Not Another NBN Topic

tymatk on 13/10/2015 - 10:07

Hi all

Long story short, i'm with Telstra ultimate, paying $80/month with good speed and 500gig allowance. Now they're switching my cable off in a week and i have to choose an NBN plan.
Every plans out there seems to be slower and cost more than what im paying now, how the F**K does that work? What's wrong with this government?

Then i found Aussie Broadband (thanks Ozbargain crew), i rang up just to find that they're not available in my area, i mean WTF????

I'm left with a long list of rubbish providers (below), can someone help and provide some feedback if you're using one of the providers list here?

Thank you

ACN
1300 881 778 VISIT WEBSITE

ACTIV8ME
1800 804 410 VISIT WEBSITE

AMNET
1300 562 466 VISIT WEBSITE

ANT
1300 268 266 VISIT WEBSITE

ARCON COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD
1300 780 649 VISIT WEBSITE

ASTRON
1300 72 42 72 VISIT WEBSITE

AUSBBS
1300 775 828 VISIT WEBSITE

AUSSIE WEB & IT SOLUTIONS
07 4911 4059 VISIT WEBSITE

AUSTRALIA ONLINE
1300 650 661 VISIT WEBSITE

AUSTRALIA TELCOM
1300 13 23 10 VISIT WEBSITE

BAREFOOT TELECOM
1300 017 622 VISIT WEBSITE

BELONG
1300 235 664 VISIT WEBSITE

BENDIGO BANK TELCO
1300 737 881 VISIT WEBSITE

BENDIGO TELCO
1300 228 123 VISIT WEBSITE

BEST TELECOM AUSTRALIA
1800 792 151 VISIT WEBSITE

BOOM BROADBAND - 1300 00 BOOM
1300 00 2666 VISIT WEBSITE

BROADBAND SOLUTIONS
1300 683 000 VISIT WEBSITE

CARETEL
1300 39 69 79 VISIT WEBSITE

CARRIER1 TELECOM
1300 865 426 VISIT WEBSITE

CLOUD TELECOM
1800 358 339 VISIT WEBSITE

COMMUNITY TELCO
1300 737 881 VISIT WEBSITE

COUNTRYTELL - 13 TELL
13 8355 VISIT WEBSITE

CYBERTEL TELECOM
1300 763 201 VISIT WEBSITE

DELPHIN TELECOM
1300 883 528 VISIT WEBSITE

DEVOTED NBN
1300 728 884 VISIT WEBSITE

DIFFTEL
02 9959 1935 VISIT WEBSITE

DODO - 13 DODO
13 36 36 VISIT WEBSITE

EASYNET
07 4953 3331 VISIT WEBSITE
ECN logo
ECN
1300 790 111 VISIT WEBSITE

ENGIN
1300 965 426 VISIT WEBSITE

ESCAPENET
1300 135 235 VISIT WEBSITE

EVERYNET
02 6100 4750 VISIT WEBSITE

EXETEL - 1300 EXETEL
1300 393 835 VISIT WEBSITE

FAIRTEL
08 9779 9966 VISIT WEBSITE

FANTEL
1300 304 288 VISIT WEBSITE

GOINTERNET
1300 277 136 VISIT WEBSITE

GRAYTECH HOSTING PTY LTD
03 5410 1135 VISIT WEBSITE

HARBOUR ISP
1300 366 169 VISIT WEBSITE

HOT NET
1300 653 660 VISIT WEBSITE

IF TELECOM
1800 436 659 VISIT WEBSITE

IIG
07 3193 2300 VISIT WEBSITE

IINET
1300 455 806 VISIT WEBSITE

INFINITY BROADBAND
1300 661 965 VISIT WEBSITE

INTERNODE - 1300 NBN NOW
1300 626 669 VISIT WEBSITE

IPRIMUS - 1300 FIBRE 1
