OzBargain nbn Upgrade Requests Make ABC News!

[Deactivated] on 10/02/2021 - 16:50
Last edited 10/02/2021 - 16:51

We made ABC news!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-10/nbn-how-to-get-full-f…

Hundreds of thousands of Australians are set to receive free or subsidised full-fibre internet upgrades in coming years. But that has not stopped tens of thousands of Australians yearning for fast internet from asking NBN Co how much an immediate upgrade costs, including 8,000 in the past week alone.

Given this post has 12277 clicks, almost all of these requests came from Ozbargainers:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/602365

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Comments

  • MS Paint on 10/02/2021 - 16:52
    -2

    Ok

  • Top G on 10/02/2021 - 16:54
    +6

    Fibre to the node will be good enough fam- M. Turnbull

  • ShortyX on 10/02/2021 - 17:24

    almost all of these requests came from Ozbargainers

    I doubt it. The news was on other websites and some OzBargainers already have FTTP.

  • JimmyF on 10/02/2021 - 17:46

    I liked the old system that gave instant quotes. That didn't last long at all!

    • Twix on 10/02/2021 - 18:41
      +1

      Instant quotes are mostly back. nbn Technology Choice FTTP Upgrade Quote $0 (Was $330) @ nbn Co

      • JimmyF on 10/02/2021 - 18:45
        -1

        But that is not instant…. You have to request it and wait. The old 'instant' system was punch in your address and within minutes you would get emailed a price!

        https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/587896

        • ESEMCE on 10/02/2021 - 21:08
          +1

          I got my $11k quote the other day on the website, no waiting at all.

        • Twix on 10/02/2021 - 21:32

          You are the first to say that. Maybe it was a bug.

          • JimmyF on 10/02/2021 - 22:31
            +1

            @Twix: Strange, didn't work earlier, but I tried another address of a family member and got a quote instantly. Maybe my address is now one of those 'special' ones.

            Interesting, last time I did that address the quote was ~$4k to upgrade, now its $12k!!!!

            Ahh NBN the gift that keeps on giving.

            • Twix on 10/02/2021 - 22:33
              +1

              @JimmyF: What a jump in price! Is that HFC?

              • JimmyF on 10/02/2021 - 22:43
                +1

                @Twix: Yep HFC… I checked my messages and yep it was ~$4k. I was shocked it was so cheap last time.

      • veej on 12/02/2021 - 10:26

        I did this the other day to see how much it'd cost out of curiousity and was quoted around $10k.

        I think I'll be waiting a while to see if anyone closer to the node upgrades and check the pricing again at the end of the year. That or wait for NBN to finally do the work on my line that has a remediation date that is at the end of 2022 since my line isn't up to scratch after multiple visits by NBN over the last couple of years.

        I've lived at the same address for several years but am renting so definitely not wanting to incur a large cost by being the 1st person on the block to attempt a FTTP upgrade.

        That or waiting and waiting to see if they push my FTTN area up to FTTP eventually, or relocating but not too keen on that currently even though my internet is very average with poor upload speeds. Sucks because I'm physically 300 metres from my node but I'm at the end of the line cabled the wrong way around the block. They were apparently meant to connect me to the shorter section that goes across the street but didn't.

  • Twix on 10/02/2021 - 18:38

    Hundreds of thousands of Australians are set to receive free or subsidised full-fibre internet upgrades in coming years.

    … at selected FTTN places.

  • Viospeed on 10/02/2021 - 20:23

    And the clowns Assbott and Turdstain said no one wanted or needed more than 25mbps.

  • djones145 on 10/02/2021 - 20:35

    and news outlets want Google to pay for their trashy articles which are based on OzBargain post or Kmart mum post…..

    awesome

  • horice on 10/02/2021 - 21:00

    Slightly offtopic But

    BREAKING: NBNCo has today revealed rollout debt has surged a further $7,000,000,000 since Scott Morrison became Prime Minister.

    https://twitter.com/MRowlandMP/status/1359293566737121280

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