Technology & Social Media Wireless NBN internet

Hi All,

Any views or experience with wireless NBN internet ?

Seems like around the 50-60 for a fixed amount of data. Seems ADSL2 is not available.

 

You can get unlimited wireless NBN plans with TPG: TPG NBN Plans - Unlimited Internet with Included Calls | TPG website

 

Try whirlpool as they have a comparison feature

 

ADSL2 works on copper from the exchange. NBN makes the copper to your pit redundant.

 

What I understand is on the edge of the area I am looking at, they have a RIM and even new places there cant get ADSL2 or is woeful, I am looking at another 5k out from that area.....

The NBN map has the area covered, but only as wireless, I hope they fix that at some stage, I imagine they would.

I have no experience with NBN wireless, my ADSL is a slow plan. If they say 12MB I wonder if they even get close to this. Or if it is pathetic. I know it is a how long is a bit of string question, but was just wondering in general.

Thanks for the suggestions so far.

 

As terry said but look under "other providers" rather than just the main titled ones to compare prices/reviews.

I use telecube but not sure if they offer wireless

 

Skymuster is your main option but very limited data - https://www.skymesh.net.au/nbn-services/sky-muster/

 

BTW NBN is crap

I have it newly installed and the maximum theoretical speed I will ever get is 30MBS

 

Odd, I was on 100/25 with Exetel & got ~ 85/20, now in a new place on 50/20 with telecube & getting ~45/18

Have u tried updating router firmware (& pc drivers), pull power from both modem & router for 10min.
Otherwise your prob using an ip that allows torrenting which slows it down for every other customer. Telecube blocks them from being accessed

 

I use this to make sure all my PC drivers are up to date - Driver Booster

Your router also has to be compatible with NBN, older ones wont cut it

 

A girlfriend is near a new wireless NBN tower and loves it. She has two teenagers, downloads movies and everything, for $100/mth for 1000GB.

Another friend with 3 teenagers is on ADSL and gets 1000GB plus Telstra TV for $90/mth and loves it - although does struggle when one is online gaming, another is streaming a movie and the third doing some else as clogging.

Sadly, my options are a lot more limited and I'm forced to use Skymuster. The best deal I could find was $115/mth for 80GB ... it is really unlimited, as still works and don't pay any extra, but speed decreases significantly once you've used your allocation.

We're all rural - some of us are just more rural than others

 

I spoke to some locals and a few telcos, this is probably old news as I have not paid attention to what NBN etc has been doing or not doing.

I am told some people have ADSL, but now that NBN is available, your forced to use that, so it is NBN wireless that will be the only choice if not wanting to go mobile carrier, but seems service for mobile and data is not a problem, I got good reception there. Better than suburbia !

 

I have this, it's pretty good. Good enough to not be frustrating, anyways.

 

There is the occasional 3rd part wireless NBN providers too. You just need to look.
My area of Penrith is not getting NBN until 2018+ grrrr.
But I found a local who is putting up his own wireless kit to his data center that sits on top of an NBN hub in Penrith.

99$ a month gets me unlimited data and this...

 

I wish I got that. I get 15/1.6 currently on NBN at the very very end of a line to the node. :/

 

I would be happy with that, I get 2.0/0.5 with a 31ms ping on my ADSL 2+ and have done since we bought the place in 2009.

 

19.03 Mbps - just did a speed test at Speed Test - Home - Oz Broadband Speed Test

 

Bloody hell! can you watch youtube?

 

It struggles, the signal is up and down too, you watch a YT vid and after about 1 min it stops for 30 seconds then resumes.

The lines coming in are stuffed but Strata has failed to reach out to Telstra even though I ask them every year, I now no longer care because we are leaving .

I did call Telstra myself and because it's a block of townhouses they said Strata have to call, if I get them out then I have to pay for all the work personally as opposed to the sinking fund.

What sucks even harder is the place we rented before we moved in here the exchange was at the top of the street, I got 20MBit down at that place and it was consistent, then I moved to this...... lol

 

I find that when I go to rural Thailand the internet is way superior to the internet here in Sydney. But thailand is a 3rd world country. (trains are light years ahead too)