1300 342 731 VISIT WEBSITE

IPSTAR
1800 477 888 VISIT WEBSITE

KEY INTERNET
1300 300 056 VISIT WEBSITE

LINKNET DIGITAL
1300 49 89 39 VISIT WEBSITE

LOADEDNET
1300 851 154 VISIT WEBSITE

LOGITEL
1300 30 1428 VISIT WEBSITE

MANAGEMY GROUP
02 8985 9990 VISIT WEBSITE

MATILDA
1300 665 865 VISIT WEBSITE

MONTIMEDIA INTERNET
1300 79 49 69 VISIT WEBSITE

MORE TELECOM
1800 733368 VISIT WEBSITE

MYFIBRE
1800 288 871 VISIT WEBSITE

MYNETFONE
1300 731 048 VISIT WEBSITE

NBNSP
VISIT WEBSITE

NEW SPROUT
02 66876533 VISIT WEBSITE

NEXON
1300 800 000 VISIT WEBSITE

NORTH QUEENSLAND TELECOM
1300 664 178 VISIT WEBSITE

NUSKOPE
1800 733 418 VISIT WEBSITE

ONE DIAL
1300 306 938 VISIT WEBSITE

ONTHENET
07 5553 9222 VISIT WEBSITE

OPTUS
1300 652 080 VISIT WEBSITE

ORACLE TELECOM
1300 660 153 VISIT WEBSITE

PEAKCONNECT
1300 761 492 VISIT WEBSITE

PRISM TELECOM
1300 306 983 VISIT WEBSITE

Q TELECOM
1300 857 863 VISIT WEBSITE

QUEENSLAND COMPUTERS
1300 910 915 VISIT WEBSITE

ROCTEL
1800 762 835 VISIT WEBSITE

SAVINGREEN
1300 152 701 VISIT WEBSITE

SOUTHERN PHONE
1800 238 390 VISIT WEBSITE

SPEED TELECOM
1300 885 925 VISIT WEBSITE

SPINTEL
132 210 VISIT WEBSITE

SPIRIT TELECOM
1300 007 001 VISIT WEBSITE

SUPERCHEAP TELCO
1800 556 789 VISIT WEBSITE

SWITCHED ON AUSTRALIA
1300 455620 VISIT WEBSITE

TANGERINE TELECOM
1800 211 112 VISIT WEBSITE

TELCO HUT
1300 478 007 VISIT WEBSITE

TELCOBLUE
1300 835 262 VISIT WEBSITE

TELCOPLUS
1300 726 310 VISIT WEBSITE

TELE BYTE
1300 307 024 VISIT WEBSITE

TELECOM WEST
1300 739 331 VISIT WEBSITE

TELESURF
1300 795 528 VISIT WEBSITE

TELKO CHOICE
1300 307 043 VISIT WEBSITE

TELLNET
1300 707 250 VISIT WEBSITE

TELSTRA
1800 834 273 VISIT WEBSITE

TPG
13 14 23 VISIT WEBSITE

TRANSACT
13 30 61 VISIT WEBSITE

TRINITY TELECOM
1300 786 192 VISIT WEBSITE

V4 TELECOM
1300 843 130 VISIT WEBSITE
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VALUE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
1300 361 157 VISIT WEBSITE

VAYA
1300 008 292 VISIT WEBSITE

VEETEL
1300 833 835 VISIT WEBSITE

WESTNET
1300 455 806 VISIT WEBSITE

YOUR CALL TELECOM
1300 765 985 VISIT WEBSITE

ZETTANET
1300 139 550

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Comments

  • Axelstrife on 13/10/2015 - 10:28
    +1

    isn't 100mbps fast enough for you?

    TPG 12/1 NBN Customer here and yes id recommend TPG 6 months now with then no slow downs except when there maintenance which gets listed on there website

      • Axelstrife on 14/10/2015 - 11:07
        +8

        I downloaded over 20 gb of torrents yesterday.

