Re: [LINK] NBN domestic installations

2016-03-09 Thread Paul Brooks
On 10/03/2016 3:43 PM, David Lochrin wrote: > On 2016-03-06 10:33 Andy Farkas wrote: >> With FTTN you will have to get a new modem/router/voip device. > I believe FTTN provides a VDSL2 interface, and VDSL2 can negotiate down to > ADSL2+ and ADSL2, at least. So it should be possible to use an

Re: [LINK] NBN domestic installations

2016-03-09 Thread Andy Farkas
On 10/03/2016 14:43, David Lochrin wrote: On 2016-03-06 10:33 Andy Farkas wrote: With FTTN you will have to get a new modem/router/voip device. I believe FTTN provides a VDSL2 interface, and VDSL2 can negotiate down to ADSL2+ and ADSL2, at least. So it should be possible to use an existing

Re: [LINK] NBN domestic installations

2016-03-09 Thread David Lochrin
On 2016-03-06 10:33 Andy Farkas wrote: > With FTTN you will have to get a new modem/router/voip device. I believe FTTN provides a VDSL2 interface, and VDSL2 can negotiate down to ADSL2+ and ADSL2, at least. So it should be possible to use an existing modem when the user doesn't mind the speed

Re: [LINK] why your internet gets so frickin' slow every afternoon

2016-03-09 Thread Karl Auer
On Thu, 2016-03-10 at 14:10 +1300, Paul Bolger wrote: > My router has a handy 'all internet access off' function So does mine. It's labelled "ON/OFF". If your device doesn't have this feature, you can often find a similar feature placed handily next to the power plug on the wall. Regards, K. --

Re: [LINK] why your internet gets so frickin' slow every afternoon

2016-03-09 Thread Karl Auer
On Thu, 2016-03-10 at 11:38 +1100, Brendan wrote: > We have not owned a television for 15 years. We owna TV, but have no free-to-air. It is a blessing, and when we visit someone wit free to air we are always amazed at the acceptance of what feels to us like an incessant blast of advertising. >

Re: [LINK] why your internet gets so frickin' slow every afternoon

2016-03-09 Thread Paul Bolger
My router has a handy 'all internet access off' function which can be directed at whichever devices I select. I'm not saying it's going to work forever, but right at the moment (kids 11 and 8) it does the trick. I'm not totally convinced that Minecraft or endless GTA cheat videos on YouTube are

Re: [LINK] why your internet gets so frickin' slow every afternoon

2016-03-09 Thread Brendan
On 03/10/2016 10:59 AM, David Boxall wrote: I'm beginning to feel really, really old. ;) It's no secret that TV viewership in Australia has been

[LINK] why your internet gets so frickin' slow every afternoon

2016-03-09 Thread David Boxall
I'm beginning to feel really, really old. ;) The death of television It's no secret that TV viewership in Australia has been tumbling for some time now

Re: [LINK] nbn forgets to renew its radio assignments for over half a year

2016-03-09 Thread Fernando Cassia
On 3/9/16, JanW wrote: > Keep this mob away from chook raffles, whatever you do Friendly note to clue-in the non-Australians on the list... ;) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chook_raffle FC ___ Link mailing list

Re: [LINK] nbn forgets to renew its radio assignments for over half a year

2016-03-09 Thread Fernando Cassia
On 3/9/16, David Boxall wrote: > >> Assignments at almost a thousand fixed wireless s ites have disappeared >> after 2.3 GHz licence renewal in July last year. Maybe they planned to move those sites to

[LINK] nbn forgets to renew its radio assignments for over half a year

2016-03-09 Thread David Boxall
Assignments at almost a thousand fixed wireless sites have disappeared after 2.3 GHz licence renewal in July last year. The company responsible for building the National Broadband Network, nbn, has apparently failed to