Internet in Australia is a Joke

Dave The Man · Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 12:22 am

I am getting Really Disgusted on how Bad our Internet Service we are getting. IF you call it Internet service. Its Down/Crashed internet more then it Works.

3rd World Countries would have better bloody internet as it would Actually Bloody Work.

We should not pay for the Internet as we pretty much don't get any bloody internet.

Rang out ISP(Exceed Connect) and Telstra and they been pretty much Bloody Useless.

Brenny · Joined: 05 Apr 2011 Location: Westpac Centre

I've had cable internet since Foxtel was analogue.

I've had it go down twice in maybe 15 years.

1. was about 4-5yrs ago when the telstra box on the side of my house, one part decided to corrode.

2. There was an outage earlier this year, for no reason.

Other than maintenance I've never had an issue.

I've never had a problem with Telstra. Except my phone bill where I was overcharged.

It's running a little slower today at 27mbps, but I'd be suggesting the network is somewhat busy at the moment... it is almost 4pm on a Sunday... and I'm sure everybody is trying to watch CM Punks lousy UFC / MMA debut... so that would explain it.

djh · Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 5:00 pm

Totally agree. Have had Big Pond cable for twenty years and it is pretty well faultless.
Only when really busy does it get a little slow, but other than that worth every penny.

stui magpie · Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 6:28 pm

Telstra cable here too. Works a treat, particularly since I upgraded the modem last year.

What'sinaname · Joined: 29 May 2010 Location: Living rent free

Brenny · Joined: 05 Apr 2011 Location: Westpac Centre

Skids · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:06 am

Mine is fine Wink

Woods Of Ypres · Joined: 27 May 2003 Location: Yugoslavia

you get what you pay for Dave

Wokko · Come and take it. Joined: 04 Oct 2005

iiNet cable here, totally fine except for 1 outage. I was on iinet NBN at my last address and again no issues.

If you sign up with fly by night, Mickey Mouse operators then you're going to have a bad time.

KenH · Joined: 24 Jan 2010

Try living out of town a bit 20kms from Ballarat. NBN is supposed to be finished here but my house cannot connect, mobile phone coverage is pathetic. We are not connected with Mickey Mouse operators either!

Dave The Man · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 4:39 pm

stui magpie · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:49 pm

Get onto Whirlpool Dave, see who has a good rep and what's available in your area.

Whichever provider you choose, if you're on ADSL you're likely using Telstra copper and exchange, most of the re-sellers just whack their own DSLAMs in the exchange or buy internet wholesale from Telstra or Optus and re-sell it to you retail.

Dave The Man · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:38 pm

stui magpie · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:44 pm

Well, if mum chose it I assume she's paying for it?

If you want her to go somewhere that costs more for better service, you may have to kick in for some of the cost.

The Prototype · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 3:30 am

Mum decided on our internet, we were with AAPT before going to Bigpond, I think the move to Bigpond was a good one as we have a better service with more bandwidth and also the TBox, and now Roku as well.

Parents were happy to get the new box because they can now watch internet TV on there as the new TV isn't quite able to. Only get the TV apps including YouTube there.