Thread: NBN - Our biggest bill. Who are you with??

Its not a whinge its a truthful observations...

Its bites my arse to, as you say.... you get to pay the same for a SLOWER speed on the NBN or if you want the speed you have to *cough* pay more.... its all very conveniently NOT mentioned in the big tax funded adverts about how much better off we will be once on the NBN

NBN installs stopped in the next street where I am, one HALF a block away!! In years gone past I would have cried or moved 6 houses away just to get the "high speed NBN"..... nowdays I'm thankful I missed the fast boat and hopefully wont need to worry about it for a while yet.

Regards
Daz

Yeah, changing from fibre to the house to fibre to the node and then copper to the premises has ruined the NBN.

When the NBN became the only option in our suburb, we decided to not have any form of home connection. It is just too expensive.

Aaron

It will go down as being the biggest waste of $30B ever made by our government.

I'd rather keep my existing ADSL2.... If i had that option I would be.

Originally Posted by DazzaTD5

Its not a whinge its a truthful observations...

Its bites my arse to, as you say.... you get to pay the same for a SLOWER speed on the NBN or if you want the speed you have to *cough* pay more.... its all very conveniently NOT mentioned in the big tax funded adverts about how much better off we will be once on the NBN

NBN installs stopped in the next street where I am, one HALF a block away!! In years gone past I would have cried or moved 6 houses away just to get the "high speed NBN"..... nowdays I'm thankful I missed the fast boat and hopefully wont need to worry about it for a while yet.

Regards
Daz

Daz I thought i must have read it wrong the first time i went over it. Then i checked my current internet speed and sure enough i have a current line speed on ADSL of 25mbps downloading at 10mbps... Meaning it is currently FASTER than NBN will be unless i pay for a "Boost Pack" WTF is that.

Originally Posted by Aaron IIA

When the NBN became the only option in our suburb, we decided to not have any form of home connection. It is just too expensive.

Aaron

This is another good option. I mean if they're saying we have to spend $110 on our home internet, why not ditch it and up your phone data and possibly get a sim for your tablet too. Could do both and gain functionality...

The reasons for the high price are:-

1. The government is only lending the money - they have to operate profitably, and pay back the cost.

2. If you actually got that line speed on ADSL2+, you are in very select company; NBN is intended to provide this as a minimum speed to all households, not just those close to exchanges with good cabling. The cost of the project reflects this. If they just cherry-picked the easy to service and cheap areas like TPG are doing, they could provide cheaper internet for those select residences, and nothing for the rest of us.

3. The 121 POIs are a significant factor in the high price - the cost to the RSP of these is very significant, especially for smaller, innovative (and potentially cheaper) RSPs.

Remember that, assuming you have a landline, the cost of this should be significantly less than it was previously - no line rental.

John

So what they should have done is just upgraded the cabling for people who's internet was lagging behind and left the rest alone because it's only a marginal increase if any at all for me.

I also pay no line rental, Iinet bought out something called Naked ADSL about 2 years ago which involved them going into the exchange and modifying the line to be data only. You then pay no line rental... No different to connecting NBN which has no line to rent.... Only supports Voip.

I do understand you justifying the price John, just doesn't change that it's a waste of money if nobody can afford it....