DaveRuming Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Getting installed on Friday (was sopose to be last friday but optus are hopeless), just asking if anybody here has it? How is it? and is it really any better than ADSL?Id usually go telstra but ill have to wait like 2 more months, plus optus have an Unlimited pack for like $125 month (No contract) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 No... But I have heard it is considerably better. We have some areas here that have it, some with ADSL and some with nothing because the current government stopped the roll out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveRuming Posted May 19, 2014 Author Share Posted May 19, 2014 yeah wasnt really planned out well, they should at least give you the option to choose between the two.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 I don't have it, but it will make ADSL look shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pending Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 My cousin has it and shes getting 100mbps down not sure about up though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 It's a clusterfuck in my area at the moment, some whales are getting the 'old' fttp and others are getting the new fttn. My street is supposed to get it within the next 12 months on optus but I already get 16mbps down so I dont really give two shits. The only shit thing is that these fagets only play shitty f2p games (read:league of legends) so it doesnt even mean anything to them other than bragging rights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 There is already fibre running all over the place near mine (live right near the Uni + ISP data centre), and i'm still stuck on ADSL1 with nights where it turns to shit. House isn't on NBN rollout map either.E.g. last night (couldn't even upload the screenshot when I took it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolDios Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Friends down the road from me have it. 25 Mega Bytes download speed. It's wicked as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJ Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 wait with speedtest readouts dont you have to divide it by 7 or some shit for the realistic download speed?when i load up the tv shows i get some pretty tank dl speeds---> greatest thing about living on collegeive seen it get much better than this but just for reference sake this was taken a minute ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Ye, speedtest measures in megabits per second, which is one eighth of a megabyte which most torrent shit measures in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJ Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Ye, speedtest measures in megabits per second, which is one eighth of a megabyte which most torrent shit measures in.yeah thought so. is still pretty wicked fast though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Ye, speedtest measures in megabits per second, which is one eighth of a megabyte which most torrent shit measures in.You can change that, but maybe it requires registration? My internet is shaped right now. I couldn't even open speedtest.com to run the test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeatLeSS Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Hehe, I'm at the uni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggssell Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 i just ordered fibre for my new joint i got the 500M plan (they had three choices 100,300,500). no idea what that means for speed, let you know next week.spewing though, the stupid fibre box is near door. on the other side of where the tv goes!!! so cant wire up my apple tv and sexbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 i just ordered fibre for my new joint i got the 500M plan (they had three choices 100,300,500). no idea what that means for speed, let you know next week.spewing though, the stupid fibre box is near door. on the other side of where the tv goes!!! so cant wire up my apple tv and sexboxWouldn't you just use a router for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggssell Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 yeh but i still preferred wired for maximum video streaming!thats the way i currently have my apple tv running in the serviced apartment im in, and nba tv runs sooo nicely in full HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeatLeSS Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 yeh but i still preferred wired for maximum video streaming!thats the way i currently have my apple tv running in the serviced apartment im in, and nba tv runs sooo nicely in full HD.Hope that's not 500M quota haha Yeah, Kodiak is right, you should be able to wire up a Router/Switch to do just the same thing yeah? You'll need a Modem for the incoming fibre (unless the apartment has one already), just get a good router to latch on to it if you don't get a Modem/Router combo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 yeh but i still preferred wired for maximum video streaming!thats the way i currently have my apple tv running in the serviced apartment im in, and nba tv runs sooo nicely in full HD.Sorry was meaning an Ethernet switch. Regardless wifi should be a to handle that. I stream HD content across mine all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggssell Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 yeh i get a router Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggssell Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 got installed today. was looking at the powerline options. turns out the thing i thought was a phone line was actually a dataline output. woot wired goodness for games and video streamingjust tested mac on wifi. i dont know whats good but seems goodall the pr0n oh wait singapore..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJ Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 fuck as hoping to be fastest on adjf.not nowfaku (nodolan) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggssell Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 cant check wired as macbook has no ethernet connectionmaybe ill try my work one later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJ Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 cant check wired as macbook has no ethernet connectionmaybe ill try my work one laterlook forward to the update on bau5 speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 You said you got a 500m plan. If that is speed related (500mbps), it's possible you'll get faster on Ethernet. The speeds you're getting there is already twice as fast as the previous aus gov was aiming to be in 10 years time lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeatLeSS Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I'm fucking moving.. Need a roomie, Eggs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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