Re: Hel$tra vs TPG

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Hel$tra vs TPG
Date	2016-11-23 09:32 +1100
Message-ID	<e9jvblFn51oU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	(9 earlier) <e9ieceFb633U1@mid.individual.net> <e9itvkFeujoU1@mid.individual.net> <e9jkpdFkhutU1@mid.individual.net> <e9jp6pFll28U1@mid.individual.net> <e9jq5iFlsdtU1@mid.individual.net>

Show all headers | View raw


"felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
news:e9jq5iFlsdtU1@mid.individual.net...
> On Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016 7:40 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>
>>
>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>> news:e9jkpdFkhutU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> On Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016 12:02 AM, felix wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 7:29 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message 
>>>>> news:e9idkdFb0btU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>>>>>> news:e9i62mF99tpU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 12:50 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>>>>>>>> news:e9hdipF45hdU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 7:52 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>>>>>>>>>> news:e9fdn8FjavaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, 21 Nov 2016 3:35 PM, felix wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, 21 Nov 2016 2:21 PM, SG1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:e9f2liFh3n9U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> recently disconnected Hel$tra cable and signed up with TPG. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> only took 4 days from initial phone call to TPG for new phone 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and internet connection to be up and running including modem 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> delivery and installation of NBN equipment.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now go out and buy a decent modem.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> that would be a waste of money. they one they supply works just 
>>>>>>>>>>>> fine
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> checked speed again 23.35 down, 4.61 up
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It isnt just the speed that matters, stupid.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> what else matters
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How well it does voip, torrents, wifi etc and how often you
>>>>>>>> get dropouts and how often you need to reboot it, fuckwit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> voip is the same as it was with helstra,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We'll see...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> torrents I don't use,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> More fool you...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> wifi is as good as ethernet, no dropouts,
>>>>>
>>>>> The only person who has ever got that with that particular modem then.
>>>>
>>>> you're right. I discovered it was getting the wifi signal from the 
>>>> repeater which is connected via ethernet. when I connected direct to 
>>>> the modem wifi it was surprisingly poor, only 2Mbps down
>>
>>> why is the modem wifi so crap??
>>
>> Because it costs more to do it properly.
>>
>>> are those twin antennas just for decoration.
>>
>> Nope. The problem isnt the antennas,
>> it’s the wifi hardware that drives them.
>>
>>> I can't believe it is so bad!
>>
>> I can.
>
> you mentioned voip. the voip box is connected via ethernet to the modem, 
> so the voip performance should be the same as it was with Telstra, right?

Not necessarily. When I changed from the Billion 7202G which
used to periodically see the Mitron MNFMV1 ata which provides
a voip service have to be reset, that problem went away.

Back to aus.computers | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

Hel$tra vs TPG felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-11-21 12:58 +1100
  Re: Hel$tra vs TPG "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2016-11-21 13:21 +1000
    Re: Hel$tra vs TPG felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-11-21 15:35 +1100
      Re: Hel$tra vs TPG felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-11-21 16:06 +1100
        Re: Hel$tra vs TPG "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-11-22 07:52 +1100
          Re: Hel$tra vs TPG felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-11-22 10:16 +1100
            Re: Hel$tra vs TPG "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-11-22 12:50 +1100
              Re: Hel$tra vs TPG felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-11-22 17:14 +1100
                Re: Hel$tra vs TPG "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-11-22 19:23 +1100
                Re: Hel$tra vs TPG "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-11-22 19:29 +1100
                Re: Hel$tra vs TPG felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-11-23 00:02 +1100
                Re: Hel$tra vs TPG felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-11-23 06:31 +1100
                Re: Hel$tra vs TPG "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-11-23 07:40 +1100
                Re: Hel$tra vs TPG felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-11-23 08:03 +1100
                Re: Hel$tra vs TPG "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-11-23 09:32 +1100
                Re: Hel$tra vs TPG felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-11-28 21:01 +1100
                Re: Hel$tra vs TPG "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-11-29 09:39 +1100
                Re: Hel$tra vs TPG keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-29 15:53 +1000
                Re: Hel$tra vs TPG "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-11-30 05:23 +1100
                Re: Hel$tra vs TPG keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-30 20:41 +1000
                Re: Hel$tra vs TPG "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-01 05:46 +1100
                Re: Hel$tra vs TPG keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-12-01 21:17 +1000
        Re: Hel$tra vs TPG felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-11-22 10:21 +1100
    Re: Hel$tra vs TPG keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-21 22:16 +1000

csiph-web