes through the basement - why can’t theirs?
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@SYD maybe try this time.

Guvner said:
Four different WAN ports.
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Yes and potentially 4 different service providers but all subject to the aggregate bandwidth limitation of the fibre link
A bit overkill but it allows for separate billing scenarios
And allows easy transitioning to a different provider without losing connectivity.

There are also 2xUni-V these are dedicated voice links (basically VOIP) but with guaranteed bandwidth independent of the data bandwidth on the fibre link and guaranteed service availability possibly subject to a SLA. Not necessary for residential applications but maybe important for commercial applications. Most service providers will sell this but they are expensive
 
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I’m on HFC 1000/50 with AussieBB and can’t remember any unplanned outage in the last 2 years.
My router reports daily averages of ~ 860/42 consistently so very satisfied with the service.
 

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