February 28, 2015
by Rodney Gedda
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Being at one of the early release sites, it’s now been over a year since I moved to the NBN. In truth, I did have to keep my copper connection active in order to keep my POTS phone number, but … Continue reading
November 30, 2013
by Rodney Gedda
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With the CPE boxes installed and the fibre tail dug into your house, the third, and final, NBN contractor appointment brings the two ends together. The fibre tail is connected to the internal cable at the external ONT unit. The … Continue reading
September 29, 2013
by Rodney Gedda
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After waiting some time expecting to be notified of fibre availability in my area, and with the election nigh, I went ahead and selected an RSP (ISP) for a FTTH service. The installation date was booked, text messages were sent … Continue reading
August 30, 2013
by Rodney Gedda
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A few weeks after the pits have been upgraded in your area the product at the centre of the whole national broadband network debate – fibre optic cabling – will be installed. And it’s about time we were given the … Continue reading
July 29, 2013
by Rodney Gedda
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When was the last time you received some internet service provider advertising material in your letterbox? AOL CDs anyone? When the NBN comes to town you can expect to receive promotional letters spruiking the arrival and benefits of fast fibre … Continue reading
July 30, 2008
by Rodney Gedda
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After some five years as a Telstra mobile customer I’m almost certainly going to churn when my two-year contract concludes next month. Now there’s something to ponder – where the hell does one go to for decent mobile phone and … Continue reading
January 20, 2008
by Rodney Gedda
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My friendly ISP is experiencing some routing problems. I lodged a support ticket yesterday indicating I could not reach my blog from Telstra’s ADSL network because of Exetel’s network. The traceroute looked like this at the final hops… 25 1.4.96.58.exetel.com.au … Continue reading
October 15, 2007
by Rodney Gedda
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After my previous bitching and moaning about the speed of my new ADSL2+ connection, a routine upgrade surprised the hell out of me today. I hit… Fetched 184MB in 2m32s (1207kB/s) That’s about 1.2 MB per second – impressive – … Continue reading
July 31, 2007
by Rodney Gedda
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My new DSL service came online over the weekend so I’m now back online. I haven’t heard boo from Exetel so I will assume everything went according to plan. Thanks for the speedy and smooth turnaround. Although I will say … Continue reading
July 27, 2007
by Rodney Gedda
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I’ve received at least one e-mail and phone call indicating my new DSL service request has been acknowledged. Well that’s a relief. Now, apparently, it’s up to the powers (no pun intended) that be… Your DSL service order has been … Continue reading