        • Axelstrife on 14/10/2015 - 11:09
          +5

          @tymatk: ive downloaded terrabytes in the last 6 months ive been on tpg with no warning at all.

          I download games movies and tv shows.

        • tymatk on 14/10/2015 - 11:29

          @holden93:
          Sounds good, i'll look into TPG now :).

        • Axelstrife on 14/10/2015 - 11:31

          @tymatk: Yep they have been great im always downloading the latest tv shows and movies currently waiting for the next episode of the flash :) just downloaded limitless latest ep.

        • samfisher5986 on 14/10/2015 - 15:00
          -2

          @tymatk:

          Please realise that ISP's don't send letters… the copyright holders do.

          Even if you ran your own ISP, you can't stop copyright holders sending letters to you…

        • anonymous01 on 14/10/2015 - 16:59
          +4

          @tymatk: Don't blame the field if ya don't know how to play the game. You gotta wear the armor of VPN before playing with torrents.

        • T-man on 14/10/2015 - 18:26

          @tymatk:

          Unless you downloaded illegal contents or intellectual property protected contents. One of my friends got a letter from TPG mentioned that.

        • Quotationz on 14/10/2015 - 19:07
          +1

          @samfisher5986: It's simple don't use public trackers

        • samfisher5986 on 14/10/2015 - 20:10

          @Quotationz:

          Private trackers are not particularly safe. You are just safer then public.

        • EnALup on 15/10/2015 - 14:52

          @anonymous01: Any good suggestions?

        • EnALup on 15/10/2015 - 14:52

          @Quotationz: Sorry, but how to do that?

        • anonymous01 on 15/10/2015 - 19:08

          @Gaggy: There are plenty of good ones which are cheap, even free for 1 year if you search this site. I myself don't use VPN. I prefer file sharing sites for a cost of $10 per month or so. Uploaded and Rapidgator are some of the good ones if you are interested.

        • Quotationz on 16/10/2015 - 15:54
          +2

          @Gaggy: Use private torrent websites. Alot are invite only or you have to pay to join. Iptorrents.com is one of the better ones

        • EnALup on 16/10/2015 - 20:35

          @anonymous01: Thanks.

        • EnALup on 16/10/2015 - 20:36

          @Quotationz: Ta.

  • verio on 13/10/2015 - 10:31
    +9

    Every plans out there seems to be slower and cost more than what im paying now, how the F**K does that work?

    And how did it happen that Exetel offers 500GB for $79 per month at 100/40 and you don't know about it? Maybe you should have done a better research yourself instead of posting a pretty long list of ISPs here?

    • Cheeper on 13/10/2015 - 11:03
      +3

      Effort = reward.. :-)

    • tymatk on 14/10/2015 - 10:54

      This is why you're Bright Aussie and i'm not.

      I heard Exetel customer service is crap.

      • Cheeper on 14/10/2015 - 12:21
        -2

        1. I had no idea that you were a foreigner. If you have a hang-up with that then that is your problem.

        2. You will find justifiable and non so complaints about every ISP and every business. Sometimes you need to read forums with a little bit of discretion.
          For every unhappy customer that ISP has it may have a 1000 happy ones that you will not hear from.
          We have been with Exetel for a very long time and have nothing to complain about.
          Being a bit comp savvy helps with the budget providers. Good luck with your search.

        • tymatk on 14/10/2015 - 13:27
          +6

          Im aussie but not as bright

        • BestofOZB on 14/10/2015 - 23:26
          +8

          He was replying to brightaussie
          Chill out mate

      • tyler.durden on 15/10/2015 - 07:31
        +1

        Exetel customer service is crap

        i was with them then switched to TPG.

        Heaps better service.

        • [Deactivated] on 15/10/2015 - 18:27

          I've been with exetel for over 3 years and they seem very helpful to me. They've even helped me configure routers that aren't in their hardware supported list. Support line always open and you can use email support as well if you want everything in writing.

