Another NBN Thread

[tall_bearded01]

So we can all really know where Tony and Co, who love all things American, got their vision for the future of internet in Australia.

In the US like here, internet services are provided by private companies.

In the US like here, most rural communities are significantly disadvantaged because these said same telecom companies refuse to provide a high speed service to those rural communities because it’s simply would not generate sufficient profit. In effect, they, like rural communities her,e are expected to pay a premium price for a substandard service.

So these communities got together and created Community Networks which actually run at a small profit.

Now the very same telecom companies who refuse to provide the service in the first place are now lobbying Congress to make Community Internet Networks illegal.

[gleee58]

Sounds good.  TPG wasn't available in my area when I connected. I have heard only good reports about their service via NBN.

[katymatey*]

Thanks Freddy. I don't want messagebank so will watch out for that. I have a 'thing' about leaving messages too. I usually just hang up. Drives my dd mad. lol. I figure if she isn't home, she isnt home. lol.

[0z_girl]

finally got nbn on here, (yippee ) it is only fixed wireless (can't get cable), but heaps better then the clunky slow  satellite internet we had to endure for 4 years...

went with a smaller company, telstra was going to be more expensive, and we got a better deal elsewhere

[cherry*135]

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@katymatey* wrote:

We are having nbn connected next week. I am wondering if I need to buy a different phone. This is what the blurb says I need to have when the tech guy comes. 

A telephone handset connected to UNI-V port 1 on your NBN Connection Box. 

I don't want to have to run out and buy a new phone before the tech can finish installing. The router is being delivered today, so that is sorted. 

Not tech. literate at all, so need a bit of info from someone who knows what they are doing. lol.

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Katy when I first got connected to the NBN with Optus I had the landline through NBN as well. I just used the same telephone we always had.

Other providers may be different though...what can plug into their issued routers I guess.If you phone your ISP/RSP and ask them they will be able to tell you.

At present I have the NBN connected at a different address, but haven't bothered with any landline.

I remember now, Optus never cut off my normal landline so I got bills for both NBN Landline and old Optus Landline... which they wiped when I told them, but they should have cut it off when they connected the new one.

I am with Skymesh now, cheaper than Optus.

[poddster]

So much advice, so little factual information 😞

[boris1gary]

http://www.afr.com/p/technology/debt_raising_target_for_nbn_IYNt7J6OhxKmRLwoYgAtIN

$11.6b debt-raising target for NBN

NBN Co has approached financial institutions around the world to prepare for one of the largest corporate debt raisings in Australian history, worth $11.6 billion.

The company’s 2014-2017 corporate plan released on Monday said NBN Co had held “discussions with a number of major domestic and international financial institutions” to assess the chances of getting the money.

If it cannot raise the money from the private sector NBN Co will be forced to bring construction to a standstill or beg for more taxpayer funds by financial year 2019. The company faces an $11.5 billion funding gap between the $41 billion cost of the project and the $29.5 billion the government is willing to stump up.

“[Building the NBN] will require NBN Co engaging in debt-raising activities towards the second half of this corporate plan period, for example, calendar year 2016-2017,” NBN Co said.

But such a move is not without risks, NBN Co warned.

“Market capacity, and the risk appetite of debt investors from time to time, may limit or increase the amount of debt that NBN Co can actually raise,” it said.

If such a change occurred then NBN Co would be forced to turn to the government for the funds required to finish the project, it added.

[gleee58]

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@poddster wrote:

So much advice, so little factual information 😞

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Who are you to call people liars?

People have no reason to lie about their experience with NBN. 

[poddster]

Just another JOOLYA!!! time bomb ready to explode.

[gleee58]

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@poddster wrote:

Just another JOOLYA!!! time bomb ready to explode.

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So that was just your prejudice, not fact at all.

[poddster]

The distinction between a liar and someone passing on nonfactual information is that the liar has full knowledge of the non fact they are sprouting forth. The other is just does not have factual knowledge or understanding.