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Old 09-04-2019, 07:29 AM
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+1 for TPG. I am locked into business plans with Telstra , but I would happily go back to TPG. Basic well priced good service without the expensive singing and dancing. Be prepared for pain as some of the old connections in the last copper part are pretty bad and some of the equipment sent out is cheap. So complain early if there is any fault and prepare to have the line in tidied up if connections are dropped. Funnily enough the business line to the same premises has no faults and comes with mobile backup, other than hopelessly disorganised installation, where the bare NBN phone line has endless line faults which require repair of Trujillo parts in the street.

Some streets here have the original pre Malcom plan with FTP. Lucky *******s. NBN FTTN is not really much quicker some days than the old ADSL guaranteed line.

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Originally Posted by pmrid View Post
Thanks everyone. I appreciate the recommendations and suggestions.
In a way, NBN is a but like petrol; lots of suppliers but essentially the same product no matter how you name it or brand it. It's still the same - a "rose by any other name etc etc".

The Standard 50 seems about my size and it seems I'll end up paying about $70 a month. I resent paying that much but I would be willing to bet that a large component of that price eventually finds its way back to Telstra as the price for access to the copper network. Has very little to do with the actual cost of supplying the core service, just the way you get the last 50 meters to your modem.

Peter
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