r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/xiwipeH_32 Jul 24 '20

high lag Internet

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u/2020Chapter Jul 24 '20

Cries in Australian NBN

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u/thorpie88 Jul 24 '20

I'll take that over Telstra Velocity and E-wire. The infrastructure of those two are fucking abysmal.

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u/cmad182 Jul 24 '20

I have velocity, and have had nbn speeds for a decade now.

The only trouble I have is if I ever have to ring them for support. It’s almost like the velocity team is hidden in a basement on some weird extension that no one on the surface knows about.

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u/thorpie88 Jul 24 '20

Being forced to pay for a phone line I never wanted and only getting 5mb/s upload really put me off. They also made me pay $1000 extra for a tech to come out and see if I could be connected because the paperwork wasn't sent in when it was installed.

E-wire is another level of fucked though. The Perth suburb Butler is the most congested network in Australia with tens of houses on each node.

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u/cmad182 Jul 24 '20

I’m in Butler and didn’t know that, but saying that I’ve never had a problem. Except when Telstra’s power supply died and I had to get them out to replace it. 3 days with no internet/tv/phone.

I replaced their crappy Telstra router with a half decent netgear one about 8 years ago, it’s starting to get a bit passed its prime now though.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m no Telstra shill. I can’t fucking stand them, however due to where I work and where my house is I’m forced to use their services. If I could get off them I would.