[AusNOG] No Optus mobile broadband in Darwin

[Kai]

I know, bad karma replying to my own post but I was just thinking I might have to bite the bullet and get ADSL, that said I've heard there's a serious port shortage here... hahaa, welcome to internetworking infrastructure in Darwin hey? :P

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kai" <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au>
To: ausnog at ausnog.net
Sent: Tuesday, 18 May, 2010 7:17:36 PM GMT +10:00 Canberra / Melbourne / Sydney
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] No Optus mobile broadband in Darwin

Hi Darren,

Thanks for the info...

I was half expecting since Darwin's the capital we'd actually have better non-Telstra infrastructure here but apparently not. I'm guessing there are reasons (probably financially oriented) why everyone's leaning on Telstra, just frustrating to not have any real alternatives.

Is there an Optus rep on list who can provide any comments?

Cheers
Kai

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Moss" <Darren.Moss at em3.com.au>
To: "Kai" <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au>, ausnog at ausnog.net
Sent: Tuesday, 18 May, 2010 7:00:01 PM GMT +10:00 Canberra / Melbourne / Sydney
Subject: RE: [AusNOG] No Optus mobile broadband in Darwin

Kai,

We've been in Darwin for almost 4 years now and Telstra really is the
only option.
When we first investigated ethernet and fibre in the NT, what we found
was most providers were renting/reselling Telstra kit.

For mobile internet, you are better off on Telstra as the service is
proper 3G, not 3G indicator with 2G speeds :)
Our techs all originally had 3G Optus mobile internet which had to be
thrown out as the service was terrible.

HTH

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-----Original Message-----
From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
[mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Kai
Sent: 2010-05-18 4:27 pm
To: ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] No Optus mobile broadband in Darwin

Righteo, thanks.
I'm interested to hear feedback from any Optus staff about their plans
with mobile broadband in this area.

When I was on holiday in Melbourne I got 3, worked in Melb, Syd and Bris
but not here, even though I thought 3 use Telstra's network.

I'm currently using Vodafone wireless broadband, sure the signal usually
sux and there's just enough radiation floating around to get a
reasonable connection. Telstra charge nearly twice as much for
recharge/monthly data allowance than any other carrier and since Optus
(and therefore Virgin, WestNet and any other Optus reseellers) don't
have service here, Vodafone will do.

Cheers
Kai

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Hooper" <dhooper at emerge.net.au>
To: ausnog at ausnog.net
Sent: Tuesday, 18 May, 2010 3:43:27 PM GMT +09:30 Darwin
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] No Optus mobile broadband in Darwin

>From what I've heard Telstra is currently the only carrier with backhaul
(fibre) out of Darwin, so one would assume Optus is renting a slice of
that from Telstra and Optus is running a super high contention ratio on
that backhaul circuit themselves.

I'm still looking for more realistic priced services in Darwin myself,
currently paying a 4 digit figure a month for 512k BSDL services from
Telstra.

-Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
[mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Kai
Sent: Tuesday, 18 May 2010 1:51 PM
To: ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: [AusNOG] No Optus mobile broadband in Darwin

Hi guys and girls,

Can anyone shed some light on Optus mobile broadband in Darwin? Optus'
website service coverage map (http://www2.optus.com.au/) says it's
available all through Darwin however no one in any of the Optus stores
I've been to can give me any reasons why mobile broadband is not
available just that "it's not available anymore and we don't have any
indications when it will be back"....but if I want I can order Optus
based mobile through someone in another state and then just hope like
hell that the congestion doesn't hit too hard during peak and
effectively be as slow as dial-up.

I tried contacting Optus last week through their website but I don't
expect a reply anytime soon and if I do get a reply it'll probably be a
canned copy and paste.

I can only guess that since I get the impression there used to mobile
broadband here, congestion issues with mobile voice are causing issues,
however I thought voice and data may be on different frequencies so
congestion on the voice band wouldn't cause any issues?

Looking forward to any feedback

Cheers
Kai
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