National Broadband Network (NBN) What do you know?

Got the full 100 pack I see [emoji41]

ive got 12/1
i couldn't justify the price of going higher.

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Got the full 100 pack I see [emoji41]

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Yep. My theory was that it was going to be much slower than advertised and if I got a quarter of what I asked for I'd be happy. [biggrin]

Turned out out it is like this pretty much the whole time - drops to 60 odd some evenings... ;)

Pretty Happy with the result.

I recently signed up for iinet 25Mbps and it gets switched over tomorrow.
( I have been on iinet naked DSL for over 7 and a half years )

We've only been connected to the nbn in our area ( Samson, 6163 ) for the last week or two.

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Originally Posted by Surrufus

I recently signed up for iinet 25Mbps and it gets switched over tomorrow.
( I have been on iinet naked DSL for over 7 and a half years )

We've only been connected to the nbn in our area ( Samson, 6163 ) for the last week or two.

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Michael, I hope you didn't sign on with a contract. iiNet have a bad reputation for having congestion issues. If you are finding that you are not getting the speeds you expect (assuming modem sync speeds are good) then don't hesitate to take your business to a better provider.

Hopefully the engineers rolling out FTTN are doing the testing and validation of line quality outlined in this:

http://commsforce.com.au/LiteratureR...aspx?ID=190550

Some interesting info if you have a technical bent.

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Originally Posted by SBD4

Michael, I hope you didn't sign on with a contract. iiNet have a bad reputation for having congestion issues. If you are finding that you are not getting the speeds you expect (assuming modem sync speeds are good) then don't hesitate to take your business to a better provider.

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I have been on iinet for 7 years, 2 of those on nbn fibre with no congestion issues in three different areas.

Network capacity management is hard to do correctly and all networks have areas where there is congestion. If you are unlucky enough to be in those areas make sure you talk to their support team.

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Originally Posted by SBD4

Hopefully the engineers rolling out FTTN are doing the testing and validation of line quality outlined in this:

http://commsforce.com.au/LiteratureR...aspx?ID=190550

Some interesting info if you have a technical bent.

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Basic testing is done. The problem is that testing copper at a point In time doesn't mean much as it's just an indicator.

Using my parents house as an example every time it rains they can't get adsl sync because the copper runs/pits are not built to spec. With the nbn in their area they are actually rerunning the copper and redoing all the pits.

Interesting:
NBN: The Ultimate Guide to your current and future speeds - PC & Tech Authority

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Originally Posted by stewie110

I have been on iinet for 7 years, 2 of those on nbn fibre with no congestion issues in three different areas.

Network capacity management is hard to do correctly and all networks have areas where there is congestion. If you are unlucky enough to be in those areas make sure you talk to their support team.

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Fair enough, I don't say that all iiNet users have a problem, just that they have a reputation for congestion issues. If a person is experiencing poor performance and sync speeds are good then the issue is congestion, regardless of who the ISP is. The ISP will not do much about that in the short term.