TPG NBN offer any good?

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  clubhonda on 20/07/2015 - 23:18

  They called again tonight and when I asked about the slower speed, there wasn't really any retort on that. Also nothing better than what was previously already waived so I'm guessing that's the best deal TPG can offer.

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  Garden gnome on 21/07/2015 - 19:49

  I would suggest you go with Exetel on their NBN Fibre 25mbps/5mbps plan, which gives you 500GB of downloads per month for $59.99. If this data quota is insufficient, you could move to their unlimited NBN Fibre 12mbps/1mbps plan for $59.99 per month. You could add on an unlimited VOIP phone for an extra $20 per month excluding international calls, where your monthly total would then equal $79.99 per month.
  I am with Exetel on their NBN 12/1mbps 100gb plan and I receive approximately 9-11~mbps down and 0.9mbps upload (due to using wifi and walls). I would love to move up to a faster tier with more data but money is tight.
  The 12 Mbps plan is roughly equivalent to my parents ADSL2+ plan in terms of speed, but the NBN is more consistent with speeds (which is to be expected with fibre).

  Here is a handy website to help you decide further http://nbncompared.com.au . Slightly outdated for some providers but gives a great rough comparison of plans.

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    samfisher5986 on 22/07/2015 - 11:00

    Nobody should be going with Exetel…

    Have a look at the Whirlpool forums to find out why.

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  Diji1 on 21/07/2015 - 20:45

  Wow … just reading this thread it seems like Australia's very profitable ISPs are bringing the "broadband revolution" to us at prices that are worse than ADSL2+ for many customers.

  I guess a portion of the rest can satisfy themselves that it's around the same speeds and then I guess to a larger group again it's better internet.

  If it matters TPG scores highest in Netflix's rating's, Exetel is way, way off that. Not quite as bad as Telstra who own 50% of Foxtel (it's just a very happy coincidence that Australia's largest ISP cannot provide you a service to stream TV shows on of course.) but still very poor.

  I am using Exetel ADSL and it sucks to be honest.

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    scrimshaw on 22/07/2015 - 16:42

    +1

    " to us at prices that are worse than ADSL2+ for many customers.

    Only partly true. Even though the NBN is, on average, more expensive than an equivalent ADSL2+ plan, the NBN gives you speeds that are far more steady and consistent. I.e. if you signed up for a 25/5 plan, you can also expect your speeds to come very close to what you signed up for.

    As opposed to copper internet, ADSL2+ speeds vary greatly between premises (factors such as age of copper, distance) and are prone to all kinds of interference. I don't mind paying $10 to $15 extra a month for an NBN plan if it's able to give a quality connection and far faster upload speeds. That's just my 2c.

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  KaTst3R on 22/07/2015 - 15:23

  With the current speed and pricing of NBN, it might be more worth it to stay with adsl especially so if you are living near the exchange as you will get better speed for cheaper price.

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    MATTDAMON on 22/07/2015 - 16:28

    Only until the adsl network is shut down (which is around 18 months after the area goes RFS)

    Besides once you use FTTP, its hard to go back to adsl2, so much faster (both in raw speed and in latency)

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  clubhonda on 09/08/2015 - 11:10

  I said no at this time to assess the situation first, and strangely enough, after I said that I was happy with the current services and not looking to move at this time, my adsl 2+ services started to become very erratic and unstable ever since.

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    emibel19 on 09/08/2015 - 11:51

    Aha! They're out to get you :) What speeds were/are you getting on ADSL2 (i.e. how much slower would 12 Mbps be)? I don't think you've said.

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      clubhonda on 11/08/2015 - 20:28

      Real world conditions I was only getting slightly more than 1mbps, but it was fairly stable and has been for years. All of a sudden after I declined them, almost immediately it was unstable and would drop constantly.

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        emibel19 on 11/08/2015 - 20:59

        Wow, only 1 Mbps. I wouldn't think twice about going NBN with that sort of speed, no matter how stable the ADSL was.

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        MATTDAMON on 12/08/2015 - 11:05

        @emibel19:

        You dont have a choice regardless, once NBN goes RFS in your area, in 18 months ADSL services are terminated/switched off, meaning you have to go onto the NBN regardless to keep your internet working.

        I do find it interesting that people are only looking at download/upload speeds. They are forgetting one of the key factors to what makes NBN so good, which is reduced latency (1-4ms ping vs 20-30ms ping for ADSL2) which means a 'snappier' experience in terms of webpages loading etc.

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  Brownlove on 13/11/2015 - 09:17

  I have moved to TPG Wondercom FTTB service.

  The speed test (wifi @speedtest.net/ookla) results are as below. Please help me understand if this is good,bad or ugly as compared to others?

  Ping:6ms
  Download speed: 41.75mbps
  Upload: 38.34 mbps

  Ozspeedtest

  Line Speed: 42.30 Mbps (42,303 kbps)

  Your Download Speed 5.29 MB/s (5,288 KB/s)

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    Zachary on 19/11/2015 - 13:27

    Nice….now if only FTTB, or NBN for that matter, was available in the area I live in….. :(

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    [Deactivated] on 20/11/2015 - 09:18

    VERY ugly.
    I'm on the same plan as you, getting 93-94mbps download, and same upload as you.
    You're essentially getting less than half of what you're capable of getting.

    Bad copper I guess… (or bad wifi seeing as you used wifi to test)

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