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

I'm getting better speeds lately.

My Optus broadband cable connection is the basic plan so I should get 30Mbps.

It seems that if I transition to the NBN, the basic plan will give 12Mbps for the same cost. Yes, I can see that will be an improvement.

I live on a farm and hence rural so right now I only have wireless which is 8 gig a month and it is slooooww. Nearby they have just built an NBN tower and it is almost ready for switch on. Looking at the prices for NBN I will be able to get unlimited downloads and free phone for less than I am paying now and much faster too, I cant wait to finally have internet where it is possible to actually download without leaving the room to go and do something else for an hour.
Chris

A good talk given by non executive board member of NBNCo, Simon Hacket, of Internode fame:

Rebooting the NBN: (Personal) Reflections on the journey thus far | Simon Hackett

Being someone who has built a successful internet business and heralding from a technical background, he is well placed to give a no nonsense perspective on things.

He has written some other good articles that explain some of the misinformation getting around about the NBN deployment and associated technologies.

His posts on his Tesla electric car are interesting to.

I currently have a ssslllow 8 gig wireless connection and I am told nbn wireless is now available. I can go Telsta for 100 bucks a month for 1000 gig plan calls included or go Optus for 5 bucks less unlimited downloads. Is unlimited really needed though, if I watch tv 2 max 3 hours a night and maybe download the odd movie to watch later, download my music hi def flac (legal stuff from Linn records) will 1000 gig be enough?
Also they both offer different free tv for 6 months then you pay which has the best content Optus or Telstra?
I am clueless on all this
Thanks
Chris

Whirlpool is a good forum and site for NBN and internet chats and information



I have optus cable at home and love it when it works but hate that it far to often slows so much it is useless. It is not NBN. Tesltra at work is business grade and still not NBN so I am not much use to you sorry. Forum is at https://whirlpool.net.au/

1000 is a lot
how many in the family?

Originally Posted by Eevo

1000 is a lot
how many in the family?

Just two of us, but I download a LOT of music and we love movies so we will be downloading movies every night.
Chris

even an extra super dooper high quality movie is only 10gB
times by 30.

300gB


i doubt you will use 1000gB
most families of 4 dont use that much