Tech Internet speeds

*sigh* I guess, even with the sizable upgrade, nothing is going to compare to a proper full fibre connection to the house :( Maybe one day they'll actually get around to running it.
 
Contempt said:
*sigh* I guess, even with the sizable upgrade, nothing is going to compare to a proper full fibre connection to the house :( Maybe one day they'll actually get around to running it.
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Have you contacted NBN regarding the FTTP upgrade?
 
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After I shut down all local traffic.

I know back in the day ('95) I was running a 7Mb/1Mb ADSL (not the same as DSL) connection (beta testing for MT&T's Mpowered), I was getting solid speeds for North America. It was blazing fast compared to everything else around, faster than at work.

My buddy in Sweden in say... '96 or '97 had a 100Mb/100Mb connection. They were so far ahead of us back then, no clue if NA ever caught up.
 
Contempt said:
Last I looked, they wanted around $25k to run it... which is complete BS.
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Can't speak for everywhere else, but around here it averages about $1k per utiity pole if the ISP has to extend the distribution plant to be able to accommodate a standard household fibre drop.

If you have a super long driveway or are a good distance from the CO or access node, it's probably not bullshit or as far-fetched as you think.
 
Meatspin said:
jesus tittyfucking christ, that is exhorbitant.
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I pulled two 2 1/2" armored fibre cables across the underside of one of our two local bridges.

It took a crew of 6-8 guys with a tugger almost three weeks to pull them and splice it in, and that was us beating install markers. We had to have specialized safety training just to be able to even work under the bridge in the first place.
 
PeterGriffin said:
I pulled two 2 1/2" armored fibre cables across the underside of one of our two local bridges.

It took a crew of 6-8 guys with a tugger almost three weeks to pull them and splice it in, and that was us beating install markers. We had to have specialized safety training just to be able to even work under the bridge in the first place.
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That sounds like a significant amount of work. Forking out 25k to get fibre in a suburb to your house is a completely different proposition.
 
Meatspin said:
That sounds like a significant amount of work. Forking out 25k to get fibre in a suburb to your house is a completely different proposition.
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It literally all depends on the length of the run from your panel to the access node. If you knew that, it would be a whole lot easier to give you a better answer, but if you were quoted $25k that goes way beyond a simple residential fibre household drop. Your quote would have had to include distribution costs too.

Either that or they showed up in a clown car to do the estimate. Did he look like this?


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PeterGriffin said:
It literally all depends on the length of the run from your panel to the access node. If you knew that, it would be a whole lot easier to give you a better answer, but if you were quoted $25k that goes way beyond a simple residential fibre household drop. Your quote would have had to include distribution costs too.

Either that or they showed up in a clown car to do the estimate. Did he look like this?


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Ain’t my house so NFI? Guess reading comprehension isn’t your forte.
 
Meatspin said:
Ain’t my house so NFI? Guess reading comprehension isn’t your forte.
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Apologies, did not realize that I wasn't responding to TS in this case, otherwise I would have used the terms "him" instead of "you".

But the logic still applies. If he explained how far the run was, it would be easier to figure out how it got to a $25k estimate.
 
PeterGriffin said:
Can't speak for everywhere else, but around here it averages about $1k per utiity pole if the ISP has to extend the distribution plant to be able to accommodate a standard household fibre drop.

If you have a super long driveway or are a good distance from the CO or access node, it's probably not bullshit or as far-fetched as you think.
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Nope, I'm 8km from the geographical center of the nations capital, on a standard quarter acre block.

They won't run it over the phone lines because the poles in my area are old as shit and have been scheduled for replacement. I assume, they don't want to run a bunch of fibre over the lines, and then have to tear it down and do it again when the poles are replaced, so they only run it under the ground, requiring a bunch of digging.
 
Contempt said:
Nope, I'm 8km from the geographical center of the nations capital, on a standard quarter acre block.

They won't run it over the phone lines because the poles in my area are old as shit and have been scheduled for replacement. I assume, they don't want to run a bunch of fibre over the lines, and then have to tear it down and do it again when the poles are replaced, so they only run it under the ground, requiring a bunch of digging.
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I spent many years climbing poles and pulling wire. Take a slothead screwdriver and drive it into the pole a few times. If it sinks in easily, or goes in more than an inch and a half, it's a shady pole. I've only ever come across a few of them, but it happens. 95% chance it was just a lazy fucking installer or previous service tech that didn't want to run a drop. I would listen to idiots fumbling with excuses for 45 minutes to avoid running a drop that only would have taken them 20 minutes to pull. If you can't spur a pole, use a ladder. If you can't use a ladder, use a bucket truck. Do it right, and do it once.

Your standard fiber household drop usually ranges $2-3 per foot. You could trench out and source your own conduit and materials for a fraction of what your were quoted.

The next time you see one of your ISP's service trucks rolling around or parked, offer to buy a partial roll off the installer/service tech. He'll probably just give it to you, I used to do it all the time. Add 25ft from the base of the pole to serve as your service loop and splice. Most boots are within 5 feet of a pole. Most electrical panels are within 10ft or so of the house side entrance.

I feel bad for you amigo. If you were local, you wouldn't have this problem. Could contractors in your area do the required work, and the ISP service tech simply tie it in? If it's the exact same cable they themselves use... no reason it can't be an option.

Now, if there is no fiber distribution already existing on your street, that changes everything.
 
I'm using one of the 5G Internet Gateways that gets internet through cell towers, $40/mo.

I tested with my phone ~ 20 feet from the gateway. I was getting 350 Mbps down, 25 Mbps up, 18 ms latency. The speeds suck compared to everyone else's fiber, but it's good enough for me. Just internet browsing, streaming TV/movies, no gaming.
 
PeterGriffin said:
I spent many years climbing poles and pulling wire. Take a slothead screwdriver and drive it into the pole a few times. If it sinks in easily, or goes in more than an inch and a half, it's a shady pole. I've only ever come across a few of them, but it happens. 95% chance it was just a lazy fucking installer or previous service tech that didn't want to run a drop. I would listen to idiots fumbling with excuses for 45 minutes to avoid running a drop that only would have taken them 20 minutes to pull. If you can't spur a pole, use a ladder. If you can't use a ladder, use a bucket truck. Do it right, and do it once.

Your standard fiber household drop usually ranges $2-3 per foot. You could trench out and source your own conduit and materials for a fraction of what your were quoted.

The next time you see one of your ISP's service trucks rolling around or parked, offer to buy a partial roll off the installer/service tech. He'll probably just give it to you, I used to do it all the time. Add 25ft from the base of the pole to serve as your service loop and splice. Most boots are within 5 feet of a pole. Most electrical panels are within 10ft or so of the house side entrance.

I feel bad for you amigo. If you were local, you wouldn't have this problem. Could contractors in your area do the required work, and the ISP service tech simply tie it in? If it's the exact same cable they themselves use... no reason it can't be an option.

Now, if there is no fiber distribution already existing on your street, that changes everything.
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"Now, if there is no fiber distribution already existing on your street, that changes everything."

There is no fibre in my entire suburb unfortunately. Full FTTP is being run out to nearly the whole of Australia... but it's taking a bloody LONG time :(
 
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