Please refer to my post dated 11th Feb 19 – NBN.
NOTES
(a) NBN abbreviations in order of performance :
- FTTP – Fibre to the Premises
- HFC – Hybrid Fibre Coaxial FTTC – Fibre to the Curb (HFC & FTTC are about equal)
- FTTB – Fibre to the Building
- FTTN – Fibre to the Node
(b) The friend mentioned in the prior NBN post has FTTC, other people I know in North Queensland have FTTP and another friend in Brisbane will be getting HFC. I will be getting FTTN. After everyone is connected I will try and find out what each of them think about their versions.)
(c) I looked for and found my “Node”. This is important with FTTN as the further away you are the slower the speed. Using Google maps I have determined that I am 330 metres from the Node.
Therefore I should be able to get the NBN 50 speed tier – (50Mbps down 20Mbps up) I hope!!
NBN Continued:
I have been checking the NBN web site daily and at long last on Friday 22nd February my address showed up as “You’re ready to connect”.
Consequently I wasted no time in contacting my phone/internet provider (Telstra) to arrange things. The friend mentioned in my previous post (also with Telstra) made contact by phone but I decided to use their “chat” facility.
The process was straight forward and took about 30 minutes. (It was about the same by phone.)
My identity was confirmed by the usual method of personal information comparison with my account. However, I am very pleased to report that, without asking for my number, they also sent an authentication code to my mobile phone using the number listed on my account.
During the process I was sent an order number that you use to track progress.
Within 2 working days I received a confirmation Email stating that a new modem was on its way (see below it is only a conversion kit – I did not read it correctly) to be delivered in the next couple of days and my NBN connection would go “live” in about a week – 8 working days from first contact.
This sentence in the email intrigues me:
An NBN technician will complete work in your street, to connect you to the NBN. Your home phone or internet may be briefly disrupted during the work. You won’t need to be home.
My friend who was connected to FTTC, just phoned up and 2 days later when his new modem was delivered, he simply plugged it in and it worked.
I really don’t know how it works but it looks like work has to be done at the NBN Node and / or the Telstra Pillar for connection via FTTN that is not needed with FTTC. The NBN Nodes seem to be located near existing Telstra Pillars and that is the case with my Node / Telstra Pillar.
I will put this post up now and add to it when I receive the modem conversion kit and again to report when the connection is complete – hopefully with a screen shot of my new very much increased internet speed.
Here’s hoping things continue to proceed smoothly (touch wood).
28th Feb 2019
I made a mistake and did not read the tracking site correctly. I am not getting a new modem. During the initial contact, I advised that I already had a new Telstra Smart Modem and did not need a new one. They must have listened to what I said and the tracking site was altered to state that I was getting a conversion kit – not a modem.
The conversion kit has arrived and the instructions are easy to understand. The kit only consists of a spare cable and an instruction pamphlet.
I previously engaged a technician to run a new cable from my wall phone to the modem so my phone is already connected to the modem. The Telstra Smart Modem provides for the transition period. While the current phone/ADSL connection is in place, you simply run a separate cable from the phone outlet on the splitter to a PSTN socket on the modem with the phone connected to the modem. When the NBN is activated, the PSTN cable, and any other phones connected to other outlets, are to be removed. Then, according to the pamphlet, it takes about 5 to 10 minutes for a dial tone.
The pamphlet also confirms that the ADSL line out from a splitter can continue to be used. See previous post. My friend successfully did this and it looks like my external splitter will not have to be removed as long as I continue to use the existing assigned internal ADSL outlet.
Now I wait for the final step in one week when the connection goes live.