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Originally Posted by LewisM
Agree Richard. Telstra informs us we cannot get over 44 Mbps with the NBN due to the FTTC technology.
Why they won't even offer us NBN Satellite...yet a mere 10km away they have it.
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Friend is on FTTC via TPG and is on 100/40. Biggest rate limiting step for FTTC is the copper link between your house and the curb. If it’s old and dodgy, you won’t get good speeds. It can be replaced. Telstra don’t want to have that argument with customers so don’t let you ask for anything above 50/20.
Satellite has latency of ~600 msec. I occasionally connect to a remote observatory via NBN Satellite (when the 4G link is down) - useable, but only just. Download speeds are ok, but it takes a while to wind up the rubber band. They use the satellite for data backhaul.
DT