NBN- is anyone onboard yet?

[Paddler Ed]

I had reliable 25/5 FTTP in town, always within 10%, so I'll be interested to see how we do with fixed wifeless just out of town. I think we have line of site onto the tower, and I'm staying with the same ISP so hopefully the performance should be similar.

I think the big thing is using some of the smaller ISPs - ours was fantastically reliable on the FTTP so will be interesting to see how we go on fixed wireless next week... Pain has been the 3 weeks for an install window into a new build...

[Jasman]

For the dummies, what is bonding 2 connections ?

Hey Gronk, I have a 100/40 connection and a 50/20 connection and I connected them to one router that has the ability to handle multiple connections and use them simultaneously by breaking the message into its bits and sending it out alternatively over each connection.

I can't really explain why the bonded* connection was faster than the sum of the two individual connections but I have a few theories.

*for the IT nerds, I know this isn't truly bonded, it's actually a session based load balance as opposed to the traditional IP based load balance. Each Wan still has its own IP

I tried bonding mine, but the superglue didn't work

You should try sikka!

[gronk]

Hey Gronk, I have a 100/40 connection and a 50/20 connection

2 separate incoming lines ? Home or a business ?

[Jasman]

2 separate incoming lines ? Home or a business ?

Yep, that's two NBN connections and yes that's at work.  At home I have to make do with a single 100/40 connection with a 4G mobile backup!

With Fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) NBN you can actually have up to four connections hanging off the one strand of fibre. If I could come up with a good reason for about $500pm I could get 4 x 100/100MB connections and "bond" them together and get something like 450MB up and down assuming my routers could actually handle the bandwidth.

[Pete79]

http://abc.net.au/news/2017-02-27/nbn-co-introduces-address-checker-function-for-rollout-dates/8304630?pfmredir=sm

"The number one question we get asked by people is 'when will it actually be available?' so this new update gives people an answer to that very question," NBN spokesperson Dan Chamberlain told the ABC.

Well apparently they can't actually answer that very question for everyone....

I punched in my address and got this very detailed answer.

The rollout of the nbn network is planned in this area.
nbn is committed to completing the rollout by 2020.
We expect to have more information about the availability and technology in your area soon.
You can check your address again at any time or register and we will keep you informed with regular updates.

[Nomad]

Interesting.....nbn is available to my house in June and business in October..........my business is right next door to the exchange 

[prodigyrf]

http://www.msn.com/en-au/money/company-news/when-will-you-get-the-nbn/ar-AAnsL7i

In particular-

"We have moved away from telling people when we'll be building in their neighbourhood to when they can contact their retailer to buy a service"

"It's not until we are in the streets that we have a clear view of the technology available to individual homes so there are times where a different solution is determined to be better than that which was planned,"

So forget all the ifs, buts and maybes and wait til you finally get a letter from NBNCo to say you can jump onboard and then you'll find out what form factor you're actually getting ie FTTP, FTTN, HFC or FTTDp

[KevL]

Woohoo.
I'm going to get fixed wireless by Jul-Dec 2020.
A bit different to Malcolm's promises of 2016


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[muzza01]

Major problem with NBN is that if either the telephone exchange or your house loses power (electricity) than the phone won't work.  Not so bad for major populated areas that rely on mobile phones but for places without mobile access....you can't even ring 000

[Bird]

... my business is right next door to the exchange 

I wish.. that would be sweet.

[duggie]

Looks like I will be getting this service real soon, might have time to make a cuppa before the technicians arrive.



The rollout of the nbn™ network is planned in this area
 

Planned availability: Jul-Dec 2020*.


Planned technology: nbn™ Fixed Wireless*.

[Pete79]

I'm less then 1km from the exchange. There was 3 or 4 vehicles with NBN stickers at the exchange just after Christmas.
I saw all the cars and thought, "Sweet, they're getting ready to hook us up".
It looks like the reality was they opened the boxes and said "F.... That!! Lets leave this place till last, hopefully someone else will have to deal with this mess!"

We don't have a availability date or a planned technology.
In the old too hard basket we go.

[cruiser 91]

Looks like I will be getting this service real soon, might have time to make a cuppa before the technicians arrive.



The rollout of the nbn™ network is planned in this area
 

Planned availability: Jul-Dec 2020*.


Planned technology: nbn™ Fixed Wireless*.

So much for keeping up with the world. The NBN will be old and outdated technology by 2020.
To tell you the truth, I was happy with my old Naked ADSL............it was far cheaper and did the job I needed.

[Bird]

The NBN offices are literally round the corner from me... I regularly have coffee with some of the collars there

My NBN connection is still Shitful, and worse than the Optus Cable I had before and many people say same thing on Whingepool etc... So I have ZERO idea why anyone is getting excited.. I'd be over the moon if I still had cable.

