NBN accused of cynical plot to shift consumers to pricier plans

I have FTTN, not FTTP. I’m with Telstra and on the top plan, used to pay for speed boost but they stopped charging me that as the max speed I can get is 99MBPS and I was paying for 100, so as part of that settlement they made in that investigation or whatever it was, they had to give back the money to anyone who couldn’t achieve the speed they advertised. 😁. The best speed I’ve seen is 96 and the lowest usually on a Friday night is around 60.

It’s a bit of a crap shoot really, I got lucky as there is a node around 50 meters from my house. The other thing I got lucky with is that node only supplies the bottom half of my street and the small street next to me - around 40 odd houses max whereas a node can supply up to 255 premises. Not sure but I think a fully loaded node may be slower overall.

Hope you get lucky, it’s a toss of the coin.

FTTN for me also. Full speed plan.
Node is 2 side streets (250mtrs) away.

I was the second NBN connection in Whyalla. [emoji41]

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Telstra will switch off the 3G mobile network, for the 4G one, but says 5G will not replace NBN. [ that may make sense to some , I'm sure I'll understand one day]

The 3G era is coming to an end. Here's what that means

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5G has the pace, but the towers have restricted bandwidth. If it all went airborne it wouldn’t work as well.

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I have FTTN,....
... I got lucky as there is a node around 50 meters from my house. ...

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FTTN for me also. Full speed plan.
Node is 2 side streets (250mtrs) away.

I was the second NBN connection in Whyalla. [emoji41]

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You lucky buggers! There isn't enough Land Rover green to paint my envy.

My pillar is about 300 metres away and I was hoping that the node would go right next to it which would have given me 75-95Mb/s. instead they chose to place the node a further 260 meters away next to another pillar (and power) and run fresh copper between the two. Still bloody happy though.

Hopefully it'll get even better after the coexistence period expires in 6 months.... Hmmm just realised we've been on it now for a year. I was first on the NBN where I live.

The Telstra Chairman says Australians would have had access to 100 Mbps broadband at no cost to the taxpayer if private sector competition between the big telcos had done the job.



Australians would have faster, cheaper internet had NBN not been built: Telstra chairman

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It’s a bit of a crap shoot really,

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Haven't heard that expression for a while. but it fits, and has done so since this dog's breakfast was announced.

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Hope you get lucky, it’s a toss of the coin.

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Thanks, but I'll bet I'm gone from here B4 it happens.

Strangely, remote folks get to have a satellite NBN hookup, but someone who hopes to travel remotely for extended periods can't access that service. I'm talking about my intention, once I'm free here, to go walkabout for a year or two. I'm supposed to use 3/4/5/(6) G for my connection, when I'll be in the satellite area at all times.

It's nuts.

The satellite system is very flawed - very limited data, limited bandwidth and expensive. It's already at capacity so it gets reserved for those that really need it, even then it doesn't work very well.

My Inlaws can't even access this, and they have no mobile signal and can't get a signal from the fixed wireless tower which is on the other side of the hill - NBN's computers say they can connect to it, but you need to be line of sight, which they aren't. They have to rely on a 15KM copper wire that's 40 years old - they are lucky to get 2 or 3 MBPS on their 'Broadband' connection.

I am once again going through the joy of getting an NBN connection.
We have had fixed wirless NBN for sometime at our Ravenshoe place, it works really well & fast. The tower is about 1k away & overlooks our place.
Unfortunatly, we are hardly ever in Ravenshoe.
So, as we have just bought an old house in Cloncurry I though I would transferre the NBN to there.
I did an online request for the change over, was given a date & time & we waited, all day.
Several phone calls later I discover it won't be done for a couple of weeks, thats not a lot of help. I'm back in Doomadgee & SWMBO is coming back in 2 weeks & I bet the ducks don't line up.
NBN has told me to use the 4G fall back on the smart modem? The modem is in Ravenshoe!!
Either way I'm getting confused & frustrated, I will make some more phone calls but I have the feeling SWMBO will have to drive to Mt Isa & buy a "Smart Modem".
For some reason I thought we would get that with the conection change over? I'm not driving to Ravenshoe to pull that one off the wall.
Jonesfam
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Sat NBN is not that great. Half the bandwidth has to be used after 1am, you are limited to 300mb a month, it is exy & if it rains, storms, is windy or very hot it dosn't work at all.
We have both Sat NBN & ADSL2 at the Roadhouse - we mainly use the ADSL.

Cheaper and faster than NBN ? OPTUS 5G Home. I know nothing about this, just putting it out there.


'Cheaper and faster than NBN': Optus 5G Home could undercut NBN

Don't hold your breath. Large parts of this country can't even get 3G, so 5G is only a pipe dream for all but an inner city elite.