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MyRepublic $59.99/Month (Min 12 Months) for 100/40 NBN Plan. No Download Limit. Launching 15 November

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The company that made 100 mbps plans the norm in Singapore, Indonesia and New Zealand is now launching in Australia. At 59.99 for a 100mbps line, it will be the cheapest 100mbps plan in Australia. Not to mention a lot cheaper than some ADSL plans and some lower speed NBN plans from other providers that have download limits. They also have a MyRepublic Gamer plan for 69.99. Not sure what different but possibly to do with low network latency (+static IP).

Not sure how they will manage the $59.99 price with the NBN's CVC pricing model on top of the AVC charge but the CVC pricing model is being overhauled soon hopefully

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  • +154

    Always hate these posts as there are no plans for NBN in my area.

    cry evry time :'(

    • +13

      i feel the same way, mine is estimated to come in 2018 but being realistic it's probably 2019-2020 :(

      • +50

        Thank you voters. The Rudd/Gillard NBN was scheduled for early this year. Now there isn't even an estimate any more for my area. :-(

        • have you checked the 3 year plan database here: http://www.nbnco.com.au/learn-about-the-nbn/three-year-const… ?

        • +18

          @FeZZa21: Nothing for me. Less than 4km from the Sydney CBD (in an area full of young entrepreneurial creative types) and still won't see the NBN before 2019. It's beyond a joke.

        • +2

          @FeZZa21: No NBN for me in the next 3 years as well. :(

        • @FeZZa21: Thanks for the link. Why can't they have the data from that in the regular search? H2-2018. So assuming the usual delays with a bit of luck at the end of the decade.

        • +5

          @FeZZa21:

          That list is a joke, just like the liberal government. Has our suburb listed for commencement 6 months ago (HFC). Every other checker thing says it's not started and there's no plan to start.

        • You can check Telstra's HFC rollout list here - https://telstrawholesale.com.au/content/dam/tw/nbn/Documents…
          So much more information than the NBN website, they're pathetic!

        • @tomwood: Thanks for providing that list, but any ideas why my suburb, Bentleigh (about 20 k's from Melbourne) is shown as Hobart CSA, along with many other suburbs, such as Burleigh Heads? If you do a text search you'll see hundreds of suburbs in many states listed as Hobart CSA.

        • @Tony76: I think it's just an error in the document…

      • +2

        realistic? Or optimistic you meant?

        • +6

          Realistically i'll move to Taiwan or South Korea before it happens

        • -6

          @rickyygee:

          South Korea internet is only good for connections within Korea. Trust me; when your connecting/downloading to sites outside Korea it's slower than dial up.

        • +1

          @KBZ:

          That makes no sense. Have you confused NK with SK?

        • +1

          @spawnpoint:

          Down vote me all you like I've been to Korea and torrenting and downloading from sites based in USA was incredibly slow. Eventhough I was getting close to fast speeds from servers based in Korea.

        • +7

          @KBZ: I've been there plenty of times too and found it incredibly fast. Even the free wifi at the airport was faster than my Telstra cable connected by Ethernet.

      • +23

        That's funny, I distinctly remember Turnbull saying before the election that every single home in Australia would be connected to the NBN by the end of 2016.

        • +1

          HAHAHAHAHAHA

    • +22

      Totally feel your pain. Pre-election this year i got a lovely little letterbox drop from Turncoat saying how i was getting NBN in second half of 2016. But strangely, since the election is done and dusted, nothing and no info at all for NBN in my area on nbnco site - funny that, hey? Also, i am stuck with the HFC NBN which tbh i have nfi how good will be. Le Sigh.

      • +5

        Feel your pain too, i'm constantly getting letters about comparing NBN plans and 'join NBN with us'. i go down to the local shops and there's 'sign up with NBN now'. but NBN is not in my suburb just all the suburbs around me, with not even a start date for my suburb. i can literally throw a rock from my place and hit a house that has NBN, dont ask how i know this

        • Yep. And now, as if to rub salt into the wounds, the episode of game scoop i was just watching on youtube goes to 144p quality and then just stops loading altogether, lol.. nice

        • +3

          Same here - always getting emails and seeing ads about joining up to the NBN. To rub salt into the wound, we were bombarded with emails from our local council who were running "everything you wanted to know about joining up to the NBN" workshops with local ISPs offering their various plans etc, because suburbs all around us are getting it. Last time I checked, we weren't due to get it until at least late 2018, and that's probably blown out now to "around the time hell freezes over".

