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Re: LG Smart TV Connectivity Issue (Wired)

From keithr0 <user@account.invalid>
Newsgroups aus.computers, aus.tv
Subject Re: LG Smart TV Connectivity Issue (Wired)
Date 2017-04-03 20:23 +1000
Message-ID <ekem5oFql9nU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 4/3/2017 4:17 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>
>
> "felix" <felix@real_felix.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ekbjvjF8b0sU1@mid.individual.net...
>> On Sunday, 2 Apr 2017 2:23 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "felix" <felix@real_felix.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:ekba6oF6l8gU2@mid.individual.net...
>>>> On Sunday, 2 Apr 2017 12:07 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "felix" <felix@real_felix.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>> news:ek8nlkFlmqvU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>> On Saturday, 1 Apr 2017 1:10 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "felix" <felix@real_felix.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:ek88dsFj7vuU2@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>> On Saturday, 1 Apr 2017 5:10 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "felix" <felix@real_felix.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:ek6tk6Fb02aU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, 31 Mar 2017 5:37 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "felix" <felix@real_felix.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>> news:ek66qkF6k02U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, 31 Mar 2017 3:48 PM, felix wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, 31 Mar 2017 3:32 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "felix" <felix@real_felix.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:ek5jepF3d9fU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, 31 Mar 2017 10:29 AM, felix wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have this same problem. just googled and got this site.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1958013
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> currently researching the issue. posting this to inform
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that this problem exists with LG tv's. I suspect it's a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> router issue ??
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I guess I should mention that I have tried the obvious
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stuff..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes you should have.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> direct connection to the modem to bypass the switch,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> swapping out cables, etc.,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But did you try what worked in that thread you posted a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> link to ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I didn't see any answer there. I can connect the tv direct
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to the modem, bypassing the switch, and the problem is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> still present. that's why I think it's a modem issue.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> just turned the tv on now and it's saying 'no internet
>>>>>>>>>>>> connection' (wired) but it is connected. so I switched to
>>>>>>>>>>>> wifi but I'm only getting 10mbps on wifi :(
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> That’s because of the steaming turd of a modem that TPG supplys.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Paul Edwards had exactly the same problem, that steaming
>>>>>>>>>>> turd of a modem that TPG supply couldn’t come even close
>>>>>>>>>>> to delivering the 100/40 service he was paying for. So he
>>>>>>>>>>> originally switched to a 12/1 service instead.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> He has just recently switched to myrepublic and the modem
>>>>>>>>>>> they supply for $1 does deliver the full 100/40 his is paying
>>>>>>>>>>> even less than he was paying for the TPG 12/1 service.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I think I'll change to myrepublic. hopefully it's better
>>>>>>>>>>>> than TPG.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The modem certainly is.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> BUT some are seeing the thruput sag down to 5MB in the peak
>>>>>>>>>>> time in the evening.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> so it's just half as good as TPG on wifi
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Nope, its vastly better than TPG on wifi except
>>>>>>>>> for some during peak times. Paul doesn’t see
>>>>>>>>> any slowdown at all so its vastly better for him.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> TPG also sees congestion in peak times and has a
>>>>>>>>> 'support' operation that doesn’t have a fucking clue.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Expect weeks of delay getting your phone number
>>>>>>>>> ported from TPG, they are notorious for that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> yeah, MR said 6 weeks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> and only a quarter as good on ethernet
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> God knows where you are getting that shit from.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 5mbps vs 20mbps with TPG
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You don’t get 5mbps with MR
>>>>>>
>>>>>> you said so in another post
>>>>>
>>>>> I never ever said that everyone who uses MR gets that, fuckwit.
>>>>
>>>> but the fact that it has means that it could
>>>
>>> Just as true of TPG because that is due to congestion.
>>>
>>> And with TPG its absolutely certain that the modem they
>>> supply is a steaming turd that can't do anything like the
>>> 100/40 you are getting with MR if you are FTTP and not
>>> FTTN.
>>>
>>>>> And when you can't even manage to comprehend something
>>>>> as simple as that, that’s the completely superfluous proof of
>>>>> why its completely pointless listing what you should try with
>>>>> the other problem.
>
>> well I have high hopes for MR, so fingers crossed.
>
> I don’t have any regrets and would still use them
> if I knew at the time all the detail I now know.
>
> I don’t even care about a slow down in
> peak times since I've gone to bed by then.
>
>> I'll post what my connection speed is when it's up and running. the
>> wifi speed will improve too I guess?
>
> Yes it will if you end up with better than a 25/5 result at the hardware
> level.
>
>> they said I had to tell TPG to put my phone number into CDNO mode
>> (whatever that means) or else I would lose it.
>
> Its much more complicated than that. The simplest approach
> is to continue to pay TPG for the phone service until the number
> has been successfully ported to MR. You'll find that hardly anyone
> actually knows what CDNO means, even Telstra Wholesale.
>
> It’s a mode set using Telstra's LOLO system but I spent most of the
> day trying to find someone in Telstra who even recognised the terms,
> even at local supervisor level. One local supervisor did run the line that
> they had new people and that that was the problem, and its certainly
> true that almost all of that level of Telstra has been offshored now.
>
> But even that local supervisor couldn’t work out which dept in Telstra
> can use LOLO and do a CDNO. She connected me to NBN Billing in
> Telstra and although they did recognise the terms, couldn’t actually
> use LOLO and so couldn’t do a CDNO. He initially decided that the
> best approach was to give me a whole new phone line on the spare
> copper pair to my house, at no cost to me and was setting up a
> personal visit by an NBN tech to do that until I pointed out how
> inappropriate that was. And I'm not convinced that it would have
> happened either because once an area goes RFS, Ready For Service,
> with FTTN, you cant have any new POTS or adsl services provisioned.
>
> He then decided that a number reservation in the physical exchange
> which is done by a person in the exchange would be just as good,
> and that got done on Thursday. It remains to be seen if MR can now
> to a port request that will succeed.
>
> And the other problem with Telstra is that if it doesn’t, there is no
> way to get in contact with that person in Telstra again. I find it hard
> to believe that if I ask for John in NBN Billing I will be able to get him
> again. He did send me an SMS when the number reservation had been
> done, but you can't even reply to that SMS, it’s a general SMS number
> that Telstra uses for immense numbers of outgoing SMSs.
>
> I must have been thru at least 10 different depts in Telstra that
> day with just NBN billing even recognising the terms CDNO
> and LOLO and even supervisors don’t appear to be able to put
> those terms into their system and see what dept can do them.
>
>> the person I spoke to was rather ordinary as sales ppl go, and I
>> strongly suspect they didn't pause the recording when I gave my CC
>> details, because I had to mention that they should, but there was no
>> pause like they stopped the recording, unless of course it was BS that
>> they were recording at all.
>
> Corse they do and he just fobbed you off on that.
>
> That’s one real downside with MR, there still isnt any status page
> where you can change that stuff yourself. They have only just got
> billing working this year, so that’s not very surprising.

What a palarver! When I changed from Telstra POTS to TPG NBN, I just 
gave them my POTS number, and there it was as soon as the connection was 
switched to the NBN.

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    Re: LG Smart TV Connectivity Issue (Wired) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-03-31 15:32 +1100
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