Thread: NBN who's happy with theirs?

Interesting i thought we were on the 12 meg one too but here are my results.

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Not complaining though.

I signed up with Exetel a couple of weeks ago, the standard $55.00 plan , FTTC bloody fabulous , The upload speeds are really the most noticeable, I can upload a Youtube clip in a few minutes now instead of the old 45 min to an hour on ADSL2+

My ADSL 2 is pinging along at around 15ms, Down at 4.3 and UP at 0.71 Yep, slow as a Politician's Promise, but does the little that I need. Slow speed stops son downloading more movies....

NBN will be arriving in 2 to 3 months time, and i'm not looking forward to it, especially if I am forced to pay more for a slow service.
From what i'm reading here, NBN varies considerably during the day, compared to ADSL and usually in a 'downward direction' from your supposed speed. !

Originally Posted by superquag

My ADSL 2 is pinging along at around 15ms, Down at 4.3 and UP at 0.71 Yep, slow as a Politician's Promise, but does the little that I need. Slow speed stops son downloading more movies....

NBN will be arriving in 2 to 3 months time, and i'm not looking forward to it, especially if I am forced to pay more for a slow service.
From what i'm reading here, NBN varies considerably during the day, compared to ADSL and usually in a 'downward direction' from your supposed speed. !

You can be lucky depending on where you are, what technology you are connected with and just plain luck of the draw. Mine stays consistant day and night. Right now is peak time and I'm still in the high 80's on my Wifi.

Originally Posted by Homestar

You can be lucky depending on where you are, what technology you are connected with and just plain luck of the draw. Mine stays consistant day and night. Right now is peak time and I'm still in the high 80's on my Wifi.

Ya dont get speeds like that on standard connection. Business i assume?

Originally Posted by DAMINK

Ya dont get speeds like that on standard connection. Business i assume?

Nope, FTN in a 15 year old estate on the outskirts of a large town. As I said - lucky. The Node they put in that services our place will only ever have 20 houses on it - where most will have 256 on them. I do pay for a 100/40 plan and I get almost right on that most of the time on the desktop with the ethernet connection, a little less on Wifi.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Nope, FTN in a 15 year old estate on the outskirts of a large town. As I said - lucky. The Node they put in that services our place will only ever have 20 houses on it - where most will have 256 on them. I do pay for a 100/40 plan and I get almost right on that most of the time on the desktop with the ethernet connection, a little less on Wifi.

Very lucky on node lotto for sure.

For those not so lucky, the main inhibitors to performance on FTTN are:

1. Distance to the node - ideally less than 450M http://nbnmtm.australiaeast.cloudapp...peed_Graph.png
2. Condition of the copper between the house and the node - main issue being poor joints and water ingress (only NBN can fix this)
3. The state of the wiring (telephone) in the premises - any additional phone outlets will degrade performance significantly unless very close to the node. Have a licensed cabler remove all outlets(disconnected where the outlets line joins the main line i.e. don't just disconnect behind the plug) leaving the one to the modem or, preferably run a new single cable from the lead in to the modem (make sure they test before and after results).

The further away from the node, the bigger the impact point 3 will have on improving performance - its the only thing directly in the control of end users to resolve FTTN issues and should always be done done first before trying to get NBN to fix point 2 as then they can't blame the users wiring as being the issue.

We are on our second modem,, this one for the last couple of months,,


slowest reconnection speed EVER,, DUMB light placement, the green ones that actually mean something are on the top where you cant see them from across the room..

this thing now drops out/down speeds,, all readouts say its still connected but takes forever to load pages, forget downloading files.
After an hour on the mobile phone with telstra they said the magic words, (choose your favourite accent) there is a small pin hole just above the usb port, please reset that button...
Bingo.

so far its dropped speeds 5 times and STOPPED INCOMING CALLS once,,

might have to actually pay for one,,
anybody reccommend a model?