    • +1

      Australia = Slow

      • +14

        And it could have been so different. If people hadn't voted in the Coalition in 2012 we'd all have NBN fibre to the home (FTTH) right now (in the major centres at least), and for a cheaper cost than this fibre to the node debacle which still used ancient Telstra copper. AAARGHH!

        • +17

          Do you actually believe that? Neither party was going to ever deliver the NBN in promised timelines, no matter what the access technology was.

        • +2

          But then how could they feather Telstra's nest to up their dividends, look how well it's done since? Cause & effect?
          The sad thing is now they're going to cut other services which will make the civil planners reduce speed limits, add more confusing signs, etc so they can fine you more.

        • +6

          @Punkboy: MTMess has made Slower, Expensive & Later due to politicising a vital infrastructure.
          They still don't want to admit the huge mistake after pointing from the Experts that anything else is waste of time & resource$.
          There were also delays from the Telstra monopoly not admitting on time that the copper status was pathetic & full of asbestos.

          If Telstra was not sold by Howard we would have had all done long time ago.
          Wake up call hasn't come yet!!! :/

        • +1

          @Punkboy:
          I don't mind waiting for 2 or 3 more years for the FTTH/FTTP. I don't blame the LNP for building the FTTN in majority. I blame those voters who voted for LNP for 2 consecutive and decisive terms. The MTM has created a haves and have nots. I believe once the FTTH/P started by ALP with then intention to 90+% of the population, it should be continued no matter what is the next party. For example, if one house had the FTTH/P built under the ALP, another identical house across the road missed the FTTH/P and got the FTTN under the LNP. Assuming the lands of these 2 houses have an equal value, then, which house would you buy even though you have to pay more for it? Keep in mind, the house owner with FTTH/P did not pay any cost for the FTTH/P.

        • @taki:

          You what is funny about selling off telstra in the first place? (sarcasm)

          Our tax dollars made telstra. So in effect, the 'voters owned telstra'. It was then sold off to the……… voters that already owned the entity…. almost the exact same ppl… so we made, then bought it? how dumb are we (and how smart is the govt, lol).

          And all just so shareholders can make a profit, and services are hamstrung by a new power structure that puts profits before services.

          Oh, and then the govt bought it back for us… far out lol!

          But don't worry, the libs will sell off the MTM (Mixed Technology Mess) in about 10 years time… even though we, the voters, already own it.

          … And then it will have to be bought back again in 20 years time… just to get everyone onto the fibre to the premise model, that most of the developed world already has, and by that time, is the norm…

          It's not funny, but funny as well. lol :/ :( :)

    • +2

      I live literally next door to a university and no plans here either lol

    • +3

      We get shit LNP one some time in 2020 it total joke. so sick of pay line rental 25.95 never made phone call on it.

      • You can get naked DSL or ADSL2+ with a VOIP line with no line rental charge. You can still make and receive calls VOIP line.

        e.g. TPG I'm on right now is $59.95 for unlimited ADSL2+ with line rental.

        • tpg doesnt have voip plans anymore tho?

          my uncle is on an old plan that he has to pay line rental seprately to telstra for

          i tried to switch to the 59 plan with line rental and they wanted a $99 fee

        • @furythree: If they want a fee, you're probably on contract. They didn't charge me a fee to switch to it. I was already paying the same price, but without line rental.

          http://tpg.com.au/adsl?utm_source=TPG_Front_59&utm_medium=CP…

        • +1

          It still has line rental, they're just bundling it up into the plan cost itself to hide it. There's no benefit to going with a naked branded plan, only downsides in increased maintenance issues. It's bad advice to tell someone to go for it.

        • @Rawrr: i dont understand, are you saying that my uncle can switch to a naked plan and then cancel his line rental with telstra with no issues?

        • @lostn: hes been a customer since 2008, im sure his plan is over now

        • @furythree:

          i dont understand, are you saying that my uncle can switch to a naked plan and then cancel his line rental with telstra with no issues?

          Yes. If he doesn't need the landline.

          Naked plan usually costs $10 more.

          But it's better to get one that includes line rental bundled in, like the one I linked to.

          It still has line rental, they're just bundling it up into the plan cost itself to hide it.

