NBN ANYONE?

[esseco46]

I don't care who fixes the problems the NBN is having - but I do wish they would get of their collective backsides and do something.

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-23/what-happened-to-superfast-nbn/11037620

[chameleon54]

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@icyfroth wrote:

I've had it installed and quite like it.

I skype with my son in England on a regular basis, and had trouble with the wireless pocket wifi I was using.

since we've had the NBN there's no shutting down mid-conversation, and minimal time-lag with replies.

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Same here. We have been on the NBN for around 12 months and it is definitely A LOT faster and more reliable than our old internet connection. Admittedly we are lucky enough to have fibre to the home and we are paying a higher rate to access faster speeds, but all up it makes my online business much faster and more reliable. Photos load a lot quicker and we don't get the constant freeze ups and break downs that plagued our system before the NBN was installed.

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[chameleon54]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

it seems to depend on what kind of internet user a person is, most of the ones i hear saying the NBN is good dont actually need high speed internet.

90% of us prolly dont, today.

but this was a plan for the future when 90% of us will need high speeds to get the future of entertainment.

i see the days of free tv coming via an tv antenna on your roof ending and everything on your tv will be delivered via the NBN system.

but that wont happen now as the stupid NBN we got cant cope with 15 million people watching programs via the slow speed of NBN.

sad we are so far behind other countries with intnet speed still, we should have been a leader.

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From the views expressed on this post it appears it might also depend on which side of politics people lean towards .......

[debra9275]

You have fibre to your home chameleon?  No wonder your internet is fast

that was what everyone wanted wasn't  it?

it's the fibre to copper that most people complain about being sub-standard, from what I've seen around

[lyhargr_0]

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@debra9275 wrote:

You have fibre to your home chameleon?  No wonder your internet is fast

that was what everyone wanted wasn't  it?

it's the fibre to copper that most people complain about being sub-standard, from what I've seen around

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Exactly Debra   .... Plus the closer you are to the node they better the speed, we are furthest the node, hence the slower speed. The speed was faster BEFORE we had the NBN 

[lyhargr_0]

Thats rubbish!

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@chameleon54 wrote:

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@davidc4430 wrote:

it seems to depend on what kind of internet user a person is, most of the ones i hear saying the NBN is good dont actually need high speed internet.

90% of us prolly dont, today.

but this was a plan for the future when 90% of us will need high speeds to get the future of entertainment.

i see the days of free tv coming via an tv antenna on your roof ending and everything on your tv will be delivered via the NBN system.

but that wont happen now as the stupid NBN we got cant cope with 15 million people watching programs via the slow speed of NBN.

sad we are so far behind other countries with intnet speed still, we should have been a leader.

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From the views expressed on this post it appears it might also depend on which side of politics people lean towards .......

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What a load of crock!

[lyhargr_0]

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@chameleon54 wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

I've had it installed and quite like it.

I skype with my son in England on a regular basis, and had trouble with the wireless pocket wifi I was using.

since we've had the NBN there's no shutting down mid-conversation, and minimal time-lag with replies.

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Same here. We have been on the NBN for around 12 months and it is definitely A LOT faster and more reliable than our old internet connection. Admittedly we are lucky enough to have fibre to the home and we are paying a higher rate to access faster speeds, but all up it makes my online business much faster and more reliable. Photos load a lot quicker and we don't get the constant freeze ups and break downs that plagued our system before the NBN was installed.

.

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More proof that if everyone had their internet connected the same way as you, then we could all enjoy the benefits   .... Unfortunately most of us dont have that luxury

[bright.ton42]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

I am dreading the day I am forced to start using the NBN.....so far I have resisted the ghostly voices on th phone that entreat me to contact an NBN provider but I know it cannot last forever.

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I'm dreading it too.  When I moved here a year ago just from a neighbouring suburb it took me forever getting the landline and internet working as they should, was so relieved when they did and had no probems since. But   I've heard of so many complaints  about NBN  I feel a bit sick thinking about it.  .It seems everyone passes the buck.   

