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NBN fibre 2000/200 Mbps testing. This 2Gbps speed tier, along with speed upgrades to existing tiers, will be generally available in September. A new NBN NTD needs to be installed which has 2.5Gbps ports in order to get the 2Gbps speed. A lot of users will also likely need to upgrade their routers if they want to get these speeds.

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semisol semisol@nostr.land 5 months ago

I wish I had 10% of this 🤣 Why not more upload?

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Luxas _@end.the.fed.wtf 5 months ago

You can order some now with Aussie BB. They rolled out their “Pro” plans. Sadly my FTTN isn’t supported and needs to be FTTP 😞

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qnm qnm@nos.social 5 months ago

Very nice. Can I ask what router you are using? I am considering the upgrade…

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npub1upmh...g8fq 5 months ago

I believe ABB’s Pro plans are still the old speed tiers that NBN supports with higher upload speeds but most ISPs don’t sell. The 2Gbps is a new residential speed that is only available to ISPs for limited testing so far. And yeah only available on FTTP and HFC. There are options for a free upgrade to FTTP in some areas but I’m not sure what the conditions are for that.

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npub1upmh...g8fq 5 months ago

GPON so is asymmetric, but they also artificially limit it to differentiate from their business plans which will have a 500Mbps upload..

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Luxas _@end.the.fed.wtf 5 months ago

Oh wtf, they must have accidentally let it leak on their site and now removed it. I had seen a 2Gbps plan for home and called them and started discussing both home/business tiers just last week. Excited for when it's fully launched. Enjoy it 🤓

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npub1upmh...g8fq 5 months ago

I’m using a MikroTik RB5009 which isn’t a normal residential grade router. I know ISPs are testing different router options for these new speeds but I’m not sure which models.

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npub1upmh...g8fq 5 months ago

Yeah. Most ISPs would be getting ready to update their plans for the new speeds so could have accidentally put it in their website!

OT 5 months ago

Wow...

semisol semisol@nostr.land 5 months ago

The last part was what I was looking for. The asymmetry was a bit too much

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qnm qnm@nos.social 5 months ago

Hmm that looks pretty good for the price. Would you recommend it? I haven’t used Mikrotik for years but I’d be comfortable with it.

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npub1upmh...g8fq 5 months ago

I’m hoping I might get to test the 2000/500 as well but not sure yet. The 200Mbps upload is still a big improvement from the 50Mbps that I had before.

npub1upmh...g8fq 5 months ago

Yeah if you are comfortable with Mikrotik then I think it is great. It has the right combination of ports for me - 10G SFP+ for the link to my switch, 2.5G for the NBN service and 7 1G ports. It seems to handle this 2Gbps NBN service without any issues.