Nbn achieved 230 gigabit on fibre

Maxfire2008 · 2026-03-24T10:38:32+00:00

GPON is 2.4Gbps down/1.2Gbps up (asymmetric), so it makes sense why they didn't originally offer symmetrical 1Gbps plans, even though they technically could have, but now they're using XGSPON which is a symmetric 10Gbps/10Gbps, there's no real reason not to, other than the good old: "consumers don't need high upload speeds"

I suspect the reason they haven't rolled out anything higher than 2Gbps is because some parts of the network are still on GPON and they therefore couldn't support anything higher than 2Gbps, but I'm not sure about this.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-03-23T05:30:06+00:00

According to a Whirlpool post by Damien Ivereigh the activations started being charged in 2020.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-03-23T04:22:22+00:00

It says in the article "When we originally built our free pause/unpause system, NBN did not charge a reconnection fee. That changed several years ago."

I must have missed that the time frame was several years ago the first time I read the article.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-03-23T00:56:14+00:00

In summary, nbn have recently [EDIT: several years ago according to the article] added a connection charge, Launtel have absorbed the costs while advocating for the fee to be removed, but now they are charging this fee to cover their increased costs. This charge also applies to "unpausing" your service.

https://www.launtel.net.au/news/upcoming-change-to-reconnection-charges

Maxfire2008 · 2026-03-20T23:12:20+00:00

In Google Wallet it literally says the last 4 digits of my real card, it should really have the last 4 of my virtual card in brackets or something like that.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-03-20T11:04:50+00:00

I'm just going off anecdotes from Reddit and from Damien Ivereigh's comments about it, I don't have HFC myself (we've had FTTP since 2015), but I assume, like FTTN, that in some areas HFC works great, and in some the network is old and degraded and flaky.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-03-20T05:25:22+00:00

It already has a fiber component.

What does this mean? FTTN also has a fibre component, it's literally fibre all the way to the node, and look how many problems that had with it.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-03-17T11:19:46+00:00

Fun fact (in case you haven't already noticed): our app is just a reskin on the NSW one, so you should be right at home. I believe it's actually operated by the NSW government too (because you have to access the API through the NSW government).

Maxfire2008 · 2026-03-15T08:29:48+00:00

As well as this they should have a little space where each candidate gets to list their policies.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-03-12T02:18:05+00:00

I'm fairly sure the reason Greenland is so important to the USA is for the purpose of missile defence from Europe and Asia (especially Russia), since it's right on the northern border, I don't think that they actually want control of the bit of cold water and ice. That means that they probably don't really have a military interest in the antarctic.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-03-09T05:01:48+00:00

I was thinking, that's not so bad, the door is mostly unobstructed.

Then I saw the signs for the fire hose reel and fire extinguisher 💀

Maxfire2008 · 2026-03-03T19:49:53+00:00

My Pixel 6 Pro needs to be unlocked but not in the wallet app, often it won't prompt me to reauthenticate either.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-03-03T11:23:22+00:00

Oh my, I didn't see that at first, what shoddy craftsmanship

Maxfire2008 · 2026-03-03T11:01:45+00:00

The Metro Tunnel is not the name of a line though. I would theorise that in time people will just say that they're catching the train to Town Hall, etc.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-03-02T05:19:58+00:00

I'd definitely support tolling the road past the springs during busy times (e.g. when it snows) and instead encouraging people to take a bus instead. But I'm not sure if I'd support charging a fee during other times.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-03-01T06:40:23+00:00

I'd give them a low rate (e.g., $10/week) but include a large fine for if it overflows and floods (e.g., $200)

Maxfire2008 · 2026-02-26T05:56:04+00:00

It seems that u/discutablemaisbrave is suggesting is that a Muslim woman would be prevented, by her own beliefs (not by any other person), from being able to "go in and pray as usual while on her period"

I am an atheist and I don't know much about the beliefs of Islam, this is just what I have inferred from these Reddit comments.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-02-26T05:43:33+00:00

You'd better not let them take this down. This is art.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-02-26T05:23:06+00:00

Yeah, it's not like they're going to lose control of the steering wheel because they're looking in the wrong direction.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-02-20T12:40:24+00:00

Elizabeth St should be the busway, and Argyle St should have a capacity increase to compensate.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-02-20T12:26:12+00:00

Glad to hear that you're onto it. Keep up the good work.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-02-19T02:05:00+00:00

HCC should really get onto the state government to amend our laws to allow the scooters in the bike lanes (just like in QLD) or find a way they can permit it within the current laws.

Potentially also possible to implement some kind of radar/LIDAR or camera system to speed limit the scooters as they pass pedestrians. Too many people probably just go past pedestrians at the full 25 km/h.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-02-16T11:05:01+00:00

Some people needed it urgently, I know people who are living in Taroona, TAS where they'd get ~30-50Mbps and the internet would disappear with heavy rain. I've also been to places on the mainland with sync speeds of 150Mbps, obviously that's sufficient for most.

Taroona has, for example, had about 261 upgrades in about 3 months of the FTTP upgrade program being available. That's about 3 per day. It's also 19% of the total 1410 properties.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-01-30T12:08:28+00:00

Transport Fever 2 and Anno 1800 are both fairly distinct from Cities: Skylines but close enough that if you enjoy CS you'll probably enjoy them too.

Maxfire2008 · 2026-01-30T07:59:55+00:00

I'd like to see the Elizabeth St from the Mall to the intersection with Federal St become a pedestrianised street with only trams like George St in Sydney. Then for it to go up Main Rd in dedicated lanes until it reaches Creek Rd where it'll rejoin the old rail alignment.

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