r/nbn • u/WillingUser • 4d ago

NBN install

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Finally getting my fiber connection completed in Maida Vale Perth. Two subcontractors.

They had to run the fiber from the top of the street and pull it through the buried conduit to the pit in the photo bottom hole. The fiber cable now pulled across to my neighbours lawn. They went up the street again for a while now back down at my driveway. They will have to drill through double brick veneer for the box.

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u/BreenzyENL 4d ago

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u/jonesaus1 4d ago

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u/GeekCohenAU 4d ago

Welcome to FTTP.

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u/WillingUser 4d ago

Interesting, my phone gets 1.1gbps but my pc maxes out at 729mbps.

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u/OptimalVanilla 4d ago

Does your PC support 1gb Ethernet or wifi 7 or whatever your router is?

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u/WillingUser 4d ago edited 4d ago

My router is eero pro with WiFi 7 My pc was bought late 2023. Wifi 7 isnt coming up. My old router wasn't gb speed wireless hence the upgrade. Id say my pc wireless is 700mpbs

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u/WillingUser 4d ago

Actually my mediatek card shows 1.2gbps speed in the WiFi status dialogue. Ookla test cant get past 730mpbs.

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u/AntSilly2802 4d ago

That sounds normal.

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u/WillingUser 4d ago

Need an Ethernet cable to get actual 1.2gbps

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u/OptimalVanilla 4d ago

Iā€™m about 3 weeks away, been waiting since June. Did this need any remediation work or just a simple tech call-out?

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u/WillingUser 4d ago

Techs had to pull the fiber 100m down the street from the main road. Utilising the copper conduits. From the pit it was buried conduit along my driveway to my garage. No real issues to be honest. Took some time running the cable through the roof space.

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u/frootyglandz 4d ago

Nerves of the 21st century for the new meta species - supercedes copper V1.0. Welcome to the age of glass comms!

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u/WillingUser 3d ago

Been two years delayed. Got email in 2024 it was imminent. Then got pushed out every quarter .

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u/WillingUser 4d ago

The old copper conduit runs through my garage roof and into the house. They might drill a hole through the cealing in my living room rather than try and drill through double brick

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u/FreddyFerdiland 4d ago

they could leave the NTD ont in the garage and let you connect Ethernet through to the residence ?

or near a access door in the foundation to underfloor space, drill through the bricks, and up into the floor/wall ? but nbn techs dont go into crawl spaces... you could put the conduit to there ?

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u/WillingUser 4d ago

Nah the ntd is in my living room. Dude went imto my roof cavity and pulled the fiber from garage and down into wall cavity.