Re: Hel$tra vs TPG

From	felix <me@nothere.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Hel$tra vs TPG
Date	2016-11-28 21:01 +1100
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On Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016 9:32 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
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>
> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:e9jq5iFlsdtU1@mid.individual.net...
>> On Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016 7:40 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
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>>>
>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>>> news:e9jkpdFkhutU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> On Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016 12:02 AM, felix wrote:
>>>>> On Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 7:29 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message 
>>>>>> news:e9idkdFb0btU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>>>>>>> news:e9i62mF99tpU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 12:50 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>>>>>>>>> news:e9hdipF45hdU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 7:52 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>>>>>>>>>>> news:e9fdn8FjavaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, 21 Nov 2016 3:35 PM, felix wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, 21 Nov 2016 2:21 PM, SG1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:e9f2liFh3n9U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> recently disconnected Hel$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

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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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