So I have got a very good job offer to move to Australia, and it will quite a big positive change for me both financially and mentally.
Except when I get to researching the Internet connections. Now this is a problem that most people will not understand except perhaps my fellow datahoarding brothers and sisters. Is 1000/50 really the best speed I can get?
I guess I am so spoilt by having 1000/1000 to home here in Sweden that it’s creating a big issue in my mind. I upload quite a bit to cloud storage and seed quite a few ISOs as well, that upload speed is giving me slight anxiety! Just wanted to get some perspective from Australian datahoarders.
Don’t get NBN it’s trash. Fellow data hoarder here. I have Optus 5g which routinely gets up to 400 down and 80-100 up. Also. Zero installation costs and if you move, unplug and replug and you’re good to go. Edit to add I am in inner city Melbourne
Yes 5G might be good but not sure about latency, NAT, port forwarding and all. Haven’t ever used mobile networks for homelabbing.
Latency hasn’t been an issue at all. CGNAT has been a problem but I use zerotierone to combat that and access my devices when I’m out and about. What port forwards do you anticipate needing?
We get absolutely butt fucked in AUS with our internet , blame the liberal government at the time for fucking up the NBN, what could have been reasonable has turned into a third world joke
FYI you can get 1 gig up/down, on the enterprise plans, NBN come our fiber to your home etc, but it’s a 3 year minimum contract, costs around a grand a month, and you need an ABN
Fellow Aussie here. Depending on how you’re going to connect to the internet (NBN, Starlink, 5G, etc) will decide your internet speed. The NBN (National Broadband Network) has been slowly rolling our over the past decade. It was originally suppose to be Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) for 90% of Australians with the remaining % connected via satellite (mainly for rural places). That was scrapped when the government changed and brought in Fibre to the Node, HFC, and Fibre to the Curb. Only now is FTTP being rolled out again for houses that already have FTTN or FTTC and are part of the free upgrade (you can check the technology of your address here https://www.nbnco.com.au/).
Now that is cleared up, in terms of residential speeds on the NBN you can achieve a max speed of 1000Mbps download and 50Mbps upload on FTTP and HFC connections. There are slower and cheaper plans but this residential plan has the highest upload speed available. You can pay for business NBN plans which unlock 1000/400 speeds but that’s is starting to get into the very expensive per month area. there are other business NBN speeds available if you don’t need that fast and slightly cheaper but most providers will push 50/20 or 100/20 plans. Please note: While there are a number of internet providers who can connect you to the NBN not all are equal or provide the same speeds for the same price. The best part about the NBN is you’re not locked in to a particular provider so you can jump around every 6 months and enjoy the 6 month promotions that majority of the providers have.
If you’re looking for a good, reliable provider I would recommend Aussie Broadband (they were my previous provider). They are expensive compared to other providers but their support is 100% local and it just works. If you are looking for a cheaper 1000/50 provider that is still just as good (but support is hit or miss) then I recommend Superloop (They are my current provider). They currently have a $99 for 6 months offer on their 1000/50 plan and then it’s $109 afterwards but you could call their retention line and see if they can do another $99 6 month plan. If you decide to go with Superloop I can send you my referral code.
Hope this helps and welcome to Australia!
I think the bigger issue is that all the bits on your network will be backwards because you’ll be in the southern hemisphere. I believe you can get hardware to correct for this, but it’s probably expensive. A software solution may exist and be far cheaper. It may be better to buy computer equipment there and only transfer the data that you need.