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Re: myrepublic NBN

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"felix" <felix@real_felix.invalid> wrote in message 
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> On Saturday, 18 Mar 2017 7:47 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>
>>
>> "felix" <felix@real_felix.invalid> wrote in message 
>> news:ej3g75F91jlU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> On Friday, 17 Mar 2017 4:54 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>> felix <felix@real_felix.invalid> wrote
>>>>
>>>>> Just wondering if anyone has gone with them?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, 3 I know personally have including me.
>>>>
>>>>> are they as good as they say?
>>>>
>>>> No one ever is. They have some real downsides. They can be a complete
>>>> pain in the arse to call, can take anything from 30 mins to an hour for 
>>>> the
>>>> call to be answered and online chat can be worse to get a response.
>>>>
>>>> Most of that wouldn’t affect you if you churned from TPG, mate of
>>>> mine did that on my suggestion in about a week from memory.
>>>> And if you have FTTP you can have them both simultaneously if
>>>> you like so no loss of internet. Just cancel with TPG once the MR
>>>> service is up on the second port on the NTU.
>>>>
>>>> Their communication can be quite poor, even when there is a problem
>>>> with delivering on your signup, they can fail to even tell you that you
>>>> say need to get the ULL number when migrating from a naked service
>>>> and only tell you that when you ring them to ask why you arent 
>>>> connected.
>>>>
>>>> They can take a month to connect you.
>>
>>> that doesn't sound good then
>>
>> Not relevant in your case, you'd be churning.
>>
>>>> SOME customers are seeing a dramatic sag in the download speed
>>>> from 95 in offpeak times to 5 or even 1 in peak times in the evening
>>>> and that meaning that stuff like netflix just doesn’t work.
>>
>>> I experienced that last night with TPG. speed was down to 5 mbps and 
>>> netflix stopped working.
>>
>> Yeah, its hard to find any NBN RSP that isnt
>> seeing that with some of their customers.
>>
>>> makes me think it's a NBN thing rather than a ISP thing.
>>
>> Its certainly an NBN thing because of the way CVCs are
>> done and the cost of them. Any NBN RSP has to ensure
>> that what they are paying per month for CVCs is less
>> than what they are receiving from their customers,
>> otherwise they will go broke.
>>
>>> but then I'm no expert on this matter.
>>
>> It is correct in this case. MT and Aussie Broadband are adding a lot more
>> POIs so they have complete control over what CVC capacity they have.
>>
>> Its far from clear how well that will work for an operation like MR
>> which has unlimited downloads. Aussie Broadband doesn’t, it has
>> 1TB download limits and charges quite a bit more per month too.
>>
>>>> They only have the one POP in sydney and the pings arent brilliant
>>>> even if you are in sydney, 35ms isnt uncommon and can be much
>>>> worse than that in Perth etc.
>>>>
>>>> The static IPs on the gamer plan arent generally australian ones
>>>> and it can take months for the databases to be updated by some
>>>> operations like Foxtel so your services can be refused until that
>>>> happens when they decide that you arent in Australia.
>>>>
>>>> The normal plan uses CGNAT for the internal IP which
>>>> means that there isnt any easy way to run an internal server,
>>>> but the gamer plan fixes that and only costs $10 more.
>>>>
>>>> On the plus side,
>>
>>> seems there's quite a bit of minus side tho
>>
>> True, but there arent many that don’t have quite a bit on
>> the minus side too, even the majors like Optarse and Telstra.
>>
>>>> they are by far the cheapest 100/40 plan
>>>> around and its unlimited. You can get a lower cost per month
>>>> if you don’t mine a 12/1 service and fuck all downloads from
>>>> some other RSPs.
>>>>
>>>> I got a 10% reduction in the cost per month, went from 8/1
>>>> on adsl2+ to 108/44 on the NBN at the physical level which
>>>> is 10 times faster download speed and 44 times upload speed.
>>
>>> I had stable and consistent 32-36 mbps with Telstra cable, so I'm worse 
>>> off now in terms of speed for around the same price.
>>
>> Yeah, that’s true of those coming from HFC. But you don’t
>> have any choice on that, the plug will be pulled on HFC.
>>
>>> However, I now have unlimited downloads, which is what I wanted for 
>>> netflix, stan, youtube, etc.,
>>
>> Its more complicated than that. Aussie Broadband doesn’t count Netflix 
>> downloads.
>>
>>>> Get 96/30 with speedtest in off peak times. Can sag to 10/30
>>>> in peak times, but doesn’t always happen. I have gone for weeks
>>>> with no sag at all in peak times and I don’t bother with netflix.
>>
>>>> The modem they supply is very decent and only costs $1
>>>> on the standard contract plan.
>>
>>>>> TPG speed on the 25 mbps plan has dropped from 23mbps to around 17mbps 
>>>>> since I started with them a few months ago,
>>
>>>> What are you downloading with ?
>>
>>> just the standard modem that TPG supplies Netcomm NF300 NF12
>>
>>>> Mate of mine who got a FTTP NBN service with TPG found that that 
>>>> steaming turd of a modem that TPG supplys couldn’t even do 25mbps 
>>>> downloads. They were fine on ethernet.
>>
>>> I have everything connected via ethernet except for mobile devices. I 
>>> use all four ports of the modem and one is output to a five port auto 
>>> switch ( http://tinyurl.com/mkpx543 ) and all of those ports are also 
>>> used
>>
>>>> He changed to MR and now gets the full 96/34 all the time.
>>
>>> is that a type of modem?
>>
>> Nope, that’s the speed he gets with speedtest.
>>
>>> the max speed I have had with the TPG modem is 22mbps
>>
>> Because you were on the 25/5 plan.
>>
>> He was on the 100/40 plan but changed to the 12/1 plan
>> because the modem was such a steaming turn on wifi.
>>
>>>> Do you get that poor result first thing in the morning before you go to 
>>>> work ?
>>
>>> usually use the internet later in the day or evening
>>
>> Sure, but that’s the way to see if the problem is congestion, see if
>> there is any difference between very early and during peak times.
>
>
> OK
>
>>
>>>>> and just recently I'm getting buffering with movie streaming. I guess 
>>>>> more ppl in the area are now on the NBN causing the speed drop?
>>
>>>> It can be. Many RSPs are using Optus Wholesale and they just arent
>>>> buying enough CVC and are seeing significant sags in peak times.
>>
>>>>> or would it be just a TPG thing?
>>
>>>> It can be with congestion. You don’t say if you
>>>> have FTTN, HFC or FTTP or even fixed wireless.
>>
>>> FTTP. thanks for all that info. btw.. I was told recently that Vaya (the 
>>> mobile company) will soon introduce an NBN broadband plan
>>
>> Yeah, almost everyone is doing that now.
>
> so do you think I would see much improvement with a different modem?

