Just recently I made the swing over to NBN. I am with Westnet, and against quite a bit of online negative sentiment, I elected to remain with Westnet - simply because email migration for 5 people in my family and many associations with our email addresses with providers was a greater deterrent than the online sentiment.
The conversion was completely seamless for us. It was very straightforward and without hiccup. This was the main area of online unhappiness with Westnet - the conversion from ADSL to NBN. Having made the change about a month ago - and as I work away from home where the provision exists, I thought I’d do a speediest over the weekend just gone. I did the speed test using the Speedtest app on my iPad attached to my 5GHz network from my Time Capsule connected via ethernet connection to the NBN Modem. On the weekend on a number of separate occasions I got Download speeds of between 2 Mbps to 7 Mbps. I am away again now and I got my son to re-run the test. He got 2.34 Mbps (wirelessly using his Macbook) and 11 Mbps using his Macbook with an Ethernet cable directly connected to the TM port. I decided upon commencement I would opt for the 100 Mbps plan as it was only $10/mth more than the 25 Mbps plan out of the box from Westnet. At best, it is no better than the ADSL1+ Turbo plan I had previously (ADSL2 service wasn’t available in my area in Mandurah). Yes, I know there is the fine print stating I should not expect to get 100 Mbps due a litany of excuses - I am not even able to achieve half of the cheaper plan. What is the point. There has been no point since I swapped over where a Speedtest has resulted in maybe slightly close to 50 Mbps. This is my experience. I’ve down full power off restarts numerous times too, I spoke with Westnet on the weekend and I got a lame “oh, there seems to be slow NBN in WA at the moment”. Anyone out there with similar experience and course of action recommendation? Peter Crisp [email protected]
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