[LINK] NBN fault maintenance

[Tom Worthington]

On 1/12/19 3:03 pm, David wrote:

> Parts of the Sydney Inner-West currently have no NBN service. ...

Some Inner Westies have had so much difficulty, they asked for and 
received a backup mobile internet service from Telstra, which activates 
automatically when the wired connection is not working. This requires a 
Telstra "Smart Modem", with a SIM card in it. It automatically switches 
to the mobile data network when the cable stops working (Vodafone offer 
a similar service called "4G Backup").

Of course the wireless is slower, but at least it provides a service, 
during wired outages.


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