National Broadband Network (NBN) What do you know?

sheerluck · 24th July 2016, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Biggest liars of all are the NBN marketing and planning departments. For our rural suburb, the NBN website told us that continents would float past before they would start work in our area.

However, new developments to the north, south and east of us were being built as "NBN ready".

Then NBN helmets and utes started appearing in the local town. Still the website said "more chance of growing an extra leg, than having anything in this lifetime". Then the helmets and utes appeared at the end of the next road to us. Still the website says "suffer with crappy, slow rural ADSL, you field dwelling loser".

The all of a sudden we have more Ns and Bs on our road than in a tin of defective Alphabetti Spaghetti. One of the helmet wearers tell us the installation will be complete in 4 weeks!

Ooh! Ooh! The website has changed! "Planning in progress, register with us for updates, but it'll be about a year guv".

Helmet wearer number 2 confirms work under way, and only a few weeks till switch on.....

*EDIT* Ooh! It's changed again!

"Fixed line technology". That'd be what people call "a cable" then.

Since I wrote that over a month ago, calls to various ISPs over the last couple of weeks for my neighbour to attempt to get him a better deal on his ADSL2 plan (still paying $60 a month for a 100gig plan

), we keep being told "NBN is coming, very very soon".

NBN website shows estimated completion date as 12th Jul 2016.....errr, hasn't that already been and gone?

**SBD4** · 24th July 2016, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

I'm 5 Ks from the GPO. There's no sign that I'll be getting it any time soon.

Planned Build Commences H1 2017, Ready for service H2 2017:

https://www.finder.com.au/nbn-tracker/sa/2BAM

**SBD4** · 24th July 2016, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Since I wrote that over a month ago, calls to various ISPs over the last couple of weeks for my neighbour to attempt to get him a better deal on his ADSL2 plan (still paying $60 a month for a 100gig plan

), we keep being told "NBN is coming, very very soon".

NBN website shows estimated completion date as 12th Jul 2016.....errr, hasn't that already been and gone?

Dave, yours looks like being ready for service in September:

https://www.finder.com.au/nbn-tracker/sa/4JBB

sheerluck · 24th July 2016, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by SBD4

Dave, yours looks like being ready for service in September:

https://www.finder.com.au/nbn-tracker/sa/4JBB

Thanks Sean. We come under Cedar Vale, and your link shows completion date of 22nd July for us....we're getting close!

**SBD4** · 24th July 2016, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Thanks Sean. We come under Cedar Vale, and your link shows completion date of 22nd July for us....we're getting close!

You lucky bugger, I can't wait to get NBN, but alas it is 12 months away at least. Our ADSL drives me bonkers. I will be going for tier 4 minimum, if they can't provide the full range of tiers on FTTN (up to speed of tier 5), I may even consider paying for FTTH.

**cuppabillytea** · 24th July 2016, 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by SBD4

Planned Build Commences H1 2017, Ready for service H2 2017:

https://www.finder.com.au/nbn-tracker/sa/2BAM

Thanks for that link Sean.

**SBD4** · 24th July 2016, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

Thanks for that link Sean.

**JDNSW** · 25th July 2016, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Since I wrote that over a month ago, calls to various ISPs over the last couple of weeks for my neighbour to attempt to get him a better deal on his ADSL2 plan (still paying $60 a month for a 100gig plan ), we keep being told "NBN is coming, very very soon".

NBN website shows estimated completion date as 12th Jul 2016.....errr, hasn't that already been and gone?

My heart bleeds for you! I have got NBN (satellite), and am paying $70/month for 60GB, of which 30GB is available only between 0100 and 0700. More data is available, up to 150GB - as long as you don't use more than 75GB 0700-0100 in any 28 day rolling periodoutages, but it is very expensive, as the RSPs have to keep their average below 35GB.

(Oh, and with satellite we have 600ms latency, and so far frequent outages since inception of the service in May, and the 'modem' takes more power than my TV)

John

**jonesy63** · 25th July 2016, 06:22 AM

nbnTM will be coming to your area, however construction is not expected to commence for at least another three years.

:-/

sheerluck · 25th July 2016, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by JDNSW

My heart bleeds for you! I have got NBN (satellite), and am paying $70/month for 60GB, of which 30GB is available only between 0100 and 0700. More data is available, up to 150GB - as long as you don't use more than 75GB 0700-0100 in any 28 day rolling periodoutages, but it is very expensive, as the RSPs have to keep their average below 35GB.

(Oh, and with satellite we have 600ms latency, and so far frequent outages since inception of the service in May, and the 'modem' takes more power than my TV)

John

The difference here John, is that we've had unlimited, or at least very high download limit plans in this area for 3 or 4 years, and at a decent price, meaning he was paying double what he should have been......right up to the point when NBN availability in the area became imminent, and then all the ISPs just bumped their prices up, as clearly they won't be taking anyone on ADSL any more.

And the first indications we've had from our ISP about their NBN plans, is that it will be $20 a month more than what we're paying now.

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