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BTW - this is an improvement in the last month or so from 17 down 3 up. I pay $69.99 a month for this shit, and have tried a higher speed plan to no avail. 800m of copper will fuck you like that.
Note the bit that says "Faster than 85% of AU" - that might just be trying to make me feel better, but its probably just a fucking indicator of how sad things are
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@nta said in The Interweb:
@Kirwan What does this cost per month? Is it just internet or include VOIP etc?
I don't think we can get these speeds with any company in Oz (not yours, the NZ ones).
Anyway, don't feel too bad, you're faster than 85% of Oz. This is me (with the new private company I went with, not Telstra or their subsidiary Belong), not bad for Oz:
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@nepia This is Exetel who I've used for over a decade. Their "engineers" in Sri Lanka are useless turds, but the price point is decent compared to a lot of them.
Telstra are nothing but a whirlwind shitshow of gouging fuck knuckles and no idea why anyone goes with them if they have someone else in range.
My Fritz!Box 7490 A/VDSL router tells me I can actually squeeze a bit more out of this line, but my plan is 25/5 so I'm sticking with that.
Here's the connection table for those interested in looking at third world internet.
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@nta Actually, that's pretty good for 25/5.
I'm with Telecube, the plan I'm costs $59 (1000GB on peak, unlimited off - never gone close to the 1000GB). I must have got some sort of sweet deal, because the same plan now is $100.
Belong (cheap Telstra) just straight out lied to me for months about the congestion that was screwing with our internet. The Ombudsmen are toothless though so there's no point even contacting them.
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@nepia the ADSL infrastructure is going to be switched off in a month, so I'm interested to see if it makes any difference to speed.
I would gladly part with $100 a month for 100/40 or even 50/50 if it comes to that. But I simply don't have that option.
They're saying 5G will make the NBN redundant, but companies here will charge a fuckload for data so its a moot point from where I'm sitting.
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@nta said in The Interweb:
@Kirwan What does this cost per month? Is it just internet or include VOIP etc?
$120 for me. I’m experimenting with no VOIP this time, saving $10 per month.
Only calls I received were from spammers and one elderly relative. All other calls were on our mobiles.
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@kirwan Yeah, it’s Ethernet. My wifi maxes out at a theoretical 866 Mbps but in practice I can’t get more than about 750. Pays to check regularly too. When I first got fibre I was on a 200 Mbps plan and never thought any more about it. I found out by accident that they had a gigabit plan for $20 a month cheaper. In practice I don’t really notice the difference in performance.
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This guy doesn't notice the difference either
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@nta said in The Interweb:
This guy doesn't notice the difference either
I have a mate here who does this for his parents, he is rapt with it so far
I have my interweb through them, but I am on a pleb plan, so only get 100/20 (unlimited downloads) and phone for $75 p/m
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@jc said in The Interweb:
@kirwan Yeah, it’s Ethernet. My wifi maxes out at a theoretical 866 Mbps but in practice I can’t get more than about 750. Pays to check regularly too. When I first got fibre I was on a 200 Mbps plan and never thought any more about it. I found out by accident that they had a gigabit plan for $20 a month cheaper. In practice I don’t really notice the difference in performance.
I see a difference is downloads from big companies, like OS updates, and of course uploads (one of the main reasons I upgraded).
So much headroom.
And that ethernet dongle is looking more certain, or a dock.
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@baron-silas-greenback Was reading about that as a mate in BOP asked me if that was l;egit.
Its a very good way to start a microgrid. There is a copmpany here in Oz called Power Ledger that is doing P2P trading of solar using blockchain. Looks interesting.
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Fark, have just learned we are in a fibre access zone - only just according to the map. Will have to check this out as we are only on VDSL. I hope the interwebs gods are merciful and this is legit... and doesn't require a bunch of extra work.
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@paekakboyz there was a house not far from mine whose pit was completely missed in the deployment of FTTN.
Apparently the original street plans were for them to be facing another direction or something, but an 11th hour change put them on a different street where an emergency pair was brought through to service their phone + ADSL. That's all they've got until NBNCo swing back around this way.
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