          If it costs the same with or without line rental, then it's effectively free. I was paying $60 for unlimited DSL2+ and $30 to Telstra for line rental. I switched to $60 unlimited DSL2+ that included line rental (via VOIP) and stopped paying $30 to Telstra, saving me $30.

          hes been a customer since 2008, im sure his plan is over now

          Try speaking to another operator. It might be a case of, it depends who you speak to. I just called them up and asked if I could switch to it. They sent me an email and made me reply to it in acceptance of the terms. It started a new 24 month contract, but no startup fee.

        • +1

          @furythree: No the exact opposite. A phone+ADSL plan and a 'naked' ADSL plan both require line rental. The providers that offer you naked plans just hide the line rental in the plan price, and pretend you aren't paying it. You still are. It's the same total cost, and sometimes more. Also as you don't have an active phone service (despite still requiring the phone line, which you do for any form of DSL) you have the lowest priority if there are any faults that occur, weeks to wait for repairs rather than days. The lines often don't have a whetting current applied as they would normally so the copper more easily becomes faulty, and a myriad of other issues.

          Do not go for a naked plan, it will not cost you less, and for your purposes it's just marketing trying to sell you a lesser service for the same price. Bad idea.

        • @Rawrr: ah thats what i thought

          ill see if i can call them to get the plan change waived then

          cheers

        • @lostn: are there alternatives to TPG if they wont waive the fee?

    • +8

      Don't cry too much. The Abbott/Turnbull version is a joke anyway. As this article says, most (inc mine) are ADSL speeds (because of the damn copper to the node being so crap) which in peak periods still suffer congestion and even on 25/5 it's between 8 - 50kbps (yes, kilobytes) in the evenings when everyone in our street jumps on the 'NBN', and the culprit is the way NBN have structured the service/costs to suppliers, resulting in CVC congestion:
      http://blog.jxeeno.com/cvc-remains-the-single-biggest-threat…
      http://blog.jxeeno.com/nbn-rebate-higher-speeds/

      I blame all the coalition voters. If there are any on here who are complaining about the NBN…. it's thanks to you.

      I'm paying $79 a month to Exetel for crap speeds (unless I get on at 11pm when it can get up to around 5 - 6 MBps).

      • +3

        CVC is nothing to do with MTM/FTTN or Turnbull.

      • and even on 25/5 it's between 8 - 50kbps (yes, kilobytes) in the evenings when everyone in our street jumps on the 'NBN'

        I'm on DSL2+ and get better speeds than that. I have a stable 1.2MB/s at all times. I don't see how NBN could get worse than that for me since it will use the same copper.

        Am I in for a rude shock when I switch to NBN?

      • I blame all the coalition voters. If there are any on here who are complaining about the NBN…. it's thanks to you.

        I'm not normally a single issue voter, but I voted labor in 2010 for their promise of FTTP. They had 3 years to deliver it to me and didn't. Eventually I lost patience and too many other issues got in the way of the picture that I couldn't ignore.

        • +1

          So you're blaming coalition voters for labor's incompetence? You really think if they were in power now that the NBN will be rolled out any quicker? Please.

          Sorry that reply was meant for Storm not you lostn.

        • @CVonC: No idea if it will be rolled out quicker. Probably not, and it will blow out and end up costing much more than they claimed. But you would eventually get it.

          Whether it ends up being worth the money invested is another matter. Many people don't think too much about the big picture or opportunity cost.

      • I'm on 100/40 NBN and get the full speeds almost all the time. I guess I'm just lucky.

        • Me too, I get 97/1, but my LAN is brokeded. Suspect driver issue, have ordered a PCIe LAN adaptor. That'll fix me up.

    • The NBN roll out is weird. Have a look around Ulladulla NSW - there are two major towns (Ulladulla and Milton) and houses all up the coast along Mollymook beach etc.

      About 5km inland, which is pretty much all farmland with hardly anyone, is NBN connected. The map even shows that there are beach areas which are national parks and where no one lives (its sand) are connected (not sure how)

      Where people actually live - not connected and no plans as yet.

      And to get ADSL costs a minimum of $80 per month because its 'regional'

      • +1

        Probably wifi connections there.

      • Looks better if you can colour in more of a map. Bigger areas with fewer connections and less infrastructure rollout issues ;-)

    • As per Liberal leadership, we dont need NBN speed proved by the 25/5 or lower plans by most of people. So our govt. is not futuristic and thinking to patch current bad speeds or bottlenecks of ADSL network. Glad I have NBN to my area before Labour went out of power.

      • +3

        I think they wanted more than that. The cost just became too much. We're a big land mass with a relatively small population. It's going to be an expensive outlay to serve a relatively small number of people.

