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NBN for home and home office Andrew Woodward, Bellingen CoWorking, 12 February 2019 Andrew Woodward Consulting

Internet delivery Now and past Future • Telstra ADSL • NBN Fibre to curb • Telco 4G • NBN Fixed wireless • Some NBN products • NBN Sky Muster (satellite) • Telco 4G Andrew Woodward Consulting

Who gets what Fibre to curb Fixed wireless (4G) • 80 percent Bellingen township • 20 percent Bellingen township • All of Dorrigo • Fernmount Fibre to node • Semi rural • Urunga Satellite • Raleigh • Rural • Mylestom and Repton Andrew Woodward Consulting

Andrew https://www.nbnco.com.au/residential/learn/rollout-map Woodward Consulting

What’s changed? • Previously one provider in Bellingen - Telstra* • You got a modem from Telstra • You had a problem - you called Telstra • Telstra managed the line from the exchange to your house • Locked into a contract Andrew *yes you could have anyone but Telstra charged them rent making them unviable. Woodward Consulting

And now • NBN owns the line to your house • NBN provides a modem • You choose a retailer • You provide the router and this is connected to the NBN modem • You can use your existing router or a router provided by your retailer • You have no relationship with NBN - you deal with your retailer • You can go month by month Andrew Woodward Consulting

How retailing works • They all use the same line and feed off the NBN supplied modem • ‘Anyone’ can be a retailer • All of the ‘big names’ retail - Telstra, Optus, TPG, iiNet, etc • Retailers buy data at certain speeds from NBN • If they don’t buy enough data, the speeds they can offer will be slower Andrew Woodward Consulting

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Two key terms Download and upload speeds - bits • Mbps - Mega bits per second Download and upload amounts of data or file size - bytes • MB - Megabyte - one million bytes* (3 MB - photo on camera, 30 MB - 1 hour ABC radio) • GB - Gigabyte - one billion bytes* (2 GB - MS Office for Mac, 6 GB - Netflix HD 2 hour movie) • TB - Terabyte - one trillion bytes* (family of six for a month) • Your phone, tablet or computer hard drive might be 120 GB, 240 GB, 500GB or 1TB Andrew * roughly (see https://kb.iu.edu/d/ackw) ** 8 bits of data to equal 1 byte Woodward Consulting

What you need to think about • How much your internet will be used and when (what speed?) • Whether you want to keep a home phone and your home phone number • Who you want to go with, that is, the retailer • Which, if any, extras you want (like Foxtel) • Can you get any “bundle” discounts from existing mobile operators • What equipment do you have, eg 4K TV or Apple TV 4K Andrew Woodward Consulting

Retailers • 150 plus retailers • Big names - Telstra, Optus, TPG, iiNet, dodo • New entrants • Popular review sites - Canstar and Whistleout • Avoid iSelect • Will charge set-up fee or modem cost Andrew Woodward Consulting

Biggest decision - speed Andrew https://www.whistleout.com.au/Broadband/Guides/what-nbn-speed-do-you-need Woodward Consulting

Commentary on speeds • Basic - avoid • Standard - OK for small household and standard streaming (similar to Telstra ADSL in Bellingen now) • Standard plus - recommended for larger households, streaming, medium size file transfers (up to 100 mb) and video conferencing • Premium - for larger households, large file transfers (+ 100 mb) and video conferencing • Note - If streaming to 4K TV or Apple TV, I recommend Premium Andrew Woodward Consulting

Price • Basic - $30 to $50 a month, most capped at 100 gb • Standard - $50 to $65 a month, 500 gb to unlimited • Standard plus - $60 to $90, unlimited • Premium - $70 to $120, unlimited Andrew https://www.whistleout.com.au/Broadband/Guides/best-australian-nbn-plans Woodward Consulting

Andrew https://www.whistleout.com.au/Broadband/Guides/fastest-nbn-providers-and-plans-accc Woodward Consulting

Andrew https://www.canstarblue.com.au/internet/nbn-providers/ Woodward Consulting

My case study • Small household, stream, geek-out • Some small to mid file uploads and downloads • Some video conferencing • Currently with Telstra ADSL2+ at $90 a month • Mobile is currently with Optus • Already have a wireless router (Apple Airport) • Don’t need a home phone number Andrew Woodward Consulting

My decision • Belong at $65 a month (12 month contract) or $70 month to month. $0 upfront, $0 activation • NBN Standard Plus, unlimited (30 Mbps to 50 Mbps) • Been with them before, good service, owned by Telstra • Call centre in Australia • Will consider Optus for $70 a month (24 month contract or month-to- month with $200 set-up). Will drop to $60 with mobile discount. Andrew Woodward Consulting

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Links Retailers • https://www.nbnco.com.au/residential/service-providers Whistleout • https://www.whistleout.com.au/Broadband/Guides/best-australian-nbn- plans Canstar • https://www.canstarblue.com.au/internet/nbn-providers/ Andrew Woodward Consulting

NBN for home and home office Andrew Woodward, Bellingen CoWorking, 12 February 2019 Andrew Woodward Consulting