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Re: Cutting it fine NBN

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"F Murtz" <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:588ed86f$0$8213$c3e8da3$cc4fe22d@news.astraweb.com...
> Rod Speed wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ef5o8lFudfhU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>
>>>
>>> "F Murtz" <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:588da0c8$0$52088$b1db1813$15bdbe48@news.astraweb.com...
>>>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>> news:ef51tdFqk3tU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>> On Sunday, 29 Jan 2017 1:02 PM, Petzl wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sun, 29 Jan 2017 12:45:07 +1100, felix <me@nothere.invalid> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sunday, 29 Jan 2017 11:54 AM, Petzl wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 22:08:03 +1100, F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>    3days left
>>>>>>>>>> Construction of the nbn™ network has started in your area.
>>>>>>>>>> The nbn™ network is estimated to be available in your area: Jan
>>>>>>>>>> 2017*.
>>>>>>>>> Ring your chosen provider NOW
>>>>>>>> but they allow several months to connect before they disconnect the
>>>>>>>> copper network
>>>>>>> NBN is better and cheaper and it's what "F Murtz" wants ASAP
>>>>>>
>>>>>> yes, but I'm just saying it's not like he's going to get cut off if 
>>>>>> he
>>>>>> doesn't do it quickly. besides, there's no guarantee how long it will
>>>>>> take to connect him once he does apply, so it could take many weeks
>>>>>> for the infrastructure to be installed, particularly if there are a
>>>>>> lot of ppl wanting connections at the same time.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is no infrastructure to be installed with FTTN.
>>>>>
>>>>> Once you can signup, the infrastructure has all been installed
>>>>> and all they have to do is jumper from adsl to fttn in your pillar.
>>>>
>>>> Is yours working yet?
>>
>>> Allegedly tomorrow, quite literally.
>>
>> Bloody hell. The adsl2+ service dropped out at 12:30, took about
>> an hour before the fttn was working, but that’s because the first call
>> to MyRepublic took 25 mins to answer and then when he put me on
>> hold to get the service provisioned with them, that call dropped out.
>>
>> Getting 108/44 which isnt too bad at all.
>
>
> Have not got notification from anyone yet,so I just checked my republic 
> ,put address in and it is ready so I have signed up just hope it goes well 
> and I have no problems,

Yeah, I only had a minor glitch because my services over the copper
were not listed. No reason why you should have that problem and
Optarse Wholesale knows how to handle that now anyway.

> It seems you got there in the end :)

Yeah, one hell of a result. The neighbours
kid should get almost as good a result too.

