Re: Hel$tra vs TPG

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Hel$tra vs TPG
Date	2016-11-29 09:39 +1100
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"felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
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> On Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016 9:32 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
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>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>> news:e9jq5iFlsdtU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> On Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016 7:40 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
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>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>>>> news:e9jkpdFkhutU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>> On Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016 12:02 AM, felix wrote:
>>>>>> On Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 7:29 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message 
>>>>>>> news:e9idkdFb0btU1@mid.individual.net...
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>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>>>>>>>> news:e9i62mF99tpU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 12:50 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>>>>>>>>>> news:e9hdipF45hdU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 7:52 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>>>>>>>>>>>> news:e9fdn8FjavaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, 21 Nov 2016 3:35 PM, felix wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, 21 Nov 2016 2:21 PM, SG1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:e9f2liFh3n9U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> recently disconnected Hel$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.

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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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