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NBN - cookie2 - 09-26-2016
Just wondering if any posters are yet on the NBN and if so what are their experiences? Cheers guys.
Re: NBN - DJC - 09-26-2016
(09-26-2016, 06:59 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:Just wondering if any posters are yet on the NBN and if so what are their experiences? Cheers guys.
NBN! What's that?
I'm in a safe seat so I'm not expecting the NBN anytime soon. However, my son lives in Carlton (I'm the only one of five generations not to have lived there!) and he reckons that the NBN is a quantum leap ahead of our internet service; instant connections, fast downloads, no buffering. However, he is still not entirely happy as it could have been better.
Re: NBN - cookie2 - 09-26-2016
(09-26-2016, 07:28 AM)DJC link Wrote:NBN! What's that?
I'm in a safe seat so I'm not expecting the NBN anytime soon. However, my son lives in Carlton (I'm the only one of five generations not to have lived there!) and he reckons that the NBN is a quantum leap ahead of our internet service; instant connections, fast downloads, no buffering. However, he is still not entirely happy as it could have been better.
Thanks for the info DJC. We are supposed to be getting it next year so I am hopeful of an improvement. My cable service is very patchy -good at off peak times but sometimes bad to unuseable during peak times. My PC does not seem to be as bad as my Android tablet but it can sometimes taper off.Sounds like NBN will be an improvement.
Re: NBN - Lods - 09-26-2016
(09-26-2016, 06:59 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:Just wondering if any posters are yet on the NBN and if so what are their experiences? Cheers guys.
Hopeless as far as I'm concerned.
Noticeable improvement in speed uploading photos, videos etc...... but no dramatic improvement in general speed downloading.
Constant dropouts when streaming...and the home phone is a waste of space.
Of course a lot of that could be the constant spamming I receive from this particular site
http://www.carltonsc.com/index.php?action=forum
Re: NBN - LP - 09-26-2016
Been on 100MB/40MB connection for three or four months, great for moving large files about but no noticeable change in general browsing. Really the day to day stuff depends more on the servers of the sites you visit than the NBN. But in fairness I already had 17MBs DSL so the is probably already above average.
No real improvement noticeable in things like Skype or similar video streaming services, again the quality of the connection at the other end limits your experience.
No major drop outs or other problems, we have the backup battery option installed which apparently makes a difference.
Will be getting FibrePhone, but no problems noticed with the VOIP service.
Had to have the alarm service moved to 3G.
Bit upset with the installation, first part put the box and fibre in a conspicuous place. The second part was hidden.
Re: NBN - PaulP - 09-26-2016
Wasn't there some hoo-ha about changing the implementation ? It was originally intended to be wired to the home, but then the government cut costs and wired it only to the exchange ?
Re: NBN - LP - 09-26-2016
(09-26-2016, 10:46 AM)PaulP link Wrote:Wasn't there some hoo-ha about changing the implementation ? It was originally intended to be wired to the home, but then the government cut costs and wired it only to the exchange ?
Depends where you live, we got fibre to home. Some areas are getting HFC(Foxtel Type Coax), others are going to be the new high speed DSL.
Re: NBN - LP - 04-26-2017
Did anyone notice the stories today about people being abruptly cut-off from phone and Internet because the missed he opportunity to connect to the NBN?
On talk-back radio it seems a lot of people are losing out because they hang up on the cheap foreign call centers the likes of Telstra and Optus use to connect with their clients. It's impossible to tell who is a legitimate caller and who is a fraud when they all use call centers based in the same countries!
Further, it's common for people to report NBN install workers turning up in unmarked white vans, allegedly they are operated by 457 visa holders!
What hope does the average person have, they cannot trust the callers and the people on the ground lack clear identification!
Re: NBN - DJC - 04-26-2017
We're in the process of moving to a new home and I had the misfortune to try to explain the situation to a young person from a Telstra call centre. It was painful having to repeat everything and asking the young person to repeat everything.
Finally, it got to the point where the call centre person was out of her depth and had to transfer me to a technician ... and an Aussie at that. She got everything sorted and is going to call me back next week to finalise arrangements!
We will get the NBN in August but I'm not sure what type of connection we will have. My daughter had the NBN connected a couple of months back and there is no discernible difference in performance
Re: NBN - cookie2 - 04-26-2017
Timing for NBN connection in our area now seems in doubt having slipped a couple of times already. Apparently it will be made via HFC (FTC?) as there are existing Telstra fibre cables in the street but no firm plans settled yet afaik. ???
I was suffering from intermittently bad internet performance and outages for a while recently but of late this seems to have settled down. It may be coincidence but I was running a mixed WIFI/Ethernet home LAN which I recently rationalised and moved mainly to WIFI leaving only a Humax PVR on Ethernet connection directly to the modem/router.