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Chery (Great Australian Pods)<p>I've just spent half an hour fiddling with the internet connection. It dropped out so hotspotted from my phone to husband's laptop so he could finish watching something on iView. Internet came back. Ethernet and wifi working on my desktop. Wifi working on both phones. Could not connect husband's laptop. Reset adaptor, rebooted laptop, forgot network etc. Rebooted modem router. Nothing. Kept trying. Then it just worked. No idea why. Damn internet gremlins. 👾</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Ethernet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethernet</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WiFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WiFi</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NBN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NBN</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FTTN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTTN</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
the unbeliever<p>Here in the outer suburbs of Adelaide SA, most get their internet via the NBN's Fixed Wireless towers.<br>Speeds vary a lot, depending on distance, trees and local tower congestion at peak times.<br>Last month, our tower got upgraded to 5G/mmWave.<br>Speed went from 100/8 to 350/24<br>I took a photo this morning using Nikon D610 + Sigma 400mm f5.6 APO lens - we are 800m away.<br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/nbn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nbn</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> # photography</p>
Duncan Bayne<p>Anyone here had any experiences, for better or worse, with Leaptel? </p><p>I'm looking at options for an Internet connection at our Scout hall. I've only ever had great customer service experiences with AussieBB, but have also had Leaptel recommended.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/nbn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nbn</span></a></p>
Sathya<p>got my internet upgraded for the same price as my current 100 down/40 up plan. It's truly abysmal how much NBN is hobbling the uplinks. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nbn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nbn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/broadband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broadband</span></a></p>
Brian Grinter<p>Looks like the NBN is going with Amazon satellite rather than Starlink. While it’s still owned by a tech billionaire at least he’s not a Nazi</p><p>Looks a bit like Lex Luthor though…<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/nbn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nbn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/interner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interner</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://apple.news/AqtF2vGXTRWac-0rbpbGy3A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apple.news/AqtF2vGXTRWac-0rbpb</span><span class="invisible">Gy3A</span></a></p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​<p>I suspect <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NBN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NBN</span></a> contractors <em>might</em> be at work in my street [&amp; specifically outside my house atm], finally running fibre-optic cable up my street from the node box ~700 m away. A normal peep would not speculate, but simply wander outside, say g'day, &amp; have a look/ask. Ofc not me though; i'm quietly under my bed, trembling with all the other silverfish &amp; cockroaches &amp; spiders, hoping they &amp; their noise go away soon. </p><p>D0gknows how i'm gonna manage, some other time, to actually deal with them coming into my place, inside my home, for the necessary Doings, later once my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISP</span></a> advises me that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FttP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FttP</span></a> is finally available for me if i want it [which i do, just not the peeps needed to get it]. Sigh.</p>
SeaFury 🦜🍉<p>I hate it when my upload speed is faster than my download speed. But this is ridiculous!!! <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NBN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NBN</span></a></p>
fukawi2<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/NBN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NBN</span></a> Fixed Wireless has such consistent performance... If by consistent you mean consistently goes to shit of an evening.</p>
thefathippy<p>Hurrah!</p><p>My replacement NBN box lasted almost three weeks! No really close lightning, no blackouts. I was using it, decided to unplug. Too late, by the time I got there it was faulting. No internet. Sigh? Back to [shudder] 4G. 😭</p><p>Sure, the box isn't flashing red this time, but it may as well be.</p><p>Does FTTP have this problem? 🤔</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FirstWorldProblems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstWorldProblems</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NBN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NBN</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FTTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTTC</span></a></p>
RTN<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ABCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABCNews</span></a>:<br>"Elon Musk's Starlink is connecting hundreds of thousands of regional Australians to the internet"</p><p>""When parts of the market become dependent on one person, and when that person is as petulant and as erratic as Elon Musk, then you're setting yourself up to fail," Professor Andrew Dodd from the Centre for Advancing Journalism, told 7.30."</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-07/government-not-concerned-elon-musk-starlink-australians/104905102" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-02-07/gov</span><span class="invisible">ernment-not-concerned-elon-musk-starlink-australians/104905102</span></a></p><p>6.2.2025</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Australien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australien</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/NBN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NBN</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Raumfahrt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raumfahrt</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Satelliten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satelliten</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Satellitenkommunikation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satellitenkommunikation</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SpaceFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceFlight</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a></p>
