NBN FTTB - Belong to TPG or MyRepublic or ...?

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  scrimshaw on 27/03/2017 - 00:46

  though not too happy with the reliability as I experienced 3 outages in less than a year..

  outages are probably due to infrastructure issues (belonging to nbnco, or in your case, probably TPG??) and probably not your RSP's fault.

  Another brand you could look at is Wondercom — which is actually a subsidiary of TPG. They handle the Fttb business.

  https://www.wondercom.com.au/home

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    OzFrugie on 27/03/2017 - 01:24

    my apartment building is not eligible for Wondercom :(

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    luffyex2010 on 27/03/2017 - 10:03

    I am in the midst to be an ex employee of Wondercom.

    Please get from TPG directly as Wondercom Pty Ltd will ceased it operation before the first half of this year.

    Furthermore TPG FTTB pricing is $59.99 so its no brainer.

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      OzFrugie on 27/03/2017 - 10:27

      I asked and they said no plan to get my apartment building "upgraded" to TPG / Wondercom FTTB (not NBN FTTB).

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        luffyex2010 on 27/03/2017 - 10:57

        There are a few ways to get your building to be upgraded to TPG FTTB.

        1) Its the executive committee of the building can be request to TPG directly.
        2) Its the voice/Signature of petition of the residents/tenants that can push the EC to upgrade to TPG FTTB
        3) Sometimes its something else that is preventing the upgrade e.g. infrastructure constraints, EC dislike ahem TPG cough cough for no whatsoever reason or the building cables has partnership with other ISP or Telcos as I have encounter some are owned by Telstra and some the residents are happy as it is an doesn't want change.

        Good Luck in upgrading your internet.

        Its worth it to have 100mbs at 59.99….compared to me paying 100 for crappy internet speeds cable speeds with optus telling me its congested there is nothing they can do about it, feel free to leave if you want to…
        Which I can't as that is the next fastest speed from ADSL2+ options (somedays even slower than that no joke as I can't even stream netflix)

        Good news is NBN will be ready in my area soon and I can change back to TPG NBN.

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        OzFrugie on 27/03/2017 - 22:14

        @luffyex2010:

        I was told that no plan in foreseeable future to upgrade to TPG FTTB as my building is too far for the Hub-site.

        Should I lose my hope? :(

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        luffyex2010 on 27/03/2017 - 23:16

        @OzFrugie:

        In an alternate timeline/future:-
        Hell no, Hope is the only thing that will help you to save $40 a month :)

        but from the current real-timeline situation:-
        As far as I am aware if its coming from a TPG network/engineer > telling the customer service person > to directly to you then its a straight no.

        In a different alternate time line universe:-
        Unless somebody can resurrect Nikola Tesla my mad scientist idol, he can surely solve your problem in a snap.

        Note: Don't bother to take your kids to watch Batman Lego the movie….its a waste of money

        Holy late bats out~~

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  Richardc on 27/03/2017 - 01:19

  isn't TPG also $60pm for 50-100Mbps FTTB?
  I'm lucky got mine connected within 5 days.

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    OzFrugie on 27/03/2017 - 01:25

    nah.. $70 for unlimited 25/5 Mbps.. $90 for 100/40 (500 GB)..

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      Richardc on 27/03/2017 - 01:27

      I think u r looking at the NBN pricing.

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        OzFrugie on 27/03/2017 - 10:26

        Yes, I was. My building is not eligible for TPG/Wondercom FTTB.. so have to stick with NBN (FTTB)

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  roundnumbersonly on 27/03/2017 - 11:08

  I was about to go with Myrepublic for the price/speed, but the reviews were just so awful. I ended up going with iinet in the end as Skymesh wasn't available at my address. I'd look into skymesh, if it's available at your address.

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  CLoSeR on 27/03/2017 - 12:28

  NO way would I go MyRepublic, your peak speeds will be rubbish. I'm with Internode and peak speeds are excellent, also on NBN FTTB infrastructure and our block is a similar 70+ units.

  From that list I would suggest TPG, or one of their subs such as iiNet or Internode. Internode are the pick if you want a 50/20 speed plan which not many offer.

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  [Deactivated] on 27/03/2017 - 22:20

  Skymesh
  Don't know why i have to keep repeating myself
  Go cheap, get cheap

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  ash2000 on 27/03/2017 - 22:25

  Don't go with myrepublic…. Unusable. Adsl1 speeds during peak times. I'm on it now.

  They prioritise there data to certain sites….. At the top of the list is speedtest.net . On that site I'll get an 80/30 Mbps speed result. However, anywhere else I'll get around 3-5mbps. Torrents less than 200kbps.

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  OzFrugie on 03/04/2017 - 09:35

  Thanks all for your comments.

  If the NBN technology in my building is FTTB, does it mean that regardless which ISP I use, it will use exactly the same infrastructure and equipments?

  For example, if I now get 23Mbps with Belong NBN, I would get the same speed regardless which ISP I choose as long as my connection stays with NBN FTTB?
  Similarly, for outages. Which ISP I use does not matter?

  What will be the differentiators amongst different ISPs for NBN FTTB other than customer service?

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    Hirolol on 10/04/2017 - 14:07

    Your speed is service provider dependant.

    If they say you can get speeds of 100/40 then if they have the bandwidth then it's possible to get close to it.
    Most don't purchase enough bandwidth to support the volume so you're going to see drops in speed.

    If there is anyone else you can go with that is a small isp they might have less customers and more focussed on making the customer happy rather than squeeze as much money out of them as posssible.