Thread: Got NBN at work what a joke

Originally Posted by jx2mad

My problem as I see it will be that all the boxes will be at the front of the house near the entry point and I want to set up my pc at the rear of the house. I think I may need to buy a wireless dongle. Slow again!!! Or do away with the pc and run laptop.

You can get devices that plug into your power circuits to carry ethernet, but im not a big fan,

Or Wi-Fi range extenders.

Originally Posted by jx2mad

Thanks. This answers my questions exactly. I will have to run a new cable to where the modem will go. (34 years as a telco running cables and maintaining telecom equipment)> Jim

They put my equipment where I told them to put it, in the middle of the house. A mate had them put his equipment in the garage. Mum had them put her installation at the back of the house.
You decide.

If it is only fibre to the node and normal phone cable into the house, what has to be installed inside? As far as I can see it terminates on a normal phone socket into which you plug the modem. Jim

Originally Posted by jx2mad

If it is only fibre to the node and normal phone cable into the house, what has to be installed inside? As far as I can see it terminates on a normal phone socket into which you plug the modem. Jim

One would have thought so.
I know a bloke who had FTTN installed a few weeks ago. They ran new cable into the home.

18 months ago when we Reno' downstairs we ran CAT 6 to the office, down and upstairs lounge areas.....hopefully it was the right things to do...all going back to a hills ? Data cabinet thingy.

Originally Posted by frantic

You forgot one word at the end of that line Eevo, YET.
Most computers don't need or have programs that will use that speed , YET. But we all know it's only a matter of time until they get there. The throttle that has been placed by copper to the home will sooner rather than later be replaced by necessity.
Put simply think about your last 2 home computers, previously for me one had 1gb ram and a 500g hdd and before that I think it was 256meg and a 64gig hdd, now my 3yr old comp which is due for update in 1-3years has 4g and 1tb hdd . New pcs have 8-16gb ram 1-2tb hdd and lots are coming with 128-500g ssd for speed, 3 years ago these where stupidly expensive and only hardcore gamers had them, now much cheaper.

i doubt we'll see 10gbits home grade routers for another 10-15 years.

2.5 and 5gbit is more likely to take off.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

One would have thought so.
I know a bloke who had FTTN installed a few weeks ago. They ran new cable into the home.

I would expect that to happen if the quality of service provided on the existing lead in was not upto scratch.