Jack Scott<p>I live out in the 'middle of nowhere' (about 8km from the nearest telephone exchange, lol), and because our federal government sucks, I'm forced onto either NBN Satellite with its horrible latency, or Musk's Starlink.</p><p>Up until now I've been happy with the Starlink service, even if I've disliked its owner.</p><p>Given the events of the events of the last few weeks though, I'm now actively looking into other options. Even if I'm happy continuing to pay Starlink (which I'm not, really), I honestly think the risk of Starlink being switched off in Australia as some sort of political maneuver is non-zero at this point.</p><p>Seriously considering starting up a WISP for the valley I live in.</p><p>The TLDR: Musk is a Nazi, and I'm not happy with Starlink.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starlink</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/nbn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nbn</span></a></p>
thefathippy<p>Hurrah! I have NBN again! I'm only 400m from the highway &amp; have no 5G alternative (yet they do further out my road 🤷). Let me tell you, 4G really wasn't cutting it, image loading &amp; video quality reminding me of the glory days of dial up, despite running much faster &amp; using faster devices. Bloatware &amp; enshittification, I guess. </p><p>As suspected, the NBN tech replaced the offending NBN box with an unfried version, a few minutes of devices shaking hands, &amp; everything's tickety boo. ✅</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NBN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NBN</span></a></p>
Morpheus Being<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NBN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NBN</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MWM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MWM</span></a> </p><p>How did we end up with the botched NBN? Blame the correct political party and never, ever vote them back in.</p><p><a href="https://michaelwest.com.au/how-did-the-clever-country-end-up-with-a-90-billion-botched-nbn/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">michaelwest.com.au/how-did-the</span><span class="invisible">-clever-country-end-up-with-a-90-billion-botched-nbn/</span></a></p>
Morpheus Being<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NBN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NBN</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MWM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MWM</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://michaelwest.com.au/labor-nbn-election-campaign/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">michaelwest.com.au/labor-nbn-e</span><span class="invisible">lection-campaign/</span></a></p>
Drop Bear<p>Evidently "finished" means they're finally phasing out FttN.<br>"...subsequent years showed FTTN was expensive to maintain and inadequate to support surging broadband demands — and that the Coalition had buried $7.4 billion in expenses amidst efforts to obscure cost blowouts that ultimately reached $58 billion."<br><a href="https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2025/govt-pledges--3b-to--finish--nbn-with-more-fibre.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ia.acs.org.au/article/2025/gov</span><span class="invisible">t-pledges--3b-to--finish--nbn-with-more-fibre.html</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://theblower.au/@david" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>david</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://theblower.au/@HardBeingGreen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HardBeingGreen</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/NBN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NBN</span></a></p>
Morpheus Being<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NBN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NBN</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MWM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MWM</span></a></p><p><a href="https://michaelwest.com.au/upgraded-nbn-could-compete-with-elon-musks-starlink/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">michaelwest.com.au/upgraded-nb</span><span class="invisible">n-could-compete-with-elon-musks-starlink/</span></a></p>
ApaulD<p>It’s not what the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marketing</span></a> or the ads or the words from the mouth or what the paid <a href="https://aus.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> platform disseminates. It’s what politicians VOTE FOR or BLOCK that matters. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> </p><p>This is Dutton, leader of the Australian (neo)Liberal Party, and his vote on our <a href="https://aus.social/tags/nbn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nbn</span></a></p>
Brett<p>Huh, it seems there's some outside hope I might get the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NBN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NBN</span></a> connection I was originally going to get to my house in suburban Canberra in 2010, and then again in 2023.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Drop Bear<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://theblower.au/@david" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>david</span></a></span> <br>What worries me is they're talking about "finishing the NBN". National infrastructure is never "finished".</p><p>It will eventually get to a point when we need to go back to where we started and replace what's reaching end-of-life, but there is no end to the works. The service life of optical fibre is 3 to 4 times that of copper, so we're still a long way from the end of the beginning.<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://theblower.au/@HardBeingGreen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HardBeingGreen</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/NBN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NBN</span></a></p>
Paul<p>There are lots of things that need to be funded by government but I think they are right in saying improving the NBN in areas that need it is an investment that will pay dividends </p><p>It's just a shame the original mantra of "do it once, do it with fibre" wasn't applied. Turnbull really dropped the ball on this one</p><p>Also agree it's increasingly concerning that people are relying on Starlink given how Musk has lost the plot </p><p>I wonder if the recent rash of spending in rural and regional areas is a lesson learnt from the Queensland election where Labor was crucified outside Brisbane?</p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/NBN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NBN</span></a></p>