NBN Discussion

[Daver6]

Finally moving out of the dark ages now with 100Mbps upload. Still so far from being world class though.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Finally moving out of the dark ages now with 100Mbps upload. Still so far from being world class though.

I get 7xx/96 now on Telstra HFC. Adequate.

 

[serfty]

We recently moved away from Bigpond who were charging $93 per month for 25/8 FTTC.

Now with Amaysim, I'm currently paying $40 per month for the same 25/8 FTTC which is more than adequate for us two. That would go to $60 per month after the initial 6 month period.

I could get 100/18 for 2 months @ $40, then $80 ongoing but can see no reason to pay the additional.

In the last year or so, Telstra/NBN offerred an FTTP upgrade at no charge but we would have had to commit at a minimum to Telstra's then $110 per month plan for 6 months.

 

[Buzzard]

At our house the modem is downstairs and the PC upstairs. I use a TP Link powerline adaptor for a connection to the PC. With the recent 500/50 upgrade I'm now getting around 110 download.
As for ISP's, the encouragement is to churn like a credit card.

 

[Daver6]

I get 7xx/96 now on Telstra HFC. Adequate.

873/89 here on Superloop.

I could get 100/18 for 2 months @ $40, then $80 ongoing but can see no reason to pay the additional.

Sometimes it's not until you experience better that you realise what you're missing.

In the last year or so, Telstra/NBN offerred an FTTP upgrade at no charge but we would have had to commit at a minimum to Telstra's then $110 per month plan for 6 months.

The fibre upgrade should be available regardless of he provider, but you do need to commit to a higher speed plan.

At our house the modem is downstairs and the PC upstairs. I use a TP Link powerline adaptor for a connection to the PC. With the recent 500/50 upgrade I'm now getting around 110 download.

Suspect your powerline adapter is your limiting factor in speeds.

As for ISP's, the encouragement is to churn like a credit card.

100%!

 

[moa999]

Meantime I'm stuck on FTTB, which is now effectively a marooned tech given NBN decided not to roll out g.fast or xg.fast upgrades.

At least at the moment NBN are seemingly wanting most stratas to co-fund FTTP upgrades which unfortunately has zero chance in my building.

 

[Quickstatus]

I've been very lucky.
Being semirural (no town gas, no town sewerage) we were supposed to get Fixed Wireless. Then NBN decided to reduce their FW footprint and so that meant we got aerial FTTC and now aerial FTTP. Aerial means the fibre is delivered in the street along existing Telstra poles . On my street one side are power poles and the other side Telstra poles. 60metres from street pole to house. Luckily the house had underground conduit to a pit in the street and it was not collapsed so it was an easy job.

 

[exceladdict]

Moved from ABB to superloop to take advantage of the $85 on 1000/100 (with 6 month discount) plus $95 cashback at topcashback. My previous $109 for 12 months with ABB was about to expire.

Seem to have seen a drop in sustained download speeds vs what I used to experience. Off peak on a sunday pulling 709/93 on speedtest where i'd previously seen higher. However, in practice I find most hosts I'm downloading from won't max the 1000 anyway, so 500/50 is probably sufficient ongoing.

A bit of a kerfuffle with superloop getting activated as well because my address is conveniently duplicated in the NBN database. Took about a week to get connected in what should be a simple swapover. On the upside, they disabled cg-nat in 10-15 mins without too much bother when i requested it.

Will probably see out the dicounted plan and then find another long term discount, willing to go down to 500/50 until higher speeds are needed.

 

[Quickstatus]

A bit of a kerfuffle

It's the kerfuffle/palava barriers to churn that stops me doing the same

 

[serfty]

A bit of a kerfuffle

It's the kerfuffle/palava barriers to churn that stops me doing the same

When I recently moved from Bigpond to Amaysim, the information from Amaysim was very useful.

There is an NBN reference attached to each premises' core service and it does not change with ISP. It is called the AVC ID (Access Virtual Circuit Identifier) and is a unique 15-character code that identifies a specific NBN service (address).

 

[SYD]

When I recently moved from Bigpond to Amaysim, the information from Amaysim was very useful.

There is an NBN reference attached to each premises' core service and it does not change with ISP. It is called the AVC ID (Access Virtual Circuit Identifier) and is a unique 15-character code that identifies a specific NBN service (address).

Which is how / why you can check what NBN services are available at your specific address.

 

[Quickstatus]

There is an NBN reference

Yes it's a unique identifier but it does not provide the important bit of info which is the amount of CVC it has provisioned for POI the nbn service is connected to.

 

[exceladdict]

When I recently moved from Bigpond to Amaysim, the information from Amaysim was very useful.

There is an NBN reference attached to each premises' core service and it does not change with ISP. It is called the AVC ID (Access Virtual Circuit Identifier) and is a unique 15-character code that identifies a specific NBN service (address).

The AVC was listed on the Aussie broadband portal and I needed to enter it into superloop during the sign up phase (the second time). It still didn't activate automatically (can't have two 1000 down services on the old NTDs, and they chose not to override my current service). But after giving the green light manually it worked.

I should have clicked when the first attempt didn't ask me for the AVC.

After the first kerfuffle, superloop also provided me with a location ID unique for my service, which allowed me to sign up correctly the second time round (typing the location ID into the address search field). Have noted this down (somewhere...) to hopefully work quicker next port.

 

[SYD]

Yes it's a unique identifier but it does not provide the important bit of info which is the amount of CVC it has provisioned for POI the nbn service is connected to.

But the ISP will quote some sort of typical / expected speed for each plan.

However, CVCs are being ditched mid 2026 anyway.

 

[Quickstatus]

But the ISP will quote some sort of typical / expected speed for each plan.

Yes, though I don't like to rely on it but would rather see what CVC provision is. In any case it will be moot in 2026.

Yes, the wholesale price will go from AVC + CVC to AVC only though the AVC price will be adjusted to account for the change.