Originally Posted by
Dengue
we insisted on a battery backup in the NBN box inside the house, living in a cyclone region. This only setup lasts 3-4 hours in the event of a power outage :( You may need a bigger UPS, but your connectivity will still be restricted by the laptop battery(s)
The modem also allows PCs to be connected by the blue Ethernet cable, which is better than wireless. Yeah, I'll be checking the difference after next Monday when we are connected to the NBN
Although the internet speeds are there, the speed of response of the websites we look at ( News, Newspapers etc with lots of graphics) are pretty slow. Yep, just like dust extraction, it is governed by the choke point. From a crap server you will get crap speeds.
I think that the NBN , from our personal experience, has failed to live up to its promise, and this is only going to be worse as more customers are forcibly connected!