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Re: Fibre

From "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups aus.computers, aus.electronics
Subject Re: Fibre
Date 2016-12-23 14:38 +1100
Message-ID <ec3khsFt6d4U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References (3 earlier) <cnpg5c9bf6vusbm88kc30cfi77vptfk25k@4ax.com> <ebrb0tFt4i3U1@mid.individual.net> <58591401$0$7207$c3e8da3$66d3cc2f@news.astraweb.com> <ebtlumFg026U1@mid.individual.net> <ec3g5rFs9tmU1@mid.individual.net>

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"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:ec3g5rFs9tmU1@mid.individual.net...
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> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:ebtlumFg026U1@mid.individual.net...
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>> "F Murtz" <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
>> news:58591401$0$7207$c3e8da3$66d3cc2f@news.astraweb.com...
>>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Petzl" <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:cnpg5c9bf6vusbm88kc30cfi77vptfk25k@4ax.com...
>>>>> On Tue, 20 Dec 2016 05:12:41 +1100, "Rod Speed"
>>>>> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:eb99lrFhkeiU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>> F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It is all thumb twiddling and testing now, apparently it has been
>>>>>>>> connected and has been for ages, just waiting,maybe just a month or 
>>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>>> for them to try it all out before they give it to us.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So what happened ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You don't see too much activity at all here now, tho there are
>>>>>>> still a few pillars with the temporary covers with the long handles
>>>>>>> down each side. Looks unlikely we will be seeing anything before
>>>>>>> Xmas. Maybe they don't have enough testers or something.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> First sign of any activity was 12-Aug, that still gives a full month
>>>>>>> to go if mine is as slow as Keith's was, 5 months in his case.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just had someone whining in the local facebook group that Telstra
>>>>>> has refused to fix a phone fault because the NBN is imminent here,
>>>>
>>>>> How "imminent" is it
>>>>
>>>> Currently predicted to be next month, Jan.
>>>>
>>>> Which fits with what Keith saw, we still have one month to go before
>>>> we have the same 5 months from starting to available he got.
>>>>
>>>>> you saw something happen months ago.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, first visible activity, digging the holes
>>>> for the nodes/green boxes was 12-Aug.
>>>>
>>>>> but nothing seems to of moved?
>>>>
>>>> There was lots of visible activity for 3 months. In the first couple
>>>> of weeks they were digging the holes for the green boxes with
>>>> mid sized trucks and then putting those on their own concrete
>>>> pads with multiple poly pipes to the relatively adjacent pillar.
>>>>
>>>> Then for about 2 months after that there were usually white vans
>>>> parked near the boxes and monkeys fiddling with the wires in one
>>>> end. I spoke to one of them when he was doing that and you could
>>>> see that he was terminating the multicore cable on the vertical panel
>>>> up the entire narrow section in one of the green boxes. I said 'the
>>>> electronics is down there presumably', pointing to the rest of the
>>>> box which had the door still closed on it and he said 'yep'.
>>>>
>>>> Sometimes the van was parked beside an existing pit with
>>>> a monkey or two in the pit. Wasn't obvious what they were
>>>> doing down there when I stopped and talked to one of them.
>>>>
>>>> There hasn't been as much activity in the last month but you
>>>> do sometimes see someone down another prexisting pit still.
>>>
>>> About three weeks ago I saw some one having a snooze near our node with 
>>> his head resting on a small pit between node and a pole and jumped when 
>>> I came up, he pretended to talk down the pit then he said he was 
>>> connecting power to node box.
>>
>> Interesting point, it isnt at all obvious how the power gets to the node 
>> box.
>>
>> None of ours have any connection to the mains poles.
>>
>>>> Some of the pillars still have temporary covers on them,
>>>> with long handles right down each side. But at least one
>>>> of them actually has the usual lettering on it so it may
>>>> not actually be a temporary cover anymore.
>>>>
>>>>> Like Sydney's light rail still not past the good
>>>>> coffee shop in Martin place after two years now?
>>>>
>>>> Sure, but that is obviously a lot more work that with the NBN.
>>>>
>>>>> Light rail have made a big deal about actually laying some
>>>>> track on George St between Park St and Bathurst St?
>>>>> Meant to start at Circular Quay, this strip is around the length on
>>>>> ones property
>>>>
>>>> How long did it take for the existing light rail to get done ?
>>>>
>>>> Not that useful into tho because it went along the old rail
>>>> right of way, particularly when it got out past the edge of
>>>> the CBD out where the PowerHouse Museum is.
>>>>
>>>>> (probably dig it up again, more fake news
>>>>> by "our media" paid for by politicians)
>
> Allegedly its available today in my part of town.
>
> I'd just decided that they weren't going to do that on the
> day before Xmas Eve but they have just dumped me face
> down in the mud on that apparently.

It does appear to be available today at my place.

I was originally planning to stay with dodo until my contract ran out,
8 months @ $24/month break fee. Not attractive in the long term,
myrepublic.net is much better value for 100/40 unlimited, $60, dodo
wants $100 for that. Dodo will allow you to change to the NBN with
no contract penalty, but that involves a whole new 2 year contract.

Dodo's retention people could only offer me $95/month but were
happy to halve the break fee to just $99.

I signed up with myreplublic.net, but that froze on the final screen.
Rang them, but have now been on hold for 25 mins. 

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