[LINK] Australian households, businesses on NBN slam +óunreliable+ó connection

[JanW]

At 06:39 PM 17/03/2017, Andy Farkas wrote:

>Hehe.. you're usually a bit more vocal.
>
>>The NBN installer came yesterday and put in their gear.
>
>A new plate in the wall?  Alongside your other HFC connection?

I didn't have HFC in the house, so this is new. Yes, a plate, beside a power outlet and somewhat close to the current twisted pair in the office.


>>Right now I'm still on the ADSL I've always had. No indication of interferences.
>
>ADSL uses Telstra's ageing copper. HFC is a completely separate network.
>Both should never have been used in a new National Broadband Network (NBN).
>Now we have Malcolm's Terrible Mess (MTM).
>
>You are lucky you can co-exist with ADSL. It's the unfortunate users who have
>been shafted with FTTN that are having issues; they get cut off from ADSL
>immediately, and if the FTTN doesn't work... weeks of no internet or phone.

Yes, I'm pleased about this aspect. I can try the new one and see if/how it works. ADSL backup at least for a few days. Internode says they have about a 5-6 day window before dropping the ADSL connection. 

I signed up for only 12Mbps service. It's faster than what I have now. So I should see some performance improvement. The guys at Node said they aren't getting many complaints, and those that are have sprung for the fastest service and upset by a 10-15% margin lower.

Jan


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