Thread: Got NBN at work what a joke

This is the NBN that Australia voted for.

Totally agree - it's absolute pot luck as to what speed you can end up getting. At our work we were lucky enough to get the real Fibre to the premises NBN which always runs at full speed. And as we have the factory next door we could get 4 x 100Mb connections 😳. We only need 1. While most of the country get barely more than ADSL speeds and sometimes less.

it will be like the harbour bridge painting - will need to be totally re done before the rollout is even completed.

Keep the Politics out of it please.

Agree it is lame. Got it at home. Just did a Speedtest.com, max speed 3mb per sec with Optus nbn. was getting 7mb per sec on adsl2+ with Telstra. Great upgrade.

At work we right next to exchange and getting 19-20mb on adsl.

How close you are to the exchange is the most important thing doesn't matter nbn or adsl.

Someone near by to my house mentioned that had a direct optic fibre connection as his house was one of the first in the new estate and is apparently getting in the 100's. Don't know how true this is but I had optic fibre in Sydney back in 2004 and it silly fast. So what cable you are connect with to the pit, and to the exchange affects all this aswell.

We are just completing a 'new build' house, and I have laid conduit, and two Telstra pits. There is phone points in the house, but I've only done it for saleable value. The NBN runs past the gate, and we won't be connecting. Those that have say its no better than the dial up they had! Sticking to our wireless thing that connects to all phones and IPads etc! Not sure why the NBN was a 'must have' when the wireless works so well, and is also mobile! Ideal for the truck!

On ABC north coast radio-A spokesperson for NBN CO had simple answers for those ringing in complaining about customer interaction.

NBN co is a wholesale provider, If you are concerned about the quality of the product delivered to you get another retail provider that will be happy to get your money and make you happy.



I have top quality line running past my door, goes from my pit at one corner of my house block to the neighbours pit.
so Im chatting with the dish.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

This is the NBN that Australia voted for.

Nah!

There's a difference between an NBN we voted for .. and an NBN that some unscrupulous types that control the NBN will build for the country.

If we voted for an NBN with a quality value of 100 points, then we know for sure that we're going to get ripped off with an NBN of a quality value of less than 50 points.
The financial resources that make up the other 50 points were siphoned off long before any shovel hit the ground and probably into directors fees, advisory payments, legal costs, environmental impact statements ... and so forth.

If we wanted an NBN that was as capable as we hoped for, then we had to vote for an NBN that cost twice as much!

Actually, I have seen pointed out that the fundamental issue with the NBN was there from the very start. This is the requirement that it make money.

In the political situation that it was introduced, it had to be "off-budget", and this meant it had to be designed to make money, resulting in unacceptably high CVC prices, and, indeed, the whole concept of charging by speed. The second fundamental problem is 121 POIs round the country, which is responsible for many of the other problems (this was insisted on by the ACCC), and makes it very hard for small players to get into the RSP business.