NBN...for those who may be interested

[Couch]

Just prior to Christmas I had Wireless NBN installed at home to replace ADSL that I'd had for the past few years, and Wireless Broadband prior to that. It was going to cost me nothing to change over, and I was promised faster speed, so I thought, why not!  Well, the change over went well and everything worked perfectly except that initially my line speed was slightly slower than ADSL, which didn't bother me too much as it wasn't really noticable while using the internet. However, because my boys are forever downloading movies, games etc, I thought I'd enquire about having it speeded up. My original ADSL speed was 13.97mbps Download, and .97mbps Upload, and initially my NBN speed was 11.86mbps Download, and .67mbps Upload.  But..............by spending and additional $5.00 per month I've been able to increase my line speed to, 23.69mbps Download, and 4.64mbps Upload............brilliant!! I'm more than happy with that! There's nothing more frustating than a slow internet connection. 
The Mac Pro Retina lap top that I use is incredibly fast, so now I'm a very happy chappie!!

[Sicman]

So whats your monthly cost now?
We are getting wireless NBN in 2 years time. I get 19-21mbps now on ADSL2 so dont wont to go any slower, but the extra upload will be handy.

Cheers

 

[Couch]

My Telstra Bundle is, T-Bundle Extreme 500GB on NBN, and apart from 500GB usage per month it also includes our landline, and gives us unlimited free local calls and free National STD calls 24 seven. We make many STD calls interstate as we have numerous family members in Queensland and Victoria.
Also included is a Family Calls Befefit which gives us unlimited voice calls between up to four eligible mobiles.

The monthly charge for our Bundle is $130.00 month.

[Biggles]

Also included is a Family Calls Befefit which gives us unlimited voice calls between up to four eligible mobiles.

The monthly charge for our Bundle is $130.00 month.

Does that ijnclude the mobiles?

Our monthly is $200, which includes the 11.86mbps download, and .67mbps upload, 200 gb data, "landline" (NBN bypasses the copper and everything goes through the optical cable) and two $50 mobile plans each with unlimited SMS, free calls and 1 gb each data.

[alans1100]

We're currently paying $89 a month for ADSL2 100GB/Phone bundle with included calls (except 13 and 1300).

I was notified last year that we would be on the NBN sometime this year and our ISP pricing suggests 25/5 Mbps/200 GB for $60 a month plus $10 for a VOIP phone.

[Marcus]

Yeah well...Try telling that to all the people who voted Abbott in with his horrible excuse for an NBN replacement running on out dated copper wire, which will need a further upgrade in 5 years. With no mention of what the uploads speeds will be...

I've only just calmed down from the election, which made me so very very angry over this one issue...

All the wasted opportunity...

http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/the-liberal-party-of-australia-reconsider-your-plan-for-a-fttn-nbn-in-favour-of-a-superior-ftth-nbn

[alans1100]

Yeah well...Try telling that to all the people who voted Abbott in with his horrible excuse for an NBN replacement running on out dated copper wire, which will need a further upgrade in 5 years. With no mention of what the uploads speeds will be...

I've only just calmed down from the election, which made me so very very angry over this one issue...

All the wasted opportunity...

http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/the-liberal-party-of-australia-reconsider-your-plan-for-a-fttn-nbn-in-favour-of-a-superior-ftth-nbn

Plus the added cost of doing the upgrade job over and above the current price... and who pays for it anyway.......

[Bikebear]

Spare a thought for those who don't live in the areas where pollies spend money. We 'enjoy' about 3M/512k because we are about 7kms from the exchange and the copper is so old. It won't be replaced because the government keeps saying the NBN will fix it. For us NBN is something that kepps on being talked about by pollies but it isn't even on the horizon here.

[Biggles]

Spare a thought for those who don't live in the areas where pollies spend money.

Why do you think we got it'  I'm in Lilly, Wayne Swan's electorate, and it was promised in the lead up to the election.

I still didn't vote for him.     

[Couch]

No, it doesn't include the mobiles, I pay $39 month for my mobile, that gives me $400 worth of calls + 1GB data a month. The cost of my sons iPhone is also additional as he purchased it on a plan through Telstra, so he's paying approx $85 month, but that covers the purchase of the phone, insurance, $600 worth of calls + 1GB data, he pays for this himself on my account. I also pay an additional $10 month for my wifes mobile, (flip top Samsung) which is only there if she really needs it in an emergency.

Also included is a Family Calls Befefit which gives us unlimited voice calls between up to four eligible mobiles.

The monthly charge for our Bundle is $130.00 month.

Does that ijnclude the mobiles?

