Re: Hel$tra vs TPG

From	keithr0 <user@account.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Hel$tra vs TPG
Date	2016-11-29 15:53 +1000
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On 11/29/2016 8:39 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>
>
> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ea2djrF6dt1U2@mid.individual.net...
>> On Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016 9:32 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:e9jq5iFlsdtU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> On Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016 7:40 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>> news:e9jkpdFkhutU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>> On Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016 12:02 AM, felix wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 7:29 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:e9idkdFb0btU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:e9i62mF99tpU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 12:50 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>> news:e9hdipF45hdU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 7:52 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:e9fdn8FjavaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, 21 Nov 2016 3:35 PM, felix wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, 21 Nov 2016 2:21 PM, SG1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:e9f2liFh3n9U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> recently disconnected Hel$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.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> should I get something like this for better wifi performance?
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-Tenda-N60-Dual-Band-600Mbps-Wireless-Router-Gigabit-WIFI-NBN-QoS-WPS-USB-/282269576596
>>
>
> I havent got around to researching that yet, havent even gotten
> around to working out if my current Billion will be fine on the NBN.

Unless it does VDSL or you are getting FTTP it seems unlikely. I bought 
a Billion 7800N a few years ago on the basis that it would be good for 
the NBN but, since we got FTTN here, it is useless for that. Its a pity 
as it is a better router than the Huawei crap that TPG supplied.

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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

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