@Old_IT_geek @cheryanne @MsDropbear42 @captainb Well, seems this grumpy little fangball now has one less thing about which to moan. Though ofc madmonk & trumble remain arseholes til their last breaths for what they did to the NBN [& so much else too, obvs], & though it's been too stupid-many years to reach this point, finally there is reason to allow oneself a little grin...

For reference, my years-old now-superseded #fraudband #FttN achieved a best of ~39 / 7 Mbps.

I sincerely wish & hope that all remaining victims of those ghastly Liebs & Nuts can similarly gain this QoL lift, absobloodylutely ASAP! 🤞 🤞 🤞

#NBN #FttP

For several months https://www.nbnco.com.au/residential/upgrades/more-fibre#checkaddress has been telling me that around September my house might finally have #FttP available as an upgrade option for me, instead of my shitty 700m of #FttN rotted copper. I just checked it again now.

Unfortunately, we can’t upgrade you under this program at this time.

If madmonk & trumble were on fire, i'd not squat over them & piss, but i would seriously consider other options...

#NBN

Recent email from my ISP advising of yet another price rise imminent, for my shitty #FTTN fraudband service. The new price is still affordable, yet i am incensed by it, given my 700m of rotted copper gives me 37/7 on a very good day, but more typically ~32/5.

So i've decided to challenge it by doing my first bit of active competition-hunting in many years, with a view to actually changing if i find decent looking candidates. I realise i shan't get any better performance til #FttP becomes available here, but getting a much lower price given the shit speeds is now desirable as a point of stubborn principle.

Initial look... two well-known comparator sites:

Another time i shall do my detailed research into both these, but my initial #AskFedi question is... who the hell are Flip and Buddy? Anyone here with experience of them pls?

#NBN #FttN #ISP

Peeps in #Australia. Are there any realtime or up to date latency benchmarks for internet connections, particularly #nbn #FTTN and #FTTP?

Alternatively what kind of latency are you getting and what #ISP and connection type are you connected to?

Les réseaux de fibre optique ruraux sont en très grande difficulté, et c’est inquiétant.

La fibre optique, qui couvre aujourd'hui 90% du territoire français, est par endroits en danger. Les réseaux publics ruraux font face à une crise financière sans précédent, certains frôlant même la cessation de paiement.

Une révision des tarifs pourrait ainsi intervenir d'ici la fin de l'année.

#Fibre #FibreOptique #Opérateurs #Free #Orange #BouyguesTelecom #SFR

#FTTH (Fiber to the Home – Fibre jusqu’à la maison)

#FTTLA (Fiber To The Last Amplifier – fibre jusqu’au dernier amplificateur)

#FTTB (Fiber To The Building – Fibre jusqu’au bâtiment)

#FTTN (iber To The Node – Fibre jusqu’au noeud)

#FTTDP (Fiber To The Distribution Point – Fibre jusqu’au point de distribution)

#FTTO (Fiber To The Office – Fibre jusqu’au bureau)

https://www.lsdm.live/2025/05/20/les-reseaux-de-fibre-optique-ruraux-sont-en-tres-grande-difficulte-et-cest-inquietant/

Recently "refreshed" an old spinning-rust tower pc of winXP/7 vintage, with a purge then installation of #Fedora #KDE    . This pooter has no #BlueTooth nor #WiFi inside, & i didn't feel motivated enough to investigate specs of card/s i'd need to buy & install, so i chickened out & just bought a cheap USB WiFi dongle. After the #KFedora40 install & tweaking, i wanted to bung both #Floorp  & #ZenBrowser browsers on it.

This project is only limping along.

• the USB dongle, supposedly good for 150 Mbps [which is >>> my available #NBN #Fraudband #FttN 37 Mbps on a good day], is giving me less than 1 Mbps. Have not yet tested to ascertain if it's the dongle's fault, or instead a WiFi blackspot in my house where i've set this tower. Sigh.
• neither Floorp nor ZenBrowser will launch, regardless of me placing the extracted tarball files with the executable in /opt/, or in my Downloads directory, or in my user's ~/bin, each of which are in my $PATH. I know it's not bad files, coz they work fine when tested in VMs in my main pooter. I also know it's not #SELinux [which i hate with a passion] 's fault, coz i tested with it fully disabled too, but still no joy. Grrrr.

Sassen frassen rassen.