The Off Topic Thread.

[skidxr6t]

yeah man, heaps of people have internal wiring faults with FTTN nbn. even if they're getting good speeds ive seen some awesome improvements.

 

it's really only 2/10 people that are screwed by it that im finding in my experience in the field.

 

I feel sorry for the technicians working as contractors on nbn network, I know what they get paid and I wouldn't get outa bed for that sorta money.

[masda74]

so am I in said group of 2/10 ?????

[bloodycrashboy]

NBN = 84 billion dollars

8 million domestic households in Aus

2 million business premises in Aus

Bottom line =$8400 per installation

 

BCB mathematics 

Edited 16/05/18 01:54 AM by bloodycrashboy

[Ezy2Confuze]

58 minutes ago, bloodycrashboy said:

NBN = 84 billion dollars

 

You need to double that mate.

 

We still have to rip out the screwed copper thanks to Turncoat, when we inevitably go FTTP anyway.

[Rab]

Am tipping that's why BCB's on the tools and not in the office 

 

[skidxr6t]

1 hour ago, Ezy2Confuze said:

We still have to rip out the screwed copper thanks to Turncoat, when we inevitably go FTTP anyway.

yep, some areas are absolutely f***ed. all the time I see good improvement then I get ones like this morning where the speed entering the building was the same as the speed entering the modem. Even worse is that over the road is a node and a pillar but of course they're connected to a node 1KM away.

This is where I get a little bit angry and political because certain areas need so much work on the copper that it'd actually be cheaper to run fiber to each home. CHEAPER.

 

as for me im getting almost 100/40 roughly 450m from the node and not a single drop out ever. House was rewired myself prior to switching over. that reminds me, I never filled out a compliance certificate for the work on my house.....oops

Edited 16/05/18 03:59 AM by skidxr6t

[El Andrew]

Interesting. I recently went onto the iiNet VDSL network (which is effectively FTTN, but has been around for a while in the ACT).

I went for the fast plan, which should be minimum 30 down. I'm getting 14/1 pretty consistently so am arguing they can fix it or charge me the lower rate. When VDSL goes in, they run new everything from the pole to the wall outlet.

Tech came out and said the issue was that there wasn't a DSLAM in my local node, so I'm just getting passed through to the supernode so am effectively miles away from the node. Physically impossible to get speeds higher than I am now unless the local node is upgraded.

Waiting to hear whether they will progress a DSLAM installation at the node or adjust my bill/contract to the cheaper plan.

I said to the tech that NBN is only a month or so away. He said to not touch it, as the cables in our area are super old, whereas the VDSL lines are only 15-20 years old. If the DSLAM gets done, then he thinks I will get much better performance staying with what I have.

[Ezy2Confuze]

I'm waiting to see what I get on a FTTP connection.

 

Currently on FTTB at what I expect is a pilot site - as there's literally nothing around me also connected to NBN, except over a suburb away - and checked the new speed on speedtest.net, after iiNet gave me a "free" upgrade to 50Mbps.  Check out UNIT 57 227 VINCENT ST WEST PERTH WA 6005 on the roll out map (not my actual address but it gives you an idea)

 

I wasn't far off for upload or downloads, which considering my building is from the 60's (Commonwealth Games building) and I've seen some of the wiring in my unit, was quite impressive.

 

I have heard some people in the Mandurah area are having problems because the cabling for the FTTP installs, is some cheap thin junk and the wildlife is having a field day chewing through it.

[skidxr6t]

The internal fiber cable is quite thin but does have kevlar strands under the sheath to help protect it. I put it down to poor installation practices as most FTTP installs ive seen are terrible.

 

this cable had some damage on it and you can see the kevlar sticking out...somehow it had a slit in the sheath. nbnco installed this cable, I took photo to show home owner incase touching the cable makes the link go down (gotta cover your ass even when its just paranoia)

[bloodycrashboy]

Sunset at 4:50 in the arvo
This place is seriously in need of a new time zone