[LINK] The history and issues around broadband in the Gungahlin area

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

And it's not just Gungahlin.

When I moved to Bruce in the ACT two years ago I had exactly the same 
problem, although the local exchange is Belconnen.

The only option was Optus Wireless Broadband - 6Gbytes a month max at 
$60pm. And their technology is suspect because sometimes other people's 
traffic gets billed to my account. One month I went over the limit in 
the first week of my billing cycle. Optus advised me not to use it for 
the rest of the month and they would look at my traffic details then. 
One of their technical people told be about the way the system would get 
mixed up and do incorrect billing. So I was expecting a bill for excess 
usage in the hundreds of dollars on my next bill.

It never happened. I was charged the same as usual even though the Optus 
meter was showing over 7.5Gbytes for most of the month. I think that 
Optus knows about their billing problem and quietly correct it if it is 
causing trouble. They've also stopped putting usage details on the 
monthly bills.

And like others on landlines, I suffer from slow downloads and dropouts 
during the busy periods.

Anyway I've now moved to Nicholls, which is in the Gunghalin area. I 
rang iinet on Friday last week to see if I could get ADSL2. They were 
very helpful but told me all I could expect was ADSL which I'm about to 
order.  I'm now not sure I can even expect that.


On 25/04/2010 9:32 AM, George Bray wrote:
> The history and issues around broadband in the Gungahlin area
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> This video describes the history, technical issues and the impact on
> users resulting from the broadband issues in the Gungahlin area. The
> video includes commentary from Senator Kate Lundy, Russ Gillon (from
> ACT Broadband) and Palmerston resident, Greg Wells.
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> <http://www.katelundy.com.au/2010/04/23/the-history-and-issues-around-broadband-in-the-gungahlin-area/#comment-27095>
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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
brd at iimetro.com.au