I had my first NBN outage ( sort off )

Yesterday , I had download speeds slower than ADSL (without the 2+) for about 24 hours..

Today, all is well again. My upload was only stuffed for 1 hour. Could not find any planned maintainence messages anywhere..

Download Speed


Upload Speed


I checked the speed on my second Computer which had not been on since November. Same results.
Interesting indeed !

"I had my first NBN outage"
Wasn't it only your ISP? They control the speed.

I had a call from Brian [cough] @ aaNet telling me I had to move to NBN and would I like to get a call from a sister company DODO? I need to do this soon as my copper is about to be ripped up and I'll no longer receive ADSL.

"When will the copper 'be ripped up' " I asked... "I'm out in the bush and I don't think it will be 'ripped up' soon." I suggested.

"I don't know, but it will be soon and I can get DODO to call you and discuss their plans." he proffered in his Indian accent.

On and on it went.

Out here we have 3 options... listed below by expected speed and reliability of connection:

1) NBN Fixed Wireless
2) BBS
3) my current ADSL which will be the fastest.

aye-aye-Chris said:

I had a call from Brian [cough] @ aaNet telling me I had to move to NBN

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Wait for that call from NBN.

aye-aye-Chris said:

I need to do this soon as my copper is about to be ripped up and I'll no longer receive ADSL.

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Perhaps not from aaNet.

"Ello. This is Indian Brian from a a et. You be liking a call from DODO sister company please"
"We be calling your Copper for fast NBN speeding and DODO Don't be knowing if we be pulling you ADSL"
"We will Rip you up your ADSL very soon"

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"We will Rip you up your ADSL very soon"

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Jack Indian The Ripper.

How is your speed now?

aye-aye-Chris said:

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Not the best but not too bad.
(Faster than 59% of OZ)

Must be not being on daylight saving.

TeeEm said:

Must be not being on daylight saving.

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Hmmm...Slightly incorrect: Faster than 59% of OZ

Supposed to be : Faster than 59%+ of OZ(It includes Chris' connection this way')

Also faster than 59%+ of OZ...

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Also faster than 59%+ of OZ...

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Slightly.

Mine is down:

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Also faster than 59%+ of OZ...

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Not the same 59%+ obviously. , only 34% more anyway...

John Stapleton: 'The disastrous rollout of Australia’s NBN is a national tragedy, according to new research by one of the country’s most respected engineers.

Professor Rodney Tucker, of Melbourne University, argues that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s fateful decision as Communications Minister to opt for Fibre to the Node (FTTN), has been an extremely costly disaster.

While the rest of the world is opting for Fibre to the Premises (FTTP), Australia is embracing an obsolete technology.

Professor Tucker’s paper, The Tragedy of Australia’s National Broadband Network, just published in the Australian Journal of Telecommunications and Digital Technology, argues that a worldwide tipping point has been reached.

Globally, the majority of connections are now through FTTP. Australia is one of the very few countries using mass deployment of FTTN, with poor results.

Professor Tucker concludes: “This situation is nothing short of a national tragedy and a classic example of failed infrastructure policy that will have long-term ramifications for Australia’s digital economy.”

The news comes after reports that Australia has slower internet speeds than Kenya or Latvia – and is continuing to sink dramatically down the world rankings.

America now has 250 “gigabit” cities using FTTP, proving a boon for local economies. Australia has none.

Professor Tucker told The New Daily: “The NBN is a great loss of opportunity. We are becoming a broadband backwater. It will have profound effects.”

Associate Professor Mark Gregory, of RMIT University in Melbourne, was equally scathing when he spoke to The New Daily.

“Every Australian expert could see what was happening with technology,” he said. “The economic case used by the Coalition government was nonsense from the outset.

“This is the largest single waste of public funds in Australia’s history. Turnbull must take ownership of this mess. The cost to the taxpayer is currently at $49.5 billion and there is every indication the government will have to tip in another $5-10 billion.”

Paddy Manning, author of the Turnbull biography Born to Rule, told The New Daily that Malcolm Turnbull had been sceptical of the NBN from day one.

In the 1990s Turnbull made a fortune from the internet, more than $40 million,” Mr Manning said. “Unfortunately he drew the wrong lessons from his experience. He thought there would not be enough demand for superfast broadband.

“There was also a knee-jerk ideological wariness of government enterprise and an unwillingness to embark on genuine long term nation building infrastructure projects.

“The Coalition has to shoulder the blame for FTTN. It is a mistake. It will prove an even bigger mistake when we have to find an untold amount of money to upgrade it.”

Chief Executive of Internet Australia Annie Hurley told The New Daily the government urgently needed to rethink the failed NBN. She advocated a bipartisan approach, bringing together the finest engineering minds in the country, including Professor Tucker, to plan a way forward.

“We have turned a vision into a quagmire,” she said. “There is sufficient evidence from around the globe that FTTN is an obsolete technology, yet it continues to be rolled out. We are throwing all this money at it, and we are going to have to come around and do it all again. That is the tragedy.”

Andrew Johnson, chief executive of professional association the Australian Computer Society told The New Daily: “We further reiterate that the reach, speed and quality of an NBN is critical to Australia’s future economic prosperity.”

A spokeswoman for the NBN did not respond to Professor Tucker’s criticisms.'

Courtesy 'Double Dissolution '


Experts call Turnbull's NBN is 'a national tragedy'
The disastrous rollout of Australia’s NBN is a national tragedy, according to new research by one of the country’s most respected engineers
thenewdaily.com.au

aye-aye-Chris said:

Professor Rodney Tucker, of Melbourne University, argues that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s fateful decision as Communications Minister to opt for Fibre to the Node (FTTN), has been an extremely costly disaster.

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There is a savings of a few billions, that's the good about it.
Would that savings cost tens of billions soon?
That's the future.
Not going to be billed to the Turnbull government.

Might have to stick to my copper coated ADSL 2

That is if the NBN ever comes around.

Where you stand within the nbn™ rollout

Planned

Build commenced

Service available

TeeEm said:

Might have to stick to my copper coated ADSL 2

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As long you have a reasonably good speed(10Mbps+) ADSL2 is good.
I would stick to it if I could.
They forced me off from it.

Do not be suckered by them. When you are pushed ask for the date that copper will be disconnected and get it in writing.

Do not be suckered by them. When they say the NBN is available in your area, ask how will it be connected. They keep telling me it's available here, copper ending soon, etc. better connect now, etc. etc.

The only NBN I can get is crap wireless and copper AIN'T being disconnected aasoon.

Do not be suckered by them.

aye-aye-Chris said:

Do not be suckered by them.

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I won't, it's a promise!
(I'm on it)