        Labor didn't care too much about costings. It was a vote winner. Unfortunately, they had too many vote losers, so NBN alone couldn't get them re-elected.

    • +2

      Wait till u find out you can only manage 26mbps/9mbps on a 100/40 FTTN due to degraded copper wire. Since Malcolm Turnbulls Mess (MTM) fttn guarantees a 12/1 connection service…nobody is willing to fix the line. Mind u im only 300m away from the node.

      Some nights my adsl2+ outperformed my fttn due to congestion.

      Its no wonder many are falling back to 12/1 and 25/5 plans to add to malcoms boof head claims statistics that that is what we are opting for….

      • https://www1.nbnco.com.au/technology_choice/individual_premi… or if not complete yet
        Technology Choice - Area Switch $1100 application for up to 200 premises for full Fibre upgrade.
        The green FTTN cabinet has just been installed on the corner of our 6 units block. I don't know how long until all connected.

        They told me Area Switch needs design planning before completion, so currently looking for options to share/find ISP willing to help & get a good value contract for more premises. Current provider iiNet.

        Via iSelect I got advice Telstra might be able to do something, but as ethically conscious I try to avoid their monopoly.

        Any suggestions?

        • +3

          Sorry to burst your bubble. We've gone over this avenue on whirlpool and it is not an affordable avenue as what Turnbulls upgrade option would lead u to believe. I was prepared to pay up to $5k but that was wishful thinking according to NBNCo. I paid $330 just for NBNCo to let me know it will be several thousands anywhere between 12-20k. If i wanted an optimistic quote with a survey and design request its another fee.

          Even with this ridiculous estimate (switching from fttn to fttp), this would absolutely be a wasteful exercise due to the congestion issues that would limit our technology capabilities as many are finding out.

        • @im: Thanks for the info. Interesting that on large scale dif between FTTN & FTTP is ~$400 & reducing. Now they wants us to pay ridiculous prices just to discourage us & prove they were right that people don't need fast NBN. It is unreasonable to subscribe to a speed that's not achievable.
          Would have been better if the pricing was based on guaranteed (SLA) minimum 80% of time.

          If only the government or NBN were more visionary.

    • +2

      I've had FTTH NBN for nearly six years. It's sad how long it's taking the govt to finish it.

    • You're not missing out on anything. I am paying for 100/40 yet due to congestion, I'm downloading at around 3MB/s as opposed to the 12MB/s I was hoping. The NBN is shit. Pretty sure my old ADSL2+ connection was faster.

    • 18 kms from perth City SOR and No NBN planned and really slow internet.

  • +13

    exceppt most ppl in metro areas still waiting on nbn… :(

    • +112

      Malcolm said everyone will have high speed internet by 2016. Not to worry only 2 months to go. :p

      • +15

        Typical in this country with any project (regardless of who's in), contractor/s fall behind the deadline deliberately, and instead of getting penalised, they receive more time and more money. And then they fall behind again and still receive more money. Then add all the bad weather, which means no work, and rdos, and then Christmas coming up, and what is predicted to be a very hot summer (which means more stop work days), probably lucky to be done by end of next year

        • +30

          End of next year? I like your positivity. But, this won't be completed for many years to come. Thanks to the Libs for botching what would have been a very necessary and consistent internet infrastructure.

          Now let's mix and match solutions all we can! So that in a few more years, we'll end up scrapping it and upgrading again! Wasting billions!

          Sick and tired of these short-sighted governments run by out of date, old-school politicans with no direction or innovation. Same old crap.

        • +1

          @DrDollar: And the greedy unions involved with their ridiculous rates and agreements with both governments are probably equally to blame too. Was just reading about China completing a 2000km ‘quantum' network connecting Beijing with hanghai next month. Imagine if they tried to do that here!

        • @Sammyboy: If Telstra wasn't privatised by Howard et al, we could have done much better.

        • @Sammyboy: 'quantum'.. interesting buzz word but what does it do exactly?

        • +1

          The original CEO of NBNCo Mike Quigley refused to pay contractors more when they tried to play those games and not pay their subcontractors, despite other contractors getting by fine with the agreed to payments. Malcolm got in, fired him, replaced him with a failed ex-Telstra executive then paid the contractors a huge excess immediately to blow out the FTTP cost. Then used that to make it look like FTTN was thereby cheaper. That payout is still included in the price differential between FTTN and FTTP today. It adds an inflated cost of about $400 per premises to the FTTP side.

