Thread: NBN who's happy with theirs?

Originally Posted by Tote

If they had gone for new fibre in the ground everywhere we'd all still be on ADSL. I know what I'd rather have. Seems like a sensible approach to me, anybody who is prepared to pay for 100Mb can get a fibre connection, those that are too tight to pay for it probably didn't need it anyway. I Reckon I'll go for it when they announce more than ideas.....
and hardly a backflip despite the spin put on it. The NBN rollout finished, it would seem to me to make sense that upgrading to a technology that can support 1Gb where there is demand is a sensible phase 2 of the development of a national asset, particularly as wireless technologies are on the horizon that will reach well over 100 Mb.

Regards,
Tote

Where is it finished? Certainly not by a long way down here in places. I know quite a few people including some here on the forum within 50KM of me that still don’t even have a connection date yet.

And I know others that have to wait until 2022 to have them come back and connect units - when they first rolled it out, it was one connection per block of land - if that block had 6 units on it, only 1 would be connected (first in best dressed) and no one else can be. With the copper in those areas disconnected there is no internet unless you pay through the nose for 4G data. Again, I friends in this very situation - the fibre is actually in a JB next t their front door, but only connected to the next unit, and zero ways of getting a connection until the rollout is complete - as I said, current estimate for them is 2022 to get a connection.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Where is it finished? Certainly not by a long way down here in places. I know quite a few people including some here on the forum within 50KM of me that still don’t even have a connection date yet.

I was under the impression that they had called it complete.....

Wait, here is the press release

Initial build complete, NBN Co announces next phase of network investment to meet future demand | nbn

Clearly you must be imagining those unfinished jobs

Regards,
Tote

We don't have it either. We have ADSL. At present we have 2.2 mbps down and 0.5 up. My wife is working from home for a Gov't Dept and often has to drive away from here to get enough signal to send/receive an email or make a call. I think we'll move before anything improves.
Don.

Very happy. They arrived and installed it and it has never missed a beat since.

Originally Posted by Tote

I was under the impression that they had called it complete.....

Wait, here is the press release

Initial build complete, NBN Co announces next phase of network investment to meet future demand | nbn

Clearly you must be imagining those unfinished jobs

Regards,
Tote

I’m sure there’s some here that are also imagining it too that still don’t have a connection date or one that is in 2021.

Not installed here in Maleny yet, and that's part of the Sunshine Coast, so definitely not a backwater.

Had fixed wireless NBN for a week and so far it's good.
I've speedtested it repeatedly and had downloads ranging from 48 down to 28, on a 50 Mbs plan, which is much better than the ADSL, so happy with that.
Strong winds last night only caused a couple of brief freezes, so that's good.
Installation was trouble-free, except when the guy found a carpet python snoozing in the roof cavity!