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For some people, 4G is definitely better than NBN. Not all people. I’m not saying the NBN isn’t a trash fire of an infrastructure project (it is), or that our

by hug 7y ago

For some people, 4G is definitely better than NBN. Not all people. I’m not saying the NBN isn’t a trash fire of an infrastructure project (it is), or that our 4G is bad (it isn’t), but at least for me I get rock solid 100/40 on HFC, which is for sure better than my NBN service in inner-North Melbourne

crispinb 7y ago
Yes of course you're right. In a way that's the big problem with the NBN - a 'national infrastructure' project that is a complete lottery regarding what you get is not worth the name. 40 odd km from me there are estates wired up with NBN's original FTTP. Yet in my location, all that's available is the hopeless Sky Muster satellite service, which tends to go offline for days at a time, and has trouble with weird contingencies like rain. It was originally slated as a last-ditch option for people in truly remote areas, but the hapless NBN Co has gradually extended its use to anywhere they can't be arsed to serve properly. [Edit: as a side note, my location shows the corporate fakery behind the 'mixed tech' model. Using a cheap 4g modem from ebay, and without even so much as a fixed antenna, I can get 60Mbps down with 4g. Yet NBNCo doesn't make the fixed wireless option available here, instead foisting on us the 'outback solution' of satellite with its 600ms ping times, pitiful data caps & unreliability]
tenryuu 7y ago
It's interesting, becusee I moved from FTTC getting 100/40 to HFC and still getting 100/40. Each technology has their own hardware faults though, and I've witnessed both. But as a user of the service, I'm actually surprised how decent HFC has been working. My parents of FTTN get about 50/20,which is what I expect a lot of users on these lines would only be able to access. But the sheer cost of using a NBN over 4G makes it a lot easier to sell, data sims are not cheap
- rosege 7y ago
  What about your latency? - Ive tested FTTP and got around 3ms to 8.8.8.8 but hfc its around 30+ Any idea what FTTC would be?
  - tenryuu 7y ago
    Getting ~20ms on HFC, with 12ms to our BNGv(first hop) I no longer have a FTTC connection to test, but I don't think it's 3ms low. Using AussieBB. It's around 20ms from Sydney to Melbourne on our routes
    - rosege 7y ago
      Yeah I'm going with Aussie too.

by hug 7y ago

crispinb 7y ago

Yes of course you're right. In a way that's the big problem with the NBN - a 'national infrastructure' project that is a complete lottery regarding what you get is not worth the name. 40 odd km from me there are estates wired up with NBN's original FTTP. Yet in my location, all that's available is the hopeless Sky Muster satellite service, which tends to go offline for days at a time, and has trouble with weird contingencies like rain. It was originally slated as a last-ditch option for people in truly remote areas, but the hapless NBN Co has gradually extended its use to anywhere they can't be arsed to serve properly. [Edit: as a side note, my location shows the corporate fakery behind the 'mixed tech' model. Using a cheap 4g modem from ebay, and without even so much as a fixed antenna, I can get 60Mbps down with 4g. Yet NBNCo doesn't make the fixed wireless option available here, instead foisting on us the 'outback solution' of satellite with its 600ms ping times, pitiful data caps & unreliability]

tenryuu 7y ago

It's interesting, becusee I moved from FTTC getting 100/40 to HFC and still getting 100/40. Each technology has their own hardware faults though, and I've witnessed both. But as a user of the service, I'm actually surprised how decent HFC has been working. My parents of FTTN get about 50/20,which is what I expect a lot of users on these lines would only be able to access. But the sheer cost of using a NBN over 4G makes it a lot easier to sell, data sims are not cheap

rosege 7y ago
What about your latency? - Ive tested FTTP and got around 3ms to 8.8.8.8 but hfc its around 30+ Any idea what FTTC would be?
- tenryuu 7y ago
  Getting ~20ms on HFC, with 12ms to our BNGv(first hop) I no longer have a FTTC connection to test, but I don't think it's 3ms low. Using AussieBB. It's around 20ms from Sydney to Melbourne on our routes
  - rosege 7y ago
    Yeah I'm going with Aussie too.