[AusNOG] AAPT/TPG EFM vs MBE @ 10Mbps

[Nathan Brookfield]

Our sell to our customers is still cheaper than the TPG retail price and we provide a much better service assurance and management wise.

Anyone who can't buy Wholesale from AAPT/TPG and resell for the same or less than the retail isn't trying hard enough.

Midband Ethernet over Hatteras (MBE) and EFM prices are pretty much identical in the Wholesale channel, each product has it's place.

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From: AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net> on behalf of James Cunningham <jjazza26 at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, 13 July 2015 2:28 PM
To: Bradley Amm
Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] AAPT/TPG EFM vs MBE @ 10Mbps

Yes, but the customer doesn't need more than 10Mbps, and by the sounds of it they want to go directly to TPG because its the lowest price - seems everyone else just resells the TPG product and put's their own margin on it (but I could be wrong here)

James



On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Bradley Amm <Bradley.Amm at telethonkids.org.au<mailto:Bradley.Amm at telethonkids.org.au>> wrote:
At that distance you could get more than 10mbit



From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net<mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>] On Behalf Of James Cunningham
Sent: Monday, 13 July 2015 11:42 AM
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Subject: [AusNOG] AAPT/TPG EFM vs MBE @ 10Mbps

Hello Ausnog,

I'm struggling to comprehend the differences between the AAPT/TPG EFM product and the MBE product. I understand that both are Ethernet over Copper and both offer symmetrical speed, and that MBE is a guaranteed speed and EFM is a best effort product.

But how do these differ technically in the back end? Is one better than the other? Everyone says that MBE is better than EFM, but is this just because MBE is guaranteed?

Customer is 300m from their telephone exchange, and should get the full 10Mbps using EFM, what benefit is there is paying twice as much per month for an MBE? I believe both have free installation on 36 month contracts.

Are they both 1:1 connections?

Thank you in advance

James

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