Guys using this to post my experience or horror with NBN and Optus. I switched from Optus Cable to NBN and it took over 3 weeks to get the connection last Tuesday. A whole story of how Optus did not know when NBN technician will be coming or not coming to install the equipment. One installed, I was switched and happy to find speed in the vicinity of 90 Mbps down and 35Mbps up. Which seem to drop in the evening to about 35 Down and 15 up. Still better than Cable.
Then comes the horror show. The equipment fails to connect on Friday. I tried restarting every thing as suggested by Optus message on how to solve problem. It just wont work. The Upstream link led was flashing while downstream was stable. So my marathon calling optus over mobile as my phone had stopped working. It took me over an hour of wait time before a technician on the other side finally accepted there was a NBN equipment fault and gave me a ETA of 2 working days before NBN will respond on their diagnosis. Then will come the action to resolve. No support on weekends even though Optus has 24/7 fault lines and support (If you can contact them). Now I am waiting along side Optus for NBN to come back with resolution and it is 5 days already. For me home is working everyday not just weekdays. If NBN is supporting homes then they better work 7 days.
My suggestion to anyone trying to switch, delay as long as you can till NBN sorts out its capability to support and acknowledges that Customer satisfaction is the main reason they exist and not the other way around.
I will post more on my horror story as it unfolds but for now I believe Optus is hostage to NBN.