>>> Optarse did fuck up very comprehensively indeed. NBNco could never
>>> fine any record of anyone ordering an NBN service for my address.
>>>
>>> MyRepublic originally ran the line that they didn’t know what
>>> the phone number for my phone service was, even tho I told
>>> them that when I signed up by phone using their call center,
>>> because they have to know the number to port to their voip
>>> service since there is no POTS service with the NBN, just voip.
>>>
>>> Even after I gave them that, again, still NBNco couldn’t see any
>>> order for a phone service for my address, even tho I was calling
>>> them on it since the NBNco number is a 1800 number and I am
>>> clearly getting an adsl2+ service on that line.
>>>
>>> I kept being told that it would take some time to happen, and eventually
>>> after being told that about 6 times, chucked a tantrum and got
>>> supplied with
>>> the Optarse order number and the number to ring at Optarse Wholesale.
>>>
>>> When I rang Optarse Wholesales, the silly cow claimed that she couldn’t
>>> actually order an NBN service for my place, even with the phone number.
>>> There was no way to enter that on the order form. Corse they didn’t
>>> bother
>>> to tell anyone about that problem, just raised an incident with NBNco
>>> which
>>> is what happens with a fault, not a problem with ordering a service.
>>>
>>> NBNco told me that they had a 'back room' group that handled that
>>> sort of problem with ordering a service and that I should tell the RSP
>>> that they needed to use that. I told Optarse Wholesale that at about
>>> 1620 in the afternoon and she claimed that everyone had gone home
>>> and that she 'wasn’t trained to do that' and that she would check that
>>> with her senior staff the next day.
>>>
>>> When I rang Optarse Wholesale again next day at around midday,
>>> the fuckwit refused to even talk to me and said that he couldn’t
>>> even look up the details of my service for 'privacy' reasons.
>>>
>>> I called NBNco again and they then had an order for my service.
>>>
>>> Called MyRepublic again, and they now had a record that I would
>>> be getting the cutover from the adsl2+ service to fttn tomorrow
>>> and that I didn’t need to be there, the tech would just be doing
>>> the jumpering in the pillar and it should all work fine after that.
>>>
>>> We'll see, tomorrow. Havent noticed anyone doing any work in the
>>> pillars cutting anyone over since my half of town went live on 23-Dec.
>>> Less clear if anyone has got an fttn service yet in my town. I ordered
>>> an fttn service on the day it went live in my half of town and the
>>> modem showed up between Xmas and New Year.
>>>
>>> My neighbour's kid also ordered a service with MyRepublic a bit
>>> later than I did and he showed up last night and told me that he
>>> has an appointment date of 5-Feb or something and that
>>> someone has to be there at his place. He has the modem too.
>>>
>>> We both should get very close to 100/40, particularly me.
>>> I can damned near spit on the node and the pillar and the
>>> cable is as direct as possible to the pillar from my place.
>>>
>>> His is 300' further away, but should still get in the high 90/30s.
>>>
>>> Everyone else I know well in town went live on 20-Jan and I
>>> don’t know that any of them have actually ordered the NBN yet.
>>> I was talking to one of them this arvo and he certainly hasn’t yet.
>>>
>>> I'll be grovelling towards Mecca first thing tomorrow.
>>
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Cutting it fine NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-28 22:08 +1100
  Re: Cutting it fine NBN Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-01-29 11:54 +1100
    Re: Cutting it fine NBN felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-29 12:45 +1100
      Re: Cutting it fine NBN Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-01-29 13:02 +1100
        Re: Cutting it fine NBN felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-29 13:21 +1100
          Re: Cutting it fine NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-01-29 17:12 +1100
            Re: Cutting it fine NBN felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-29 17:46 +1100
              Re: Cutting it fine NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-29 19:08 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-01-29 19:42 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-29 21:02 +1100
              Re: Cutting it fine NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-01-29 19:13 +1100
            Re: Cutting it fine NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-29 18:58 +1100
              Re: Cutting it fine NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-01-29 19:38 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-29 21:00 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-01-30 06:08 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-30 12:33 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-30 13:25 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-30 13:43 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-30 14:37 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-01-30 14:06 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-30 14:37 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-01-30 14:14 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-01-30 14:17 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-30 17:08 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-30 19:48 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-01-30 20:45 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-01-30 19:52 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-01-30 20:40 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-01-30 22:36 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-01-31 05:50 +1100
      Re: Cutting it fine NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-29 18:57 +1100
        Re: Cutting it fine NBN felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-29 20:56 +1100
          Re: Cutting it fine NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-01-29 21:01 +1100
          Re: Cutting it fine NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-29 21:04 +1100
    Re: Cutting it fine NBN Lucifer Morningstar <Barry@saymyname.com> - 2017-01-29 13:01 +1100
      Re: Cutting it fine NBN felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-29 13:17 +1100
      Re: Cutting it fine NBN Colin Horsley <horsley-spam@westnet.com.au> - 2017-01-29 13:34 +1100
      Re: Cutting it fine NBN Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-01-29 13:58 +1100
      Re: Cutting it fine NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-01-29 17:10 +1100
      Re: Cutting it fine NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-29 19:12 +1100
      Re: Cutting it fine NBN news16 <news16@woa.com.au> - 2017-01-30 00:06 +0000
        Re: Cutting it fine NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-30 12:41 +1100
          Re: Cutting it fine NBN Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-30 12:53 +1100
            Re: Cutting it fine NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-30 15:02 +1100
              Re: Cutting it fine NBN Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-30 15:40 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-30 15:55 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-30 16:15 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-30 16:38 +1100
                Re: Cutting it fine NBN Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-30 19:40 +1100
  Re: Cutting it fine NBN Sandgroper <woodbudgie@DROPKNICKERSgmail.com> - 2017-02-13 16:01 +0800
    Re: Cutting it fine NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-02-13 20:00 +1100
    Re: Cutting it fine NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-02-13 20:39 +1100
      Re: Cutting it fine NBN Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-02-13 21:44 +1100
      Re: Cutting it fine NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-02-14 06:20 +1100

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