I’ve bought a house in a regional area. It hasn’t been lived in for some time so no way did the elderly person pay for nbn all this time.
I have mobile broadband in the city. Someone gifted me a Telstra nbn router. I plugged it into the phone Jack and used the password. I turned my phone on airplane mode and it’s working.
Does anyone have any insight as to why this is working??
Thanks
Nope - wifi can work on airplane mode. It’s how you can use wifi on a plane
Why did this get negged? I’m posting this comment over wifi with my phone on airplane mode.
Did the same only this morning.
In most phones, switching to airplane mode also turns off wifi. But you can then toggle the wifi on manually.
Doesn't Telstra have a backup 4G Sim inside their NBN router?
Yep sounds like a smart modem running on the 4G backup…..
Do a speedtest. This will give you some clue where it's coming from.
As another user mentioned, Telstra routers / modems typically have a 4G backup.
If the lights are purple, it will be mean it using the backup.
What colour is the main light on it?
The light is blue, rather than purple and it's on the front, at the bottom. I agree that this is likely the reason they have internet, rather than "nbn" working. This assumes a Gen 2, which is probably the most common at this point.
As for testing, simply unplug the ethernet cable from the router, and when it still works, then you have your confirmation.
Actually, if its a gen 1 smart modem, it's purple up the top
If it's gen 2 and 3, blue light at the front bottom
It's also only 30gb most likely
Telstra modems with 4G backup continue to have functional 4G data even after the Telstra plan the modem was bought on is cancelled.
It will get cut off if you abuse this, but otherwise, it's a handy feature.
Don't worry OP, given that it's Telstra I'm sure you'll be complaining about the exact opposite problem soon enough.
Gold
It hasn’t been lived in for some time so no way did the elderly person pay for nbn all this time.
You might be surprised. If you’d met my parents right before they passed you’d have thought ‘no way’, but not long before they had the best of everything tech wise, including the most expensive internet plans in a regional area. Their house has also been empty but Telstra has sent bills to their estate despite me cancelling and clearing everything.
Haha. Thanks everyone. I’ll have a look tomorrow when I go back. I’ll try unplugging the phone plug. I’ll also try a second nbn modem. This one is a belong modem which was given to me by yet another person. I know it’s the same network but I said yes I’ll take it because belong is who I intend to go with, if I have to.
I’m going to post another topic. This one- why does my mobile broadband work when they say it shouldn’t
I bought a house in regional WA.
I have a two month lag where I’m at my existing and before I move into the new place. I called iiNet who I’ve been with in some capacity for over 20 years. They said I couldn’t take mobile broadband and I was incensed as I don’t want the big beige box in my place. iiNet uses Vodafone.
I don’t understand all the coverage maps from all
The carriers or whistle out because the colours don’t match up. Vodafone won’t provide mobile broadband. No one will.
So a chat with belong (Telstra, but cheaper and month to month) showed that I just have to plug a modem into the phone Jack and I’ll get nbn. Ok. Sure. But still limited to where there are jacks unless I want a new one.
So I took my mobile broadband modem to the new place and it works just fine.
I’m assuming that the companies/carriers don’t want to claim 5g as it probably becomes a liability if it doesn’t come to fruition.
My thoughts are that I’ll get nbn service with belong (Telstra) to power my security surveillance stuff and then cancel and bring my iiNet mobile broadband modem with me and use that at the new place. I won’t tell iiNet that I’ve moved as it all is handled online anyway. If the quality isn’t there on a regular basis, I’ll just sign up for nbn again.
Does anyone see a downside with not telling iiNet that I’ve moved? (They have said I MUST get nbn at the new place) The nbn is connected via the phone Jack so they just flip a switch and I get paid nbn in 2 to 3 days.
Also, is my thoughts that all the carriers say no to mobile broadband because even if it always seems available, they see no upside to offering it (and maybe bring liable)?
Thanks to the ozbargain circle of wisdom. 😊
Huh ?
Indeed
Does your new place have 5g coverage?
(I know it shouldn't matter, as 4g would take over.
But I can see that it could be an excuse from them).
This post made less sense than your last one about Telstra NBN modem, because you mix facts with opinions, then ask an ethical question unrelated to your post title.
Call your ISP and ask for support.
It sounds like you’re confusing mobile 5g internet, and fixed wireless broadband
Boomers talking about accessing the internet is always amusing. Thanks OP
If your TL;DR is
They said I couldn’t take mobile broadband …
So I took my mobile broadband modem to the new place and it works just fine….
Does anyone see a downside with not telling iiNet that I’ve moved? (They have said I MUST get nbn at the new place)
What they are saying is they cannot guarantee you mobile broadband service at your new place. So if you run into problems like no reception or dropouts, don't call them for support, and save your energy making a complaint to the TIO
Update, OP?
Doesn't airplane mode also disable wifi so how is your phone connected to the router? Something isn't adding up.