Tasmania west to get FTTN

[Redneck]

I only wish I could get any NBN even this second rate crap

My download speed is 452 Kb/s


NBN commits to fibre-to-node rollout on Tasmania's west coast

The Federal Government is standing by its election promise for a fibre-to-the-node rollout on Tasmania's west coast, the National Broadband Network (NBN) says.

The Government promised to spend $18.5 million connecting premises in Queenstown, Rosebery, Zeehan and Strahan to the NBN with fibre-to-the-node, instead of satellite.

The region is in the electorate of Braddon whose incumbent, Brett Whiteley, was one of three Lower House Liberals who lost their seats in this month's election.

Last year, the NBN said the west coast would be connected to the network using its Sky Muster satellite, not fibre-to-the-node as had been previously planned.

The rollout was halted until it had clarity on exactly what service it was being asked to roll out.

Local authorities and businesses had been concerned the service via the Sky Muster satellite would not provide adequate speeds.

NBN Tasmania corporate affairs manager Russell Kelly said the rollout would continue as planned under the Turnbull Government.

"They certainly will be getting fibre-to-the-node because the NBN rollout is done at the behest of the current Federal Government and the current Federal Government's policy is to move to fibre-to-the-node," he told 936 ABC Hobart.

West Coast Mayor Phil Vickers said he would hold the Government to account.

"Whilst fibre-to-the-premises would be a better fix for all those people that got to have fibre-to-the-node, it's still better technology than the satellite so even if we have to wait until 2018 to have that connected it's worth the while," he said.

There is no timeframe on when the funding would flow to enable work on connecting the towns to begin.

Councillor Vickers said he would be writing to federal Communications Minister Mitch Fifield for details about the timeline.

The Labor Party had promised to spend $30 million to deliver NBN to the region.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-19/n ... ut/7640722

[Neferti]

Perhaps it is the ISP you have? I presume that you have ADSL2 and that Scullin Exchange is your local? It does depend on how far from the Exchange you are, you know.

I just ran a test on this site http://www.speedtest.net/

Got:

Ping 27ms
D/l 5.72 Mbps
U/l 0.85 Mbps

I have had higher (up to around 9 Mbps) but I don't have any problems with these figures downloading games and stuff or watching TV online.

[Black Orchid]

I have been told that I should have NBN within the next couple of weeks even though the rollout site says it is not available. Who knows. I am a bit over the whole thing.

[Redneck]

Perhaps it is the ISP you have? I presume that you have ADSL2 and that Scullin Exchange is your local? It does depend on how far from the Exchange you are, you know.

I just ran a test on this site http://www.speedtest.net/

Got:

Ping 27ms
D/l 5.72 Mbps
U/l 0.85 Mbps

I have had higher (up to around 9 Mbps) but I don't have any problems with these figures downloading games and stuff or watching TV online.

Yes I am off Scullin Exchange!

Mine is annoyingly slow at times

[Neferti]

I have been told that I should have NBN within the next couple of weeks even though the rollout site says it is not available. Who knows. I am a bit over the whole thing.

I am sure you will notice just how FAST your email downloads.

[Neferti]

Perhaps it is the ISP you have? I presume that you have ADSL2 and that Scullin Exchange is your local? It does depend on how far from the Exchange you are, you know.

I just ran a test on this site http://www.speedtest.net/

Got:

Ping 27ms
D/l 5.72 Mbps
U/l 0.85 Mbps

I have had higher (up to around 9 Mbps) but I don't have any problems with these figures downloading games and stuff or watching TV online.

Yes I am off Scullin Exchange!

Mine is annoyingly slow at times

Re-boot the modem/router and get a new connection. LOL

Back in the Old Days when you were downloading games and stuff, you needed a program to use ... just in case your connection dropped out, mid-download. I download a lot of stuff via Steam ... go to bed and bingo, new game ready to play next morning ...

So the time it takes to download doesn't bother me and at the above specs I can watch movies and other stuff easily ....

I am quite happy with what I have .... 100GB for $39.95 a month.

[IQS.RLOW]

The taxpayer shouldn't have to pay for your ability to dribble shit faster over teh intardwebz.

A 4G wireless connection will piss over most ADSL2+

[Neferti]

The taxpayer shouldn't have to pay for your ability to dribble shit faster over teh intardwebz.

A 4G wireless connection will piss over most ADSL2+

Exactly. I have a relative in Shepparton of all places, ex Bank Manager and he has NBN ........ he had absolutely NO IDEA what the benefits were ........ his "email" downloads a lot faster ...... holy shit.

[Black Orchid]

I have been told that I should have NBN within the next couple of weeks even though the rollout site says it is not available. Who knows. I am a bit over the whole thing.

I am sure you will notice just how FAST your email downloads.

No but I will notice how fast programs download though.

[Neferti]

What programs do you download?