NBN sub contractors

[lloydslights]

They have just turned up 10 days earlier than scheduled.  

The 20 year olds look as though they've slept in their van, after partaking of a substance of some sort for the last few days. No ID or card to identify themselves or their company.

They had steel capped boots on with their board shorts and hoodies.

Their plan was to dig diagonally across the yard (including about 4 metres of concrete driveway).  

I asked who was to pay for all this work on my property.   "Just the government" was the response to my apparently stupid question.

They have now gone to speak to their "big supervisor" about my suggestion of pulling the cable through an existing conduit.  

Okay, has anyone else experienced similar workmen and ideas that are charged to the Government?

DEB

[freakiness]

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@patchoo78 wrote:

There have also been complaints about Telstra re-sellers calling people and coercing them into connecting with Telstra as they're made to feel they have no choice when in reality, the copper lines aren't being switched off until July next year

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Yes, the Telstra sellers are a nightmare. I would never use them for the NBN because they are over priced and they under service.

They have argued with me numerous times about using eftpos via NBN saying it's not possible as the NBN dosn't support eftpos.

They are trying to scare people into using Telstra as a provider rather than shopping around.  Most other providers are cheaper and most others also offer more variety in plans.  The cheapest Telstra offering is $85 per month, and that includes a discount of about $30pm.  They don't offer the same speed tiers and quotas that the others offer. In fact, they don't talk about the speed at all.

[poddster]

Really????

OUR NBN PLANS START FROM JUST $73

That was just cut from the Telstra website

[freakiness]

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@poddster wrote:

Really????

OUR NBN PLANS START FROM JUST $73

That was just cut from the Telstra website

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well that's either for internet only or they have reduced their prices during the past few weeks because according to my recent junk mail and phone enquiry they said $85 is the cheapest phone/internet deal including the discount. I was mistaken about the amount of the discount it is $20 not $30 on the cheapest offering.

[amber-eyed-girl]

Anyone with Telstra, watch your bills, their data usage charges can be interesting.

Not with them now, won't be again.

[tall_bearded]

$73 per month for a home phone/internet bundle, I could only wish.

Here the lines are so old they won’t support an internet service.  So it’s wireless or nothing.

So we have to pay for 8 gigs of wireless data per month, plus rental on the home phone plus the cost of each and every call, at a total cost of about $120 per month.

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@tall_bearded wrote:

$73 per month for a home phone/internet bundle, I could only wish.

Here the lines are so old they won’t support an internet service.  So it’s wireless or nothing.

So we have to pay for 8 gigs of wireless data per month, plus rental on the home phone plus the cost of each and every call, at a total cost of about $120 per month.

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That sounds like my service before NBN...  except my monthly combined costs were higher.

You have my sympathy.