[LINK] NBN upgrade questions

Hamish Moffatt hamish at moffatt.email
Tue Oct 9 13:52:18 AEDT 2018


On 09/10/18 12:14, David wrote:
>
> AFAIK FTTC and FTTN connections have the same terms & conditions, FTTC 
> is just faster.  I presume a VDSL2 modem is required in both cases, 
> does anyone have experience of FTTC? 

No, NBNco provides the modem for FTTC. They call it an NCD. Although 
it's just VDSL2, the NCD also provides the power to the device out in 
the pit. Hence a standard modem isn't enough.

In all cases the customer must supply a router. NBNco provides the 
network interface only.

Hamish



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