        • @lostn: It's a conventional network intended to share quantum keys purely for the use of providing unbreakable encryption, there was some mention of quantum entanglement being required for large distances. It's irrelevant to this discussion.

        • @Rawrr: Whenever something claims to be unbreakable, all it does is tempt fate..

        • @lostn: With that example, I was thinking more along the lines of that they probably only started this year (I'm making a blatant assumption here) and it will be finished this year, which is something that would never be possible in this country.

      • +2

        If he said that then he is 11 months late. Did he say "by" or "by the end" of 2016, There is a huge difference. Either way he is not going to be even close.

        I just moved house and was told I was extremely lucky an ADSL offnet Port was availabile in my exchange. With no other options I would had to use dialup or mobile internet.

        • +3

          i crossed off 12 fantastic houses cause of shitty internet

          for each house i inspected the first question i checked/asked was if they have the NBN/cable

          the agent's face was dumbstruck

          "But its a post modern brick veneer design!"
          "Yeah but can i pirate game of thrones at 100mbit?"

        • @furythree:

          Absolutely crazy given its 2016. Mawson Lakes in Adelaide is known as a Technology Hub and people living there struggle to get decent internet.

        • @furythree: I was going to renew my lease but then a new build property became availible in the next suburb, agents had no clue it had NBN but I confirmed it did, so signed in a heartbeat. Also pre regd for this deal but if you want to see something depressing MyRepubllic offer a 1Gbps service in Singapore for S$49.99.

          Has anybody mentioned the $200 off a PS4 Pro if you sign up for the gamer pack at no additional charge?

      • High speed? NBN?

        I take it he meant in aggregate, rather than per user. Otherwise it's never coming.

        • +2

          I think I need a bit more context. What was the 30 mins promise about? Travel time? Obviously that depends how far you can travel.

          If you are waiting for a bus and then train, there's no way he can give you an estimate for how long you have to wait. That depends what time you get to the stop/station. If you just missed your bus, you're in for a long wait. You can't hang that on Turnbull.

          No one can give estimates for public transport time. There's too much variables there.

          And you having your license stolen can't be pinned on him either.

        • @lostn:

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm_99S1RoPU

          In the Europe they use tripods bcos the Police kept losing in court.
          Over here they introduced legislation to prevent people questioning capture methods.

        • +2

          Pretty sure speeding fines are administered by state governments, not Federal.

          Have to laugh at the people who blame the Government for everything under the sun.

  • Nbn is coming to my area next month :o

    • Mine toooooo!

      • +2

        Last I checked mine was 2018 /cry

        • +1

          Same here 😭

    • where do you check ?

      • +4

        http://www.nbnco.com.au/learn-about-the-nbn/rollout-map.html - I have been checking it for years now, still no joy in my area :(

        • just checked mine, it says Estimated time to commence Construction is in Q1-2017, by the way what is 3TNI ?

        • +1

          @dodgybrothers: Cant complaint the whole Sydney is like a tiny speck of salt and pepper on a pizza.

        • +1

          The rollout of the nbn™ network has not started in this area

          Don’t worry, we are planning to come to you. We're working collaboratively with local governments on the design and deployment of the network for each area.

          We were Fixed Wireless Q4-2016, so going backwards.

        • +4

          Our area didn't even have dial-up, because of the crap copper and lack of ADSL ports (and the exchange being too far away). So everyone in our area was on some wireless (Vivid (crap, but better than nothing), Vodafone etc.). Red Wireless were a lifesaver as they have their own towers and gave me excellent speeds and service… they have to check your premises to see if they can set a dish up and get a decent signal first, before they go ahead.

          http://www.redbroadband.com.au/technology/

          Anyway, I contacted our local Federal MP (Liberal - Ken Wyatt), and told them how bad the area was for internet. He had a word with Malcolm and we eventually got added to the nbn rollout and bumped up.

          So, complain to your local Fed MP.

        • +1

          @dodgybrothers: It's the identification code of your service area. https://www.finder.com.au/nbn-tracker/sa/3TNI

        • +1

          @dodgybrothers: its nbn's name for your region, the number refers to the state 3=VIC; TNI=Tarneit.

        • @bashprompt:
          thank you

      • Also try using this one, it gives the timing that NBNCo has released in other places but doesn't provide on their own map, drag the pin to your address. https://www.finder.com.au/nbn-tracker/map

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