Thread: Bloody Telstra

there must have been lightning....thunder is lightning noise

Originally Posted by 1950landy

We had a thunder storm last year , there was no lightning but an almighty clap of thunder out the back of our house , took out our Modem , NBN box ,couple of Security cameras, big flat screen TV & one of our Solar Inverters, so may be your NBN box if you have one in the house next to the modem.

The only nbn here is Skymuster satellite - not available from Telstra! So the nbn box has nothing to do with the phone. It seems to have started working again - now I just have to try and get the diversion to my mobile removed!

Originally Posted by JDNSW

The only nbn here is Skymuster satellite - not available from Telstra! So the nbn box has nothing to do with the phone. It seems to have started working again - now I just have to try and get the diversion to my mobile removed!

now I just have to try and get the diversion to my mobile removed

And Good Luck with that.

Originally Posted by 4bee

And Good Luck with that.

Thar was easy, only 27minutes on hold!

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

there must have been lightning....thunder is lightning noise

There would have been but I didn't see it , the thunder was at the back of the house & very close , I was looking out the window at the back at the time & didn't see any lightning. The thunder was loud enough to make the house shake & some of the photo's in the wall unit fell over.

Originally Posted by 1950landy

There would have been but I didn't see it , the thunder was at the back of the house & very close , I was looking out the window at the back at the time & didn't see any lightning. The thunder was loud enough to make the house shake & some of the photo's in the wall unit fell over.

Some years ago when the world was a much better place, TELSTRA sent a bloke out to fit a heavy Earth wire to their system. It ran from the box down to an Earth Stake & it is still there today.


Can't recall the exact problem we had then but it must have been summat electrical & probably a high voltage to the house so the **** wouldn't get the buggery blown out of it.


I think a di-ode of some value was installed in the terminal box on the house. It would be rude not to. All a bit long ago now & back when TELSTRA had " Countrywide" & cared about their customers.

Originally Posted by 4bee

Some years ago when the world was a much better place, TELSTRA sent a bloke out to fit a heavy Earth wire to their system. It ran from the box down to an Earth Stake & it is still there today.


Can't recall the exact problem we had then but it must have been summat electrical & probably a high voltage to the house so the **** wouldn't get the buggery blown out of it.


I think a di-ode of some value was installed in the terminal box on the house. It would be rude not to. All a bit long ago now & back when TELSTRA had " Countrywide" & cared about their customers.

That would have been not long after they were rebranded from Telecom with industry deregulation on 1 July 1995.

Originally Posted by travelrover

That would have been not long after they were rebranded from Telecom with industry deregulation on 1 July 1995.

We have been here since 1987 so I would guess your estimate is correct. The field people, but mainly the "Area Manager", was the most polite & helpful bloke you could wish to meet. None of those left in that place today I wouldn't think.

He gave me his business Card & told me to phone him If I had any further problems.WOW!

We never did & so I never had the pleasure of his company again.


Ho Hum.
EDIT.
The ex-Telecom 240v Generator I picked up from a Garage Sale is painted orange so I have assumed it was around the same sort of date. Only ID is MGA (?) & a # but it still is a very workmanlike bit of Kit. It can knock out 15amps when required. It gets a test run now & then just in case which reminds me...... . Just checked it. Phweeew.


It is a bit noisy & I have replaced the Muffler Box for a quieter one but when it is needed, who cares, but back in it's day it would have been run outdoors near some manhole or other works going on & not at night. 300m from the nearest neighbour.

Pull Start & only ever requires a couple of priming pulls & #3 starts it without fail.