Unfortunately, getting Telstra to connect cable to our new place turned out to be a nightmare. They were beyond incompetent. And now, because it suddenly became an NBN area, they can't do it at all. And NBN Co have the 6 – 9 month delay for new connections. So we're stuffed.
Telstra mobile broadband charge outrageous amounts for data. We use them on a shared plan with 32GB per month. But for general data at home, we're using an Optus mobile broadband plan. ($140 per month for 280GB). It was the only thing we could get working that had any chance of working. I avoided the "come in spinner" Optus options that peak out at 12M download speed and went for the normal one. Mostly I get around 18M down and 25 up (curiously). Dropouts pretty regularly, but last night, barely any data moving. I also checked out getting fibre connected. Free installation at present with my 426 metre infrastructure shortfall. But the prices for 3 years (minimum contract) were: 10M/10M – around $26,000 20M/20M – around $38,000 100M/100M – around $364,000 They are with 1:1 contention though. But I decided that I was after a connection to a house, not a house. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com |http://greglow.me *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *David Connors *Sent:* Thursday, 4 January 2018 10:13 AM *To:* ozDotNet <[email protected]> *Subject:* Re: [OT] Internet use on 4G LTE On Thu, 4 Jan 2018 at 09:12 Greg Low <[email protected]> wrote: I've often seen 90M down and 45M up on my laptop on Telstra 4G LTE. But ask me about my Optus mobile broadband last night where I couldn't even get 1M down… Telstra really is the only game in town for mobile broadband if you want performance (unless you never leave the CBD). David. -- David Connors [email protected] | @davidconnors | https://t.me/davidconnors | LinkedIn | +61 417 189 363