Our monthly is $200, which includes the 11.86mbps download, and .67mbps upload, 200 gb data, "landline" (NBN bypasses the copper and everything goes through the optical cable) and two $50 mobile plans each with unlimited SMS, free calls and 1 gb each data.

Does that ijnclude the mobiles?

Our monthly is $200, which includes the 11.86mbps download, and .67mbps upload, 200 gb data, "landline" (NBN bypasses the copper and everything goes through the optical cable) and two $50 mobile plans each with unlimited SMS, free calls and 1 gb each data.
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Does that ijnclude the mobiles?

[Pezzz]

I am stuck on ADSL 1. Try running business, exchange server with about 15 mailboxes, Asterisk PBX with 4 VoIP lines and usual home Internet browsing/downloading on that. My speed is 7Mbps by about 0.3Mbps on a good day.
I pay $120 per month for 1TB as I back up customer servers to here. Phone line rental is extra which provides failover for VoIP.

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[Couch]

Bugger

I am stuck on ADSL 1. Try running business, exchange server with about 15 mailboxes, Asterisk PBX with 4 VoIP lines and usual home Internet browsing/downloading on that. My speed is 7Mbps by about 0.3Mbps on a good day.
I pay $120 per month for 1TB as I back up customer servers to here. Phone line rental is extra which provides failover for VoIP.

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[Marcus]

I am stuck on ADSL 1. Try running business, exchange server with about 15 mailboxes, Asterisk PBX with 4 VoIP lines and usual home Internet browsing/downloading on that. My speed is 7Mbps by about 0.3Mbps on a good day.

You preaching to the choir... My business constantly uploads gigs worth or images and files daily via FTP... Sometime I can burn a DVD and mail it faster then uploading...

But no Malcolm Turnbull thinks people are only going to use it for downloading movies... give me a break

[StinkyPete]

We had our NBN connection (Fibre to the Node) connected today.  The change went very smoothly and I lost my internet for about 1/2 hour and phone for about one hour.

[Biggles]

We had our NBN connection (Fibre to the Node) connected today.  The change went very smoothly and I lost my internet for about 1/2 hour and phone for about one hour.

Spare us the gloat about your speeds.     

[Bodø Glimt]

After all the dramas we had with adam internet in 2105 and telstra last year I am in no hurry to change what we have at home now... as it works perfectly.

[Brock]

After all the dramas we had with adam internet in 2105 and telstra last year

Aha, I thought you were from the future....

 

[Marcus]

They just started building in my town. Estimated December for connection. Can't wait.

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After all the dramas we had with adam internet in 2105 and telstra last year

Aha, I thought you were from the future....

 

[StinkyPete]

Spare us the gloat about your speeds.     

No gloating required.  We have a cheap plan with a speed that's barely faster than our old ADSL2, but had to get on board as the old system was to be shut down in a few weeks.

[Gadget]

NBN Fibre via WiFi to my phone. 100/40 plan.

Actually >95 Mbps on the home PC.
 

[Gadget]

Telstra 4G on the phone.

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[Kev Murphy]

My ADSL-2 speed has dropped fro 2.4Mb/second to around 600Kb/second over the past 12 months.
In the last 5 weeks, I have had multiple dropouts per day, anything up to 40 per day.
In the past week, I have only had around 20 minutes per hour connection, in only 2 or 3 minute bursts, as the modem takes up to 5 minutes to reset.
Yesterday, I lost home phone as well as internet with 117 dropouts in 24 hours, which is around 5 dropouts per hour of 5 to seven minutes each.
Hash noise on landline is so bad that I cannot hear people speaking, and vice versa.
I live less than 100 metres from Telstra exchange in the main business block of town.
Telstra claim that there is no problem. Supposedly I will have NBN next Tuesday, which will be totally useless if the fault is between the node and my premises.
I am about to ring Telstra (again!) and serve it up to them in spades!

[johnnyYTED]

 
I used to have adsl1 here in Picton NSW, my speed was usually 1.3mbps down and .05 up.  I had to choose if I'd get nbn fttn and when I asked a few techs I was told my nbn fttn wouldn't be much faster due to the 60yr old copper. My housing authority didn't want me to get the nbn box installed cause they would have to provide electricity to where the nbn wanted to put the box. So I got wireless broadband from Bendigobank $60 p/m telco using my 4g wifi dongle I already owned. I now get 24mbps and up to 5mbps up. its fast for what I was used to. No home ph coz the only people who used to call were scammers and ppl wanting to sell me stuff. My mobile plan with Amaysim is unlimited calls text with 5gb data and a bonus gig for being a longterm customer.  Bendigo are offering a cheaper plan so I'm thinking of changing to them soon.