Hi Stephen,
As an ABB shareholder, I would encourage everyone to change to ABB ;o)
Though, I have to admit, I am still loyal to Internode - I switched to them
from Telstra when we moved from dial-up to ADSL and have always found their
customer support to be very good (even since the iiNet/TPG buyouts).
I too have frequently had service problems with Telstra in the past - both
technical on the old dial-up and, more recently, with double billing of
auto-recharge on pre-paid mobile plans - however, I have found their online
chat service to have improved a lot (this was for the double billing issues).
One bonus I have had from Telstra: when I switched to internode, I continued to
pay Telstra around $25 pa to keep my bigpond email address (like Daniel this
wasn't my main email but I didn't want to lose it) so I was very surprised,
back in 2015, when Telstra told me they were retiring Bigpond but they would
continue to provide my Bigpond email FREE OR CHARGE! - a year or so later
it was migrated to Telstra meil and, to date, it still all works - even though
it is around 8 years since I paid for the email service!
Disclaimer - I am also a Telstra shareholder!!
Cheers
Neil
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Date: Thursday, 13 July 2023 at 09:50
To: WAMUG <wa...@lists.wamug.org.au>
Cc: Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com>
Subject: Re: [WAMUG] FTTP and ISPs…not Apple
Hi Rosemary.
I have had ongoing issues with Telstra for the past 4 months.
Promise to fix issues but then fail to do so over and over again.
I am now on the verge of going to Aussie Broadband.
They get amazing reviews from customers.
One review site recently ranked them number 1 in Australia.
And 2 of my friends are with them and reckon they are the best.
Their price for my plan is the same as Telstra, so no cost advantage
there.
But if I also take both our mobiles to them as well, that is way better
priced.
Anyway just thought I would give some more feedback 👍
On 12 Jul 2023, at 7:06 pm, Daniel Kerr via WAMUG
<wa...@lists.wamug.org.au> wrote:
Hi Rosemary
Without know exact details, but if it’s similar to mine situation
(which it sounds like it), technically neither side are actually
“telling lies”.
When NBNCo have been going through certain areas and doing the FTTP
upgrades, they only have “some” ISP’s that seem to have early access to
this “faster NBN”. Whereas iinet/Westnet dont seem to be one of the
ISP’s with access to these upgrades. So when they look it up, in the
iinet/Westnet/TPG system, your area probably isn’t available to go
faster on their network.
And NBNCo who do say the upgrade is available, in the “small print” -
it’s only with some ISPs.
This is the same sort of thing I’ve found. Because I’m signed up to
NBNCo newsletter and info for my area, I got an email from saying
“faster internet is available” But iinet tell me,..no I can’t get
faster internet. So they’re both actually correct. As far as iinet are
concerned for their “access”,..they can’t offer anything faster. But if
I go with a different ISP,…then I can actually get faster.
I just found the email from them,..which says,..
"Hi Daniel,
As you have registered for updates, we’d like to let you know that your
location may be able to upgrade to nbn® Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) if
you order an nbn powered plan based on nbnHome Fast or higher◊."
Then a button I click that says “Check out the list of participating
providers” - which loads this page
https://www.nbnco.com.au/residential/upgrades/more-fibre/find-a-partici
pating-provider
And Westnet and iinet (for whatever reason) aren’t listed as a
participating provider.
For the time being I’ve stuck with iinet and use their NBN100 plan,….as
I’ve always felt a bit loyal to them to stay.
But with some of the newer ISP’s nothing offering better plans (and
sometimes better pricing), I’ve been weighing it up to change as well.
I was looking at the Aussie Broadband plans, as they tend to get good
reviews and always seem to be ranked quite high for reliability, cost,
service etc.
(I wouldn’t touch dodo with a barge pole for another example,…lol. Had
some many customers been with them that had issues and left).
The one downside to moving obviously is losing your email address. But
I believe iinet and Westnet still offer an “email only” service. (I
know they previously had this service,..so I assume they still do.
Haven’t checked for a while). You used to be able to pay $25 a year to
keep your email address. So you then don’t have to go round and tell
everyone your new address and lose access to your email address.
(I don’t actually really use my @iinet address a lot, but I’d still
like to keep it if I did change.
I had considered going to the Aussie Broadband NBN1000 plan,. But it’s
another $50 a month. So I didn’t really go much further then look and
dream. lol.
So as mentioned without knowing “exact” details, that would be my take
on it anyway.
The best place I find to see what you’re able to get is the actual
NBNCo website. As they’re the ones who do or change the infrastructure.
So normally their information is most up to date.
If you go to https://www.nbnco.com.au - then put in your address to
check. It will advise you what you can get on your premises.
I also think some of the companies are wearing the cost of the “$0
upgrade cost to upgrade to fibre” - in the hope of perhaps getting new
customers and building their customer base. And perhaps iinet/Westnet
didn’t want to wear the extra cost of it. But I’m only guessing there -
I could be completely wrong.
Hope something there helps.
Kind regards
Daneil
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On 12 Jul 2023, at 6:33 pm, Rosemary Spark via WAMUG
<wa...@lists.wamug.org.au> wrote:
Hi there,
I received a glossy flyer in the mail saying that FTTP fibre to
premises is available in my area, listing various isp to contact
about
the upgrade. I checked on the nbnco website and it indicated my
address
was able to be upgraded.
We’re with Westnet (taken over by iiNet, taken over by TPG) and
have
been for many (20) years. Home page for accounts and email is still
Westnet. Anyway no indication that TPG was included in the upgrade.
I rang Westnet ( got a woman obviously based somewhere else) saying
FTTP was not available at my address, after keeping me on hold for
several minutes. I checked the only upgrade available on the
website is
for 5G…not the best fit.
So who is telling lies? Do I go with another ISP?
What is other people’s experience?
Cheers
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Rosemary Spark
PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
0414268043
[1]arkaysp...@gmail.com
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