I am thinking of dropping mine back to 50.  I only stream one 4k  video at a time.  Other than that it is audio and general computer use.

I think anything above download 100 is a waste 250 would be the best if you want the top tier plan as limitations or bottleneck starts to come into play especially if you only have wifi and not wired.   But there are times that I wish I could go faster.   Downloading for work certainly warrants it.

 

 

Edited August 11, 20241 yr by Addicted to music

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Edited August 10, 20241 yr by Addicted to music

And remember that we all get a speed boost at no extra cost in the next 6 months os so when the basic speed increases from 100 to 500 

27 minutes ago, Addicted to music said:

I think anything above download 100 is a waste 250 would be the best if you want the top tier plan as limitations or bottleneck starts to come into play especially if you only have wifi and not wired.   But there are times that I wish I could go faster.   Downloading for work certainly warrants it.

 

 

 

 

.. and I used to work from home with 300 baud, then upgraded to 1200/75 🙂  

4 hours ago, awayward said:

And remember that we all get a speed boost at no extra cost in the next 6 months os so when the basic speed increases from 100 to 500 

Oh cool, I didn't know that.

Probably don't need it, but it can't hurt.

I'm predominately using wifi so that kills the speed anyway.

I'm patiently waiting for that speed boost, currently on 1000/50 and hoping to get onto something with more upstream bandwidth, i've been told the 1000 plans would remain at 1000 peak but with slightly higher average speeds, but the upload would be doubled to 100.

I am what you would call a slightly insane user, I hit 5tb down in the last 30 days and 1.2tb up, and that's pretty common for me these days.

 

I'd highly recommend anyone on FTTN/FTTC that is eligible for the FTTP upgrade to do it, regardless of the speed you actually need, latency/ping times and reliability are much higher.

We  went from almost daily dropouts with FTTN to one recorded momentary dropout in the whole 18 months i've had fibre.

 

 

Is wi-fi signal stronger with FTTP?

Not in my experience.

Wifi signal has more to do with the modem I think. My FTTP upgrade came with a new modem from my ISP which has much better wifi than my previous old modem, which admittedly was quite old.

10 hours ago, gbb said:

Is wi-fi signal stronger with FTTP?

 

Wifi signal strength has nothing to do with the connection method to the internet.

 

19 minutes ago, Darryl said:

Wifi signal has more to do with the modem I think. My FTTP upgrade came with a new modem from my ISP which has much better wifi than my previous old modem, which admittedly was quite old.

 

Correct, and many, like myself, are using exactly the same modem.  We did not need a new one, and so, of course, wifi is still the same as it always was.

I was trying for fibre, and was offered FTTP for only $35000.  No surprise that I am using the 4G phone network rather than the satellite offered by NBN. 

 

Ridiculous! since the houses along our back fence have fibre.

 

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@gbb Wifi signal strength is a function of the modem/router/WAP box whichever is doing the wifi as @Darryl correctly suggested.

 

 

1 hour ago, aechmea said:

I was trying for fibre, and was offered FTTP for only $35000.  No surprise that I am using the 4G phone network rather than the satellite offered by NBN. 

 

Ridiculous! since the houses along our back fence have fibre.

 

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@gbb Wifi signal strength is a function of the modem/router/WAP box whichever is doing the wifi as @Darryl correctly suggested.

 

 

 

Have you looked at starlink?  Apparently Telstra has partnered with it and selling the packages.  Sad to see this sort of setback still exists today

 

https://www.telstra.com.au/internet/starlink?tc=TCO|WRL|GR|P|STD|STAR|Starlink&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiOy1BhDCARIsADGvQnAUF6wYmMla-q1w89stnFKXMVSbofJGcItAsDajBQmK5lxXD1GSzkcaAkE5EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

WiFi speeds are out of the ISP's hands, they can try to sell you an upgraded access point, though most of the devices offered by ISPs are bottom tier rubbish, or they can give some tips about signal optimisation and optimal placements but WiFi is purely the customer's issue I'm afraid. there is a bit of a terminology misconception that WiFi=Internet=ISP problem, and the vast majority of support calls they get are from people with bad WiFi.

 

If you are on a solid FTTP (or any connection for that matter) and have dead spots or poor speed or stability on wireless devices, get a networking specialist in to either optimise what you have, which may involve changing channels, optimising transmission power, running some new Ethernet cables to reduce the reliance on WiFi for high speed devices or to move the router to a more optimal location, or design a fit-for-purpose system with multiple access points.

 

A lot of consumer WiFi products I've found have bizarrely excessive transmit power, which makes your client devices think the signal is stronger than it really is so you can have "full bars" but the return transmission from your device to the router is so weak it causes problems with the connection without you ever seeing a weak signal issue.

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, GaryT said:

If you are on a solid FTTP (or any connection for that matter) and have dead spots or poor speed or stability on wireless devices, get a networking specialist in to either optimise what you have, which may involve changing channels, optimising transmission power, running some new Ethernet cables to reduce the reliance on WiFi for high speed devices or to move the router to a more optimal location, or design a fit-for-purpose system with multiple access points.

 

Also, wifi 'extenders' are cheap and useful to cover dead spots.

8 hours ago, aussievintage said:

 

Also, wifi 'extenders' are cheap and useful to cover dead spots.

id go mesh.  Best wifi solution ever 

29 minutes ago, Addicted to music said:

id go mesh.  Best wifi solution ever 

 

I got a small device that can do mesh or just work as a simple extender.  At the moment it is just an extender, but in future, who knows.

Thanks to you all for  your replies the other day.  Sorry for my question.  I'm on the waiting list for FTTP.