Thread: Is this typical?

Don't hold you breath waiting for Full optic speed, The way things are now it ain't going to happen

I don't know if it is typical or not, but it is certainly not particularly unusual. And it is not necessarily to do with the type of technology you have whether copper, fibre, wireless or satellite - your comments could apply to any of them. Certainly my impression is that overall the NBN connection is less reliable than the old telephone connection, but this may simply reflect that it is new technology and a new organisation.

Oh, and you can't get ADSL back - if NBN is available at an address, the retailers are barred from selling ADSL.

The copper on FTTN is good for 1000Mbps.
Your speed problem is with Optus.

There is an upgrade path. You can always pay to have a fibre connection. Won't help though.

Hi,

We had ADSL.
NBN arrived via FTTN, a few months ago.

12MBs plan

Got lots of dropouts before, speed varied greatly.

Still get some dropouts, but for shorter time, speed still varies but generally faster. Don't do games/gaming, movies etc.

Did a speed test tonight - nearly the 12. Estimate usual speed around 6MBs. Was around 4.5 on ADSL.

The speed/dropout bit seems to be as a result of usage. A good movie on tv and it is fast.
Nothing special on - expect dropouts. Have noticed this for years.
Worst was during the Olympics - everyone had tv on and on-line too. As soon as the ads came on the I/net dropped out.

If you have local WiFi, try a simple "disconnect" and "connect" from the laptop to the modem by using the facility above the signal strength fan in the bottom of screen bar. This local action seems to send a signal to the modem that it had better get a move on and start talking to the node down the street and to the outside world. It usually gets going much quicker than waiting for a re-power. This way it is workable.

Works for me, anyway.

rovers4

A friend of mine(yes I do have a couple that I pay), went from the adsl 1.2m connection to NBN and now has a very slow connection... He went the whole hog plan and regrets changing, can no longer use skype or watch youtube without it having to buffer...

I'm afraid I am sticking with using 4G with a wireless dongle... Way faster than what the NBN people around here are saying about NBN speeds...

What I have found since going over to the NBN is the router needs to be reset much more often - up to a couple of times a week sometimes, but sometimes it goes for a month without issues.

Below is a list of speed tests on my iPad - so all on wifi - the Ethernet connection to my Sons gaming rig is slightly faster. The 2 results below showing 40 is the 'slow' wifi connection, the faster ones are the 5G connection and the 2 'dial up' speeds I've run when I've had issues - resetting the router has fixed this every time.

As mentioned, your issue is with Optus, not the NBN - they are fobbing you off by saying they'll pass it to them - it's not their issue if it comes good each time you reset your router - that's Optus's problem.

Thanks for the replies, which confirm what I thought.

I'm afraid I am sticking with using 4G with a wireless dongle... Way faster than what the NBN people around here are saying about NBN speeds...

4G Wireless is also very portable and can be used Anywhere as long as you have connectivity.