[wide-world-of-stamps]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

it seems to depend on what kind of internet user a person is, most of the ones i hear saying the NBN is good dont actually need high speed internet.

90% of us prolly dont, today.

but this was a plan for the future when 90% of us will need high speeds to get the future of entertainment.

i see the days of free tv coming via an tv antenna on your roof ending and everything on your tv will be delivered via the NBN system.

but that wont happen now as the stupid NBN we got cant cope with 15 million people watching programs via the slow speed of NBN.

sad we are so far behind other countries with intnet speed still, we should have been a leader.

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I certainly hope that doesn't happen in the near future.

NBN may have it's problems, but satellite internet not only has a slight lag, it's also quite a bit more expensive.

We can't get anywhere near the same data for a similar price, so don't use any streaming services at the moment, and wouldn't be able to watch much TV at all - except maybe for pay TV as long as it's still delivered by another satellite - our roof looks a bit like a NASA base with the dishes on the roof!

[chameleon54]

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@lyhargr_0 wrote:

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@chameleon54 wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

I've had it installed and quite like it.

I skype with my son in England on a regular basis, and had trouble with the wireless pocket wifi I was using.

since we've had the NBN there's no shutting down mid-conversation, and minimal time-lag with replies.

---

Same here. We have been on the NBN for around 12 months and it is definitely A LOT faster and more reliable than our old internet connection. Admittedly we are lucky enough to have fibre to the home and we are paying a higher rate to access faster speeds, but all up it makes my online business much faster and more reliable. Photos load a lot quicker and we don't get the constant freeze ups and break downs that plagued our system before the NBN was installed.

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More proof that if everyone had their internet connected the same way as you, then we could all enjoy the benefits   .... Unfortunately most of us dont have that luxury

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The real problem is the original concept from Labor was the wrong answer to the right question !!!

If every Australian genuinly needs a high speed broadband, ( and thats pretty debatable ) and the tax payer should provide it, so that people can watch Game of Thrones in high definition ( and its also pretty debatable whether that is a responsible use of taxpayers money ) then the system should have been designed to meet Australian conditions.

Copying fibre to the home from overseas countries where populations are highly concentrated in small areas was never going to work in Australia. Our population is spread out too widely and thinly for the overseas model to ever work here. Sure fibre to the home may have been viable in heavily built up areas, but a much better system would have been to invest 30 billion or 90 billion dollars ( based on who you believe ) in satelite technology. It is already being used as part of the system including in many city areas.

The problem is, all of the money has been wasted on fibre to the node or home and there isnt enough left to adequetly fund the satelite technology. The satelites are getting overloaded as Governments are finding it is simply too expensive to run cables all over the country and are placing too many people on the inadequate satelite system.

All up the whole thing has been a crock up from start to finish, because the basic premise of fibre to the home was never going to be affordable or viable in Australia.

Worse still it locks Australia into a technology that is obsolete before it has even been rolled out. Sure hospitals, universities and big business will benefit from fibre well into the future, but the idea that the general population will be relying on being plugged into a socket in the wall for their technology in 10 - 15 years time is ludicrous. Technology is changing very rapidly and portability is integral to the change. Current mobile phone and portable computer use has already shown the fibre technology is old school and obsolete..

 The whole idea was simply dreamt up as a vote buying excercise. Labor voters loved it and so the Liberals had to come up with a "me too plan' or risk losing an election to voters who,s main interest was playing computer games or watching movies on their big screen tellies from Mr. Harvey. 

The whole thing has just been plain dumb from start to finish.

[lyhargr_0]

Really cant be bothered reading yet ANOTHER Labor bashing post   ..... The FACT is the Labor's plan to have from from end to end, Turbbull n the Libs changed to save money, thre nett result is a total mess   ....