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    Has anyone come across a well priced NBN provider with Australian (Onshore) Tech support and an Australian call centre?

    We've been holding out on switching over as our area is a HFC NBN area and there's been about a year's delay after initial rollout due to "technical" issues with HFC. A halt to new installations was instigated until recently, when they announced that we have until Nov 2019 to switch.

    We were in no hurry to switch but an over-height truck took out our phone-line this week so no ADSL2+ home internet. I still proudly carry a flip phone with no data on the plan . My partner has a "Smart" phone which gave me some internet access in the evenings, while waiting for the phone line to be fixed.

    Telstra with their Phillippines call centre mucked up booking the phone line fix. After 2 days nothing so when we called back we were told no booking had been made and it would be another 2 days for someone to come out. Yesterday after 4 days without the phone line a fella came out re-attached the pole end of the line and drove off without testing it properly . Got him back and he fixed a broken wire on the house end so finally back in business.

    While this was going on I tried to get a straight answer out of TPG's Phillippines call centre as to whether they could do a quicker connect for NBN (line intact) due to our circumstance. We've been with them for 15 years (?) or more but no special consideration given. Twice was told 2-30 days(WTF?) for NBN switch-over/install. Decided not to take the chance this close to Christmas.

    Anyway, is there a well priced NBN provider who gives a stuff and has Australian based (onshore) Tech Support and call centres?

    Well and truly over Phillippines call centres and their BS as well as the attitudes.

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    We changed over to Aussie Broadband some months ago and can highly recommend them.
    Aussie call centre, very responsive, courteous and helpful. Also a very reliable service...

    Mal.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Dimal View Post
      We changed over to Aussie Broadband some months ago and can highly recommend them.
      Aussie call centre, very responsive, courteous and helpful. Also a very reliable service...

      Mal.
      Thanks Mal. Will have a good look at what they offer. Love the fact that their headquarters are listed as being in Morwell.

      The Latrobe Valley needs our support after they closed down the Hazlewood Power Station. Supporting Aussie Broadband hopefully keeps jobs in the Valley, a big plus in my book!

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      • #4
        Cafe Lotta, second Mal's suggestion and found them good. There is usually a special somewhere on whirlpool for domestic clients, or I think Mal can recommend you and you both get a free month.

        The trick to make it seamless is just sign up with Aussie and don't cancel your adsl till it is connected. Yes you may pay a little extra but Aussie is at the mercy of NBN for jnstalls. The third guy did mine - after the first refused due to the pit being 15 metres aaay and didn't want to do a pull through a 200mm pipe to the close pit as he had a sore knee! I had even offered to help before the sore knee excuse

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        • #5
          Another option is Internode. I've been with them a while, their tech support is local and they don't assume you are an idiot.

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          • #6
            I’ve been with skymesh for 4 years and been good but another recommenced is Aussie as other have said

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            • #7
              I'm also with Skymesh, for about three years (at two separate addresses). Back when the NBN was being rolled out at my previous home I was lurking on the Whirlpool forums to get the low down and all the nerds on there were raving about Skymesh. I was also impressed that reps from Skymesh would get involved in conversations and provide detailed, considerate responses. Their business model is that none of their plans have contracts, thus putting the onus on the company to provide a service good enough to ensure that customers do not want to leave.

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              • #8
                Aussie Broadband

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                • #9
                  Mate Telecom - another Oz call centre, staffed by people who actually know what they are talking about.

                  Note: To add to the list, not to replace Aussie BB et. al..

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                  • #10
                    Recently signed up with AussieBB for the quality local service. No complaints at all, service has been very good. I came from Optus ADSL, and before that TPG. Both overseas service.

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                    • #11
                      I'd second Internode. Have been with them for years. Very reliable service, and a local call centre that I have only had to contact once in all that time.

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                      • #12
                        Internode / iiNet is the high-service brand of TPG which owns them, and which itself provides the low-service option.

                        I am a former iiNet user, shifted to Internode before iiNet bought them, and have remained with the gradual agglomeration since then (albeit while disinvesting in all of their shares). Internode's service is basically good. I run my own server including DNS so needed a provider (call centre) which was familiar with how this works, so could ensure correct configuration at their end when I was sorting out any problems I created.

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                        • #13
                          Cafe Lotta, be aware whomever you choose doesn't do the initial install with HFC, you will get sent or handed an Arris modem and NBN will do the install. Be prepared for some mucking around and be pleasantly surprised if you are one whose initial install goes smoothly. After initial install changing providers should be very easy. With HFC, as others have alluded to with full service options, adequate backhaul is a big part of it.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by 338 View Post
                            Cafe Lotta, be aware whomever you choose doesn't do the initial install with HFC, you will get sent or handed an Arris modem and NBN will do the install. Be prepared for some mucking around and be pleasantly surprised if you are one whose initial install goes smoothly. After initial install changing providers should be very easy. With HFC, as others have alluded to with full service options, adequate backhaul is a big part of it.
                            I had been told by TPG that the 2-30 days wait for install was due to having to book an NBN Tech for the install from the Exterior Box to the wall plug and the rest. Have already decided to leave it to at least February so that with some luck the regular staff should all be back at work to sort out the inevitable teething problems with the install. This is even more likely if we end up staying with TPG due to pre-existing email addresses which are years old and the implications of having to change all of these.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by CafeLotta View Post
                              This is even more likely if we end up staying with TPG due to pre-existing email addresses which are years old and the implications of having to change all of these.
                              Yep, this is a real pain...
                              A lot to be said for independently hosting your email addresses with your own domain name. Some quite competitive options out there to be had.

                              Mal.

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