          If you're finding you're getting bad support you should probably start conversations with asking their name and badge ID and being polite and respectful. If you feel like they can't/won't help you, hang up and get someone else who can. Although I've never had to hang up on exetel.

        • cristobaljames on 15/10/2015 - 19:02

          @voolish: Hang up and wait another 30-60 mins to be assisted? Their waiting times are atrocious..

        • tyler.durden on 15/10/2015 - 20:28

          @voolish:

          You must have missed or not been part of the period where they made changes to peak and off peak times, price increases
          while people were still in contract.

          And other more issues which you can search on whirlpool.

          http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1396900

          Leaving Exetel was one of the best things I ever did.

        • kasp on 15/10/2015 - 22:29

          @voolish:

          I remember when extel kicked people off plans for maxing out their quotas or downloading more than 120gb on their unlimited plans. Also if you used tech support too much they gave you the boot.

          Unless you're a light user who wont use tech support much exetel is not a good isp to be with as they are unpredictable. They only eant to keep the most profitable customers.

        • [Deactivated] on 16/10/2015 - 02:00

          @cristobaljames: I've only ever had to wait 10-15 minutes, you're right though that is long.

        • [Deactivated] on 16/10/2015 - 02:03

          @tyler.durden: My plan changed to $109 and I stayed with them because I didn't want to sign up for another contract before I move which is soon. I'm not arguing their broadband price is good because it isn't I just said their support has helped me. I would sign up for their NBN though.

          They footed half the bill to get my internal wiring fixed by a telstra tech before which was good.

          I just want to add my ex who is still on contract hasn't had her plan change, she is still on $70 a month for 500GB.

        • tyler.durden on 16/10/2015 - 06:02

          @voolish:

          Haha, and you consider that a good thing?

          I am with Telstra now, and the support is much better
          you don't need to wait that long.

          With exetel, I remember they got this recording

          ==

          also you plan is cost too much.

          You should try telstra cable.

    • AlexD on 14/10/2015 - 18:46
      +2

      Belong, which is wholly run by Telstra, only costs $85/month for 500GB at 100/40 or $95/month for 1TB.

    • Tnetennba on 14/10/2015 - 21:38
      +3

      The best way to get the information you want on the internet is to post some incorrect information / lack of information, and wait for someone to correct you / give you what you want, which you just did for OP ;)

      Cunningham's Law

  • spackbace on 13/10/2015 - 11:14
    +4

    I'm left with a long list of rubbish providers (below)

    I see iinet in that list, second best ISP in the country…

    • [Deactivated] on 13/10/2015 - 22:16
      +4

      Also belong which is Telstra. Also Telstra itself is on that list.

    • tymatk on 14/10/2015 - 11:00

      Thanks will call up

    • Pacify on 14/10/2015 - 17:21
      +4

      *used to be.

      Now that TPG owns it, I really don't think it is or will continue to be any good. Just like internode went downhill so fast

  • ESEMCE on 13/10/2015 - 11:20
    +2

    And what does Telstra want to charge you for an NBN connection?
    I thought your plan would just transition across to them!

    • tymatk on 14/10/2015 - 10:55

      They want the same money for less Gigabyte and slower than what i'm on atm which is Ultimate, hence why i'm not happy.

      • ESEMCE on 14/10/2015 - 10:59

        You've called them to cancel and been told that, or just jumped on the website to see their advertised offers?

        • tymatk on 14/10/2015 - 11:03

          I rang.

          Try to be the best and loyalest customer (i have been with them for over 10 years) …. but got put through to Philippine and this person have no understanding about loyal customer, long term customer. All she wants was to put me through a new plan.

        • ESEMCE on 14/10/2015 - 11:03

          @tymatk:
          Ask to be put through to retention.

        • Tnetennba on 14/10/2015 - 21:41
          +3

          @scubacoles: Yep.. If you tell them you want to cancel, they should put you straight through to a local call centre (funnily enough) and that person will have more authority to offer you a better deal, etc.