[prodigyrf]

Major problem with NBN is that if either the telephone exchange or your house loses power (electricity) than the phone won't work.  Not so bad for major populated areas that rely on mobile phones but for places without mobile access....you can't even ring 000

Quit yer bellyachin softies cos you now have access to Satellite everywhere-
http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=267

[rotare]

We got excited that NBN was coming to our street as across the road they lifted the concrete cover to the under ground cables, erected a little yellow steel safety barrier around the open pit, and put up a little NBN sign on the barrier.

A year later the concrete cover is still off the pit, the NBN sign has faded and the yellow safety barrier is now a great trellis for the blackberry bush that has since grown....

Not sure when we will be getting it 

[Inland_Sailor]

I've had NBN fixed wireless now for 18 months or so. It's been a revelation to us after being on Satellite. I'm on 25/5 and it's sooo fast by comparison. We can now download movies and watch youtube vids and live/catchup TV all for a subscription price around half that of the sat service and have unlimited downloads. They've done the right thing for once, giving rural communities a decent service first before hooking up those in cities and large towns with ADSL. I love NBN !!!!!

[paceman]

went from sketchy and congested 4Mbps ADSL2 to this on NBN FTTN:



this has been consistent since install (early january 2017), even at peak times through the day...

less than 1km from the nearest node, from what i can tell.

very happy   

even get consistently above 20Mbps (sometimes more, test below) when using a VPN service, so streaming sport from other sources is easy  ...

[dogbox]

We are on it.
Seems faster than our adsl2 was.
Although it's crap that we have to plug the house phone into the modem or the phone won't work.
Never had to plug it into the adsl2 modem, just plugged it into the extra phone lines we had installed.
Bill

just had a similar issue computer works phones don't there sending out new box with more plugs in it to see if that will fix it or I can pay a tech person to sort it out

[ATC]

Had a chat to a team of guys in Berowra Heights putting rope in the pits so they can pull the fibre through.

We're getting FTTN, website says Apr-Jun 2017, but I'll believe that when they knock on the door and say change your plan.

If we can get 50/20 I'd be estatic (work from home, can't browse, be on a vpn, screenshare and do voip on adsl 2)

Was supposed to be done by jun 2016, maybe that was an election promise.....



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[Fizzie]

We're currently on Telstra Cable & supposed to be changing across to NBN HFC from about May

Not sure what, if any, change to expect - a few horror stories on Whirlpool about congestion, particularly in the evening, but most of my use is during the day so that's not worrying me, yet

One potential problem with the HFC NBN is that there's absolutely no battery backup, so if there's a power cut anywhere from the exchange, through the network out to your street, or just local, you lose all internet / phone. They suggest using your mobile as emergency backup, but from the SA blackout last year, there are reports that mobile towers were also draining their backup battery's within as little as 30 minutes, then shutting down!

Starting to think more & more every day that Australia is going backwards, regardless of how much we talk ourselves up as a "Smart" country

[Cruiser 105Tvan]

Fizzie, totally agree.

Old Copper wire system was always there unless someone cut a cable between you and the exchange.
Powered by the exchange, it didn't need a power source at the customer end.
It was an invaluable life saving system.

Whoever came up with this new system, needs to be put into a situation where it all goes pear shaped.
Politicians who forced this on the general populace included.

[shanegtr]

NBN wont get to where I am until next year acording to the plan - Im sure that will blow out and to be 2019

[toglhot]

I pay TPG $60 a month for unlimited downloads but on the lowest speed.   Much better than what I had before with Adams dish on the roof.   Our suburb was the first off the mark in SA so we have 100% fibre optics run rather that the 50% fibre and 50% copper wiring.   Even on the lowest speed it's fairly quick, not slow enough to make you swear at it anyway.

[Paddler Ed]

I had reliable 25/5 FTTP in town, always within 10%, so I'll be interested to see how we do with fixed wifeless just out of town. I think we have line of site onto the tower, and I'm staying with the same ISP so hopefully the performance should be similar.

I think the big thing is using some of the smaller ISPs - ours was fantastically reliable on the FTTP so will be interesting to see how we go on fixed wireless next week... Pain has been the 3 weeks for an install window into a new build...

So.... two months after we moved in, we finally have Fixed Wirelss NBN (OK, we'd have got it a fortnigh ago if we'd been here...).

Install took 50minutes (single storey, shed type house) and then another 7hrs for NBNCo to switch it on properly - my ISP had their side sorted 20minutes after the install guy left.

So far so good; Speedtest is shocking (in part because we've jumped on with both laptops and any other devices and are hammering it), but it's usable and will settle down over time (we have a lot of low cloud today) as we are 2km from the tower. I'm hoping a switch on and off tonight will encourage it to settle down and stop being in test mode - I'll also double check with the ISP that they have us on the correct speed...