Re: Hel$tra vs TPG

From	keithr0 <user@account.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Hel$tra vs TPG
Date	2016-11-30 20:41 +1000
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On 11/30/2016 4:23 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>
>
> "keithr0" <user@account.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ea4jfjFmm8dU1@mid.individual.net...
>> On 11/29/2016 8:39 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:ea2djrF6dt1U2@mid.individual.net...
>>>> On Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016 9:32 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>> news:e9jq5iFlsdtU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>> On Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016 7:40 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:e9jkpdFkhutU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016 12:02 AM, felix wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 7:29 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:e9idkdFb0btU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>> news:e9i62mF99tpU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 12:50 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:e9hdipF45hdU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 7:52 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:e9fdn8FjavaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, 21 Nov 2016 3:35 PM, felix wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, 21 Nov 2016 2:21 PM, SG1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:e9f2liFh3n9U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> recently disconnected Hel$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 didn’t mean that, I meant bridging the some steaming
> turd that does VDSL2+ and keep using it that way.
>
>> 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.
>
> Yeah, I've got a 7800NXL and it should be fine with a bridged steaming
> turd.

I'd bridge the modem but I'd have to get a separate VOIP box and I can't 
be bothered to at the moment. I have got over the DHCP problem by 
assigning static addresses to everything.

> Remains to be seen what I will do that, like I said I havent researched
> it at all yet.
>
> Certainly wont be going with TPG, they are fucked IMO.
>
> I'll have to stay with dodo for at least 9 months and then we will
> see who is offering what at that time. Unlikely to use TPG tho.

I had problems with them at first, they hadn't updated the modem 
firmware to match the latest NBN updates. It has been reasonably stable 
since then, the price is reasonable ($40/mo less than Telstra was 
charging for ADSL2)

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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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