On 26/06/18 00:20, Tom Robinson via luv-main wrote: > On 26/06/18 00:03, Rohan McLeod wrote: >> /start rant >> and turn a promising optical fibre-network; >> into a mediocre piece of crap.....gees thanks Malcom ! >> end rant /
Not a truer conclusion. >> Normally the NBN will not deal directly with customers, >> all the support is expected to occur through the relevant ISP. >> Will Internode be your ISP when you connect via the NBN ? >> > > My apologies. We're getting FTTN with VDSL. > > The Internode sales guy insisted that I would have to hire my own > cabling contractor should there be any issues with cabling between my > house and the Node. I tried to explain to him that currently Telstra > maintain the wires all the way to the socket on the wall but he kept > saying that they wouldn't do that. Well, it's not quite true as some of > the wires are now actually NBN wires but when the Telstra Tech's have > been here before to fix issues and they test all the bits between the > socket on the wall down to the node and then to the exchange. With FTTN, you will have a copper pair to your home or the MDF (if you have an MDF -- essentially a termination point other than a phone socket). Your copper line will pass the NBN data to the VDSL modem. The NBN via the ISP will be responsible for EVERYTHING up to that first socket; if they supply you with the VDSL modem, then they are responsible for that as well (at least for an acceptable duration as can be considered a reasonable lifetime according to the ACCC's position on acceptable consumer warranty (other than that which the supplier might claim). > <rant id=tom>This whole experience has just confirmed my all my > misgivings for the current rollout and that the current NBN scheme is a > huge smelly pile of donkey donuts</rant> I have found that almost anything is better than ADSL for many -- my old ADSL was using copper lines at around the limit and I was lucky to get ADSL at all, it was much less reliable than my newer HFC setup. However, the full FTTP should be much better again -- FTTN falls below HFC (in my view), but well ahead of ADSL normally. Better than HFC is FTTC which some lucky HFC /type/ customers will get in place of HFC. Fixed wireless sits somewhere between HFC and FTTN in my view; but the worst NBN option being satellite is a much less good option and only just good as a replacement if no other option is viable. > Yes, Internode may be my choice for ISP. They are my current ADSL provider. Internode is not what they previously were, they are part of the iiBorg set of companies; it may be better than some other options, but it's not what it has, in the past, been known for. My biggest rant is as follows: "Originally the plan was for a government INVESTMENT of $26.9 billion; with monies coming back as a return on investment upon eventual sale of the network. Now we have the real white elephant version at a cost of $60+ billion and there won't be many suiters willing to buy it unless they can pick it up for a song. Hence, we'll lose a very significant amount (if not every cent), that is spent on this far inferior version that is Turncoat's mess." Kind Regards AndrewM
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