The push to force people to subscribe to NBN by shutting down the Telstra copper wire landline network seems to have taken an interesting turn.
A while back we received the standard Telstra letter stating that the copper wire service would be disconnected 18 months after the NBN HFC (Hybrid Fibre Coaxial) cable and junction box is installed on the outside of our house.
With 2 months or so to go before compulsory disconnection, I thought I'd better get an exact date as we are still on ADSL2+ with TPG. I phoned the Telstra NBN phone no. and was told that due to the high level of complaints and issues regarding the NBN service (to the telecommunications ombudsman?), an investigation is currently being undertaken.
As far as the compulsory disconnection date for the copper landline service, I was told that nothing would happen before the end of September 2018 and I would have 18 months from this date to switch over. This was great news (if true) as possibly it falls into the time-frame for 5G technology to have settled in.
The most surprising part of the conversation was when I was told that no new NBN connections were currently occurring, yet i was still being spruked the Telstra NBN plans. I was told that Telstra would have higher average speeds than competitors due to the larger chunk of bandwidth they had purchased and would always ensure there direct customers would have priority! Of course there is nothing in writing to guarantee an average or a minimum speed for that matter. Sounds feasible (illegal?) with the copper network but not sure about NBN as NBN Co. own the network.
NBN - Numnuts' Broken Network.
https://theconversation.com/the-accc...too-late-87095
https://thewest.com.au/technology/nb...-ng-b88729821z
A while back we received the standard Telstra letter stating that the copper wire service would be disconnected 18 months after the NBN HFC (Hybrid Fibre Coaxial) cable and junction box is installed on the outside of our house.
With 2 months or so to go before compulsory disconnection, I thought I'd better get an exact date as we are still on ADSL2+ with TPG. I phoned the Telstra NBN phone no. and was told that due to the high level of complaints and issues regarding the NBN service (to the telecommunications ombudsman?), an investigation is currently being undertaken.
As far as the compulsory disconnection date for the copper landline service, I was told that nothing would happen before the end of September 2018 and I would have 18 months from this date to switch over. This was great news (if true) as possibly it falls into the time-frame for 5G technology to have settled in.
The most surprising part of the conversation was when I was told that no new NBN connections were currently occurring, yet i was still being spruked the Telstra NBN plans. I was told that Telstra would have higher average speeds than competitors due to the larger chunk of bandwidth they had purchased and would always ensure there direct customers would have priority! Of course there is nothing in writing to guarantee an average or a minimum speed for that matter. Sounds feasible (illegal?) with the copper network but not sure about NBN as NBN Co. own the network.
NBN - Numnuts' Broken Network.
https://theconversation.com/the-accc...too-late-87095
https://thewest.com.au/technology/nb...-ng-b88729821z



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