          It happened when I cancelled my Telstra account, they offered this and that.. however they were never going to be able to keep me as iiNet (TransACT) is the only one with VDSL2 in ACT, which is like 20x faster than what ADSL could offer me.

        • PVA on 14/10/2015 - 23:36
          +1

          @tymatk:
          go in store and see what they offer.

  • Flying Ace on 13/10/2015 - 14:02

    I'm with MyNetFone and they're fine. Never have any dropouts or anything - but this is for ADSL2+

    • Pacify on 14/10/2015 - 17:14
      +5

      Praise be Kevin Rudd. Otherwise I'd likely be lucky to get more than 5mb here on Adsl2, where as im sitting at a comfortable 96mb up 36 mb down, for the same price I was paying for adsl2 at my old address.

    • ozbargainer88 on 14/10/2015 - 19:29
      +4

      It it wasn't for Rudd and Conroy, the NBN would never have started and we'd still be under the mercy of Telstra who has zero incentive to give users outside cherry picked areas better speeds.

    • Gershom on 15/10/2015 - 14:53
      -5

      To the 9 idiots that negged this comment - it is a verifiable fact that Rudd introduced NBN and legislated the cut off of other options. Look it up morons.

      • Pacify on 16/10/2015 - 15:47
        +1

        Yeah, because so much of those "other options" occurred during the last 10 years.

        Unless you happen to be lucky enough to live in one of the few areas that got cherry picked for Cable, the best you could ever get is shitt ads2l, which depends so much on your line quality and distance from exchange

  • Gershom on 13/10/2015 - 15:47
    +1

    When I was getting NBN I rang Telstra to cancel the landline. Finished up getting a discounted bundle from them, including a 25/5 NBN service. Bundle included Foxtel and landline calls. Usually the speed clocks 24 Mbps over my home wifi, plus all my Foxtel "Anytime" downloads aren't metered against my allowance. (200GB). I'm happy with it.

    • tymatk on 14/10/2015 - 10:49

      How much do you pay per month mind if i ask?

      • Gershom on 14/10/2015 - 11:54
        +1

        I have the full Foxtel Platinum plan and it's $200 per month. I was previously paying Foxtel $134 for the service, so landline, unlimited non mobile calls and 200 GB @ 25/5 is costing me $66 more, plus I get unmetered Foxtel downloads as a bonus. As I said - I'm happy with it.

  • ilikeradiohead on 13/10/2015 - 17:45

    I have TPG 100/40 with unlimited downloads, $90/month. The service is fine, although effective speeds seem to be more like 70/30. Their customer service is not very good but I have only used it once and that was to switch from ADSL.

    • tymatk on 14/10/2015 - 10:57

      I'm honestly looking to pay around $50 where possible hence i mentioned the Aussie Broadband plan and speed suit me perfectly …… until i rang up and found that they can't cover my area.

      • ESEMCE on 14/10/2015 - 11:00

        Eh?
        In the OP you said you were paying $80 and was happy with it!?

        • tymatk on 14/10/2015 - 11:01

          Yes was happy with it at the amount of Gigabyte that assigned to my account and the speed, not with what they are offering atm.

        • ESEMCE on 14/10/2015 - 11:03

          @tymatk:
          The OP sounds like you were complaining about the NBN, but now it seems now you're happy that you can get the same speed/quota for less?

        • tymatk on 14/10/2015 - 11:04

          @scubacoles:

          No

          Basically i have to pay more now for slower speed and less gigabyte.

        • ESEMCE on 14/10/2015 - 11:04

          @tymatk:

          With Telstra maybe, but not with their competitors..
          So how is this an NBN issue and not a Telstra issue?

        • tymatk on 14/10/2015 - 11:06

          @scubacoles:

          Life was smooth sailing without NBN. I can still download on Torrent under Telstra but i heard many other providers have block torrent.

        • ESEMCE on 14/10/2015 - 11:16

          @tymatk:

          many? - maybe a few.

