Thread: National Broadband Network (NBN) What do you know?

Originally Posted by stewie110

You can pay for an upgrade to fttp from fttn although unless you need it for work it's probably more than most people are willing to pay. My colleague just paid 3k for the upgrade

Wow, what did the $3K get him?

Originally Posted by MrLandy

Wow, what did the $3K get him?

A couple of hundred meters of fibre from where the node was to his house. Allowing him to get better than the 10-15mbps he had over copper.

But you have to pay the 3k for install then the extra fee per month for the higher bandwidth...

Originally Posted by Disco-tastic

But you have to pay the 3k for install then the extra fee per month for the higher bandwidth...

That is correct at least as far as I know. Given that we have heavy use of hd video and large bandwidth apps it's probably money well spent.

Originally Posted by MrLandy

....... I might give an ombudsman a tingle.

The TIO can only adjudicate between you and your retailer, and if your problem is upstream from the supplier (e.g. NBN) there is nothing they can do except impose penalties on your retailer, who will the 'settle' the dispute by offering to let you out of your contract without penalty. The TIO will then consider the case closed.

Since the retailer is charged by the TIO for every complaint made, regardless of the outcome, complaints to the TIO about something the retailer has no control over are not really fair.

John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

The TIO can only adjudicate between you and your retailer, and if your problem is upstream from the supplier (e.g. NBN) there is nothing they can do except impose penalties on your retailer, who will the 'settle' the dispute by offering to let you out of your contract without penalty. The TIO will then consider the case closed.

Since the retailer is charged by the TIO for every complaint made, regardless of the outcome, complaints to the TIO about something the retailer has no control over are not really fair.

John

I wouldnt be complaining about my retailer. I'd be claimimg about the nbn monopoly and the severe disadvantage that fibre to the node causes. My reailer has thier hands tied.

For those that are so inclined, a high level network architecture document:
http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/...sign-rules.pdf

My school paid to get fibre run from the local railway station to the premises. It made a huge difference. We are heavy data users though with over 600 laptops connected simultaneously.
Bottom line is the rest of the world is going fibre all the way while this country is stuffing around with cheapskate Stone Age copper - just ridiculous.
A friend just moved from Brisbane to Battam in Indonesia and his connecton there is all fibre and far better than what he could get in Brisbane.

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