Depends on which modem you have and what you do on wifi.

He certainly did, a massive improvement. Pretty sure he had the Hawed modem 
tho.

> and if so how much would I need to spend

$1 with myrepublic on the standard contract.

> and what one would be best?

Really depends on what else you do with it and what you
want it to do with stuff like voip and dect support etc.

> then I would have to configure it of course, but I guess the ISP would 
> provide info on how to do that.

Depends on the ISP, with quite a few it’s the modem
they supply or you're on your own config wise.

Not that hard to get config support from other than the ISP tho. 

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myrepublic NBN felix <felix@real_felix.invalid> - 2017-03-17 10:29 +1100
  Re: myrepublic NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-03-17 16:54 +1100
    Re: myrepublic NBN felix <felix@real_felix.invalid> - 2017-03-18 12:18 +1100
      Re: myrepublic NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-03-18 19:47 +1100
        Re: myrepublic NBN felix <felix@real_felix.invalid> - 2017-03-19 11:13 +1100
          Re: myrepublic NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-03-19 12:57 +1100
  Re: myrepublic NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-03-17 19:59 +1100
    Re: myrepublic NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-03-18 04:23 +1100
      Re: myrepublic NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-03-18 16:27 +1100
        Re: myrepublic NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-03-18 20:07 +1100
      Re: myrepublic NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-03-18 17:01 +1100
        Re: myrepublic NBN Lucifer Morningstar <Barry@saymyname.com> - 2017-03-18 18:47 +1100
          Re: myrepublic NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-03-18 20:15 +1100
        Re: myrepublic NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-03-18 20:12 +1100
          Re: myrepublic NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-03-18 22:32 +1100
            Re: myrepublic NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-03-19 05:30 +1100
              Re: myrepublic NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-03-19 16:49 +1100
                Re: myrepublic NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-03-19 17:13 +1100
                Re: myrepublic NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-03-19 20:09 +1100
                Re: myrepublic NBN "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-03-20 05:00 +1100
                Re: myrepublic NBN F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-03-20 11:48 +1100

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