[AusNOG] Typical NBN Takeup speeds

[Mark Smith]

On 10 September 2015 at 10:07, Nick Stallman <nick at agentpoint.com> wrote:
> Remember they get paid per install, not per hour or based on difficulty.
>
> I got 100mbit unlimited (TPG - I know it's a dirty word around here) simply
> because I could and it was cheap.
> Not based on any actual need. If price was more of a factor (like with other
> ISPs) then you can see why the slower speeds are popular.
>

We're probably in the innovation or early adopter phases of NBN
adoption, and one of the characteristics of people in those categories
is that they're more financially liquid and therefore will spend more
on the innovation being adopted than the latter adopter classes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations

In other words, I don't think early adoption of 100/40 indicates that
the early majority and later categories will choose that speed.

This paper from 2012 showed that the ARPU for Australians was $50, so
if the customer is spending significantly more than that, then they
would fit into the innovators or early adopters category.

http://marketclarity.com.au/documents/market-clarity-understanding-the-trans-tasman-bb-gap-30-may-2012.pdf

> My personal install wasn't too bad. Just a bunch of 3M sticky fibre around
> the edges of the garage.
> They used existing Telstra conduit outside, however between the old Telstra
> gray box and the new NBN one there is about 3cm of exposed fibre.
>
> On 10/09/15 09:58, Ben Hohnke wrote:
>
> The same is in Gosford - garbage installs. Contractors trying to get as many
> done as fast as possible it seems.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 9:51 AM paul+ausnog at oxygennetworks.com.au
> <paul+ausnog at oxygennetworks.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All, just wondering what people are seeing as a typical NBN plan speed
>> from users, I am interested in understanding if people moving to the NBN are
>> actually using the faster speeds available or if most people just go on an
>> ADSL2 type speed like the 12/1 or 25M speed options.
>>
>>
>>
>> On a side note to this, I had the pleasure to visit a nearby suburb in my
>> area which has recently become NBN fibre enabled, had some nice lunch in a
>> café and went for a walk afterwards, I was totally and utterly disgusted by
>> the install practices of these NBN contractors, fibres just dangling from
>> boxes shoddily mounted to the outside walls of buildings, a bit of flexible
>> conduit here and there, no conduit clips on most, big gaps between the
>> conduit and the box to let water ingress, etc etc. this was even the case on
>> the local banks building.
>>
>>
>>
>> I really was gobsmacked by this, people have no pride in their work any
>> longer, it would really take about 10 mins to walk down the entire business
>> area of this suburb with a 2M long stick with a hook on the end of it and
>> take out at least a hundred businesses by just yanking on the fibre hanging
>> out of these boxes and breaking it, if this is what is happening everywhere
>> then the NBN is doomed IMHO.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Paul
>>
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