        • Pacify on 14/10/2015 - 17:10
          +2

          Ultimately in the long run, you are far, far more likely to be blocked/DMCA'd with telstra than most smaller isps.

          Also you happen to be one of the small percentage of australians who were able to get Cable before hand, at worst you get better upload speeds with NBN for very much the same price.

          I literally dont know what you are complaining about. Should just be glad you can get NBN/Cable in the first place

        • PonyTable on 15/10/2015 - 18:48
          +1

          @tymatk: If you are so concerned with downloads, specifically torrents you should research vpns, peer blocking and private trackers - Pretty sure you are living pretty dangerously by not understanding these torrenting basics, because I am pretty sure all ISP's will care at some point or another.

          Unless of course I am mistaken and the "torrents" you are referring to are just legitimate nightly builds of Linux distros - then that's totally above board.

          PS - Can vouch for Everynet on that list, nothing but respect for a company who's CEO answers your tech inquiries.

          35 Days uptime on ADSL 2 with them (I power cycled then - thanks awesome gearbest ac adapter!)

  • Wakety-Wack on 14/10/2015 - 09:42
    +4

    No NBN here just thought i would come and drool over your speeds :'(

  • grog on 14/10/2015 - 11:11
    +5

    Amnet is not rubbish.

    Customer service from amnet was equal top in Australia for 2 or 3 years in a row about 2 years ago.

    Amnet is part of Amcom which is now part of Vocus.

    • tymatk on 14/10/2015 - 11:30

      Never heard of them before, thanks and will definitely look into this.

    • IamEzza on 17/10/2015 - 01:41

      How are Amnet for torrenting and copyright infringement notices though?

      • samfisher5986 on 17/10/2015 - 10:55

        everyone is the same. Please do some research.

  • brokenglish on 14/10/2015 - 12:29
    +2

    I have Activ8me 100/40 and TPG 100/40 NBN to my unit.
    No problems with torrent whatsoever, there's just sometimes constant dropout like once a month that I originally thought was because of Active8me (therefore I signed up with TPG so I could complain), turns out it's the NBNCo problem.
    Effective speed of Active8me is around 95/38 all day everyday. TPG's a bit /()&$@!? 70/30 if lucky, but it's unlimited. No unlimited plan with Activ8me and I always went over the quota. Maybe there's a reason why they have a quota (so they can give you constant and higher speed).

  • samfisher5986 on 14/10/2015 - 15:01
    +3

    TPG 100/40.

    Uploaded over 8TB last month, Downloaded about 2TB.

    • No ONE on 14/10/2015 - 23:02

      Everyone keeps talking about "100/40" or "xx/yy". What does that mean?
      By the way, 8TB upload, I can only imgine that 8TB could only be 4k videos uploading to youtube, otherwise hard to believe anything other than HD videos.

      • Pacify on 14/10/2015 - 23:06

        100/40 is the speed, in this case its 100 mb down 40 mb up. You could possibly upload 8tb if you left a decent number of torrent seeding 24/7 lol

        • No ONE on 15/10/2015 - 11:47

          Ah thanks. Got it now download/upload speed.

        • gmatht on 15/10/2015 - 14:33

          IIRC Ultimate Cable is 115/2.4. So although Telstra cable claims to be faster, it is really slower, total speed is 117.4 rather than NBNs 140. More importantly Cable is a best 15% faster at downloads than NBN 100/40, while the NBN is almost 2000% faster for uploads. In terms of users experience both NBN and Cable should be great at downloads, but as soon as you need to send an attachment, upload photos or do HQ video chat, Cable performance would hit the wall.

        • Pacify on 15/10/2015 - 15:15

          Yeah, the cable we get in this country is absolutely woeful for uploads, its often not much better than ADSL.

      • samfisher5986 on 14/10/2015 - 23:59

        Uploading everything I download to the cloud for safe keeping.

