GoldcoastMAD Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Hello, We've been here a week now, managed to secure a 12 month rental in the palm beach area. Just looking into broadband options and it appears that we cannot get fixed line broadband! I've tried optus, telstra and tpg and they've stated its not possible, optus offered home broadband, which is a 4G enabled router. is this the same for all suppliers or do different providers have different coverage areas? seems a bit backwards, NBN hasn't started to roll out here yet either. ADSL and HFC are available according to the government site, which doesn't make sense. help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lp77 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 My hubby is Australian and we recently moved from the UK. He is in IT and is horrified that a country which prides itself on being a forward nation has shocking internet provision in suburban areas. Unfortunately unless you are in an NBN area then it may be a couple of years before you get it. ADSL is your only option. Even NBN has bad reviews. He admits internet in the UK is one win over Australia for access, speed and value for money. Looking forward to our house being built has it will be NBN ready Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boganbear Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 When it comes to Internet access, the old saying 'Australia is like the UK was 30 years ago' is certainly true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Just looking into broadband options and it appears that we cannot get fixed line broadband!....... NBN hasn't started to roll out here yet either. ADSL and HFC are available according to the government site, which doesn't make sense. Could the discrepancy be that ADSL is technically available in your area...but there are no vacant ports at the exchange to assign to your property....and because they are anticipating NBN to be rolled out shortly they are not willing to spend money increasing capacity at the exchange? I'm not sure what you mean by optus and "home broadband" but Telstra, at least, should be able to offer fixed wireless broadband. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 When it comes to Internet access, the old saying 'Australia is like the UK was 30 years ago' is certainly true. Depends where you live. With Telstra cable available in my suburb in Brisbane you can get 100 mbps if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldcoastMAD Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 (edited) Could the discrepancy be that ADSL is technically available in your area...but there are no vacant ports at the exchange to assign to your property....and because they are anticipating NBN to be rolled out shortly they are not willing to spend money increasing capacity at the exchange? I'm not sure what you mean by optus and "home broadband" but Telstra, at least, should be able to offer fixed wireless broadband. Telstra, tpg and optus can't offer fixed but dodo can . No idea why Edited August 22, 2016 by GoldcoastMAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I have Telstra cable and certainly won't be signing up for nbn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldcoastMAD Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 I have Telstra cable and certainly won't be signing up for nbn. I'm happy for you :wink: doesn't help me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patphillips47 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Hello, We've been here a week now, managed to secure a 12 month rental in the palm beach area. Just looking into broadband options and it appears that we cannot get fixed line broadband! I've tried optus, telstra and tpg and they've stated its not possible, optus offered home broadband, which is a 4G enabled router. is this the same for all suppliers or do different providers have different coverage areas? seems a bit backwards, NBN hasn't started to roll out here yet either. ADSL and HFC are available according to the government site, which doesn't make sense. [ATTACH=CONFIG]34001[/ATTACH] help You might have what they call a Pair Gain line we had one in SA and no way could we get broadband through the phone line We tried dial up and dongles until eventually we had an aerial installed under the government broadband guarantee as the internet we had was dreadful We then went with a local provider I don't know if the government broadband guarantee is a state or Australia wide scheme maybe make some enquiries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldcoastMAD Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 You might have what they call a Pair Gain line we had one in SA and no way could we get broadband through the phone line We tried dial up and dongles until eventually we had an aerial installed under the government broadband guarantee as the internet we had was dreadful We then went with a local provider I don't know if the government broadband guarantee is a state or Australia wide scheme maybe make some enquiriesOk, since my last update i have discovered that ASDL+2 is available from the local exchange, and i signed up with a company called Barefoot for an unlimited package. According to Barefoot there are no free ports at the local exchange, and telstra will not be upgrading the local exchange due to the pending NBN roll out ( IN THREE YEARS for my address!). Upon checking the telstra wholesale site it states there are 60+ ports available.I've just been into my local telstra shop and signed up for a BB package...just to see if they are just being arse's to the third party...i suspect that the local exchange is full and the wholesale site is out of date ( i hope I'm wrong). wouldn't normally be bothered but me and the wife depend on a decent connect for work ( back in the UK). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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