How to get a new home connected to ADSL 2 in Australia without a 1 month+ wait

See previous post for context.

So I finally conceded that the only way I’d jump to the first position was to get a phone line connected. We take possession on the 2nd (July, it’s the 29th June as I type this) and it turns out that Telstra can connect a physical line on the 3rd.

So once you’ve got an actual line (with days notice) getting ADSL2+ is easy, although getting ADSL2+ Naked is still hard. Spoke to Internode, who resell Telstra ports for ADSL2+. 5-10 days, guaranteed, because Telstra does it. If it was their own Naked ADSL…limited to no ports, 20+ days (like iiNet and more).

The key to get ADSL2+ connected at a new place is to connect the phone line with Telstra, and then connect the ADSL2+ with a Telstra reseller. You can switch to others later, but you can’t match 5-10 days 🙂

Mind you, this is all sorts of wrong, but to some degree it’s always been the case. Telstra connections have always had priority in an exchange over non-Telstra connections. I might be connecting with Internode, but it’s a Telstra wholesale connection.

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7 responses to “How to get a new home connected to ADSL 2 in Australia without a 1 month+ wait”

  1. Mayav Madon Avatar

    Thats provided ur exchange has ADSL2, some of us still only can dream it !! I live in Deer Park and cant get ADSL2 🙁 !!

  2. Noclegi Gory Klodzka Avatar

    Personaly it took me over 2 months to get everything done. It wasn't my priority though since I've been working at the internet at the time so I could take care of everything at work. But I agree – it should be a lot simpler.

  3. Duncan Riley Avatar

    that's got to suck.

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