[AusNOG] No Optus mobile broadband in Darwin

Tue May 18 20:02:59 EST 2010

you could always do the old wifi or WIMAX :P to a mates house on the list :D

Cheers!
Karl Kloppenborg
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On 18/05/2010, at 20:00, Kai wrote:

> 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
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> 
> Darren Moss
> General Manager
> Australia and New Zealand
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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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