        • No ONE on 15/10/2015 - 11:57

          that does not add up. how come 2 TB download equals 8TB upload to cloud, or you meant 8TB was just a one time thing.

        • samfisher5986 on 15/10/2015 - 11:58

          @Oz Bargain 3:

          I already had 24TB of data before I got NBN.

          Once everything is uploaded there will be less to upload.

        • Cheap Rich Guy on 16/10/2015 - 02:54

          @samfisher5986:

          Are you uploading to OneDrive by any chance?

        • Charity on 16/10/2015 - 03:33

          Was just about to thank you for your angel-like seeding generosity.

        • samfisher5986 on 16/10/2015 - 11:55

          @CheapRichGuy:

          No, Crashplan.

          I doubt Onedrive would work that well? not sure.

      • [Deactivated] on 16/10/2015 - 13:56

        It was a really long nyan cat video 😜

  • [Deactivated] on 14/10/2015 - 17:15
    +3

    From all the reviews on Whirlpool, Skymesh is hands down the best NBN provider and reasonably priced. You don't need to look at any other provider who offers cheap service but don't have the backhaul to even deliver the speed advertised. Skymesh is the answer - end topic.

    • Pacify on 14/10/2015 - 17:18

      Unless they don't cover your POI. Or if you are really concerned about stability of international speeds during peak times, a lot of people have been having issue with international routing, I was getting under 10mb down to usa recently for a few days, but its back up to ~60mb so hopefully it continues to improve.

      I'd also argue that Skymesh plans arn't that great for low data usage, or if you really dislike on/off peak. Though they will match any competitor plan if you don't like what they offer, so i guess thats not really an issue.

      I have to say their customer service is really top notch tho. I'd certainly pick skymesh over TPG

  • [Deactivated] on 14/10/2015 - 17:21
    +5

    Also, why the hell is NBN Fibre being installed in an area already covered by CABLE… really this is an outrage, Fibre should be deployed to communities who aren't getting reliable internet… ugh.

    • Cheeper on 14/10/2015 - 23:56
      +2

      Many can only get adsl1 and some cannot get a connection at all. Get access to all for adsl2 at least then worry about getting fancy..

    • McFly on 15/10/2015 - 13:15

      You'd need to ask Senator Conjob about that.

      • Pacify on 15/10/2015 - 15:46

        Probably because the cable footprint in that region was very limited, so it made more sense to cover the entire zone rather than trying to avoid the small cheery picked area which cable covered

        • [Deactivated] on 15/10/2015 - 19:52

          I sincerely hope so.

        • Peace Maker on 15/10/2015 - 21:33

          Tony Windsor got early NBN rollout to his electorate when he gave his independent vote to Labor. Pork barrelling the NBN.

        • Charity on 16/10/2015 - 03:37

          Probably because 1 or 2 "connected" families of the right politicians lived in that area. They didn't want to miss out - and didn't.

    • scrimshaw on 15/10/2015 - 18:46

      Fibre is always laid down in the most densely populated areas because by doing so you connect more people at once and can get the ball rolling faster in terms of figures and revenue.

      • [Deactivated] on 15/10/2015 - 19:52
        +1

        Plenty of densely populated brownfields (Houses/MDUs) with less than adequate ADSL/ADSL2+, and issues such as no room for more equipment (meaning no room for competitors to Telstra), no more pairs, and so on without access to HFC.

    • Cheap Rich Guy on 16/10/2015 - 02:57

      Suburbs within 20km of capital cities should've been prioritised for NBN. These areas generally have the highest density of people so more people would've got NBN sooner.

      • samfisher5986 on 16/10/2015 - 11:57
        +1

        The NBN was all about improving the average quality of Internet, so non city areas make sense to do first.

        City people get Cable and even Fibre in some cases.

  • Quotationz on 14/10/2015 - 19:05
    +8

    Don't know which NBN plan to choose? First world problems….

  • ITveteran on 14/10/2015 - 19:51
    +2

    If you want some good opinions, mind your language first.

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