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Phil you are getting ripped off.

Posted by Sir Col "THE NODDY MUSHROOM" on August 16, 2017 at 8:25am

Now I know we have had several (way too many) blogs on the subject of this site's deficiencies - HOWEVER - You are getting ripped off Phil if you are paying for the displeasure.

How come you can go into some pages without difficulty and post - BUT - click on another page and it simply NEVER fully loads thereby blocking you from replying.

Sometimes (if you are lucky) you get the page error message and it doesn't open at all - BUT (again) "Please notify us if you get this message again"

LIKE if you can't access the freeking site How the Feck are we going to send you a message saying "We can't fecking get in"?

New platforms, old platforms the Train is off the tracks and someone is paying good $$s for the privilege of getting ripped off.

Just sayin' in case you haven't noticed mate.

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Eel team six August 16, 2017 at 8:30am

I don't think the site costs Phil money mate, I think it'd be the other way around, and a new or improved platform would cost money to implement.
- Uncle Wizards Sleeve indigenous elder He/Him > Eel team six August 16, 2017 at 9:41am
  
  I think we are heading towards the sites apocalypse. Surely if anything was going to be done the site woudve generated enough advertising fees by now to take the next step towards the future . The fact it's been left to deteriorate to the depths of Brett Allen being a mod ;) , tells me the sight has become like a family's old much loved HQ Holden rusting away in the backyard after dad's gone out and bought a brand new WB Statesman .
  
  Too loved to fuck it off , but too unimportant to restore as a weekend toy . It's like " I'll keep it cause it's still worth something for now , but if it rusts away who gives a shite "
- SuperEel 22 > Eel team six August 16, 2017 at 1:38pm
  
  In regards to the current platform. This site is hosted on Ning and Ning has undergone a face lift and offered some pretty sh!thouse upgrades which I don't believe Phil has implemented as it'd take away some key functions. As Phil stated in a blog a couple of months ago, this site will eventually move to a new platform, more equipped to handle the amount of traffic it gets.
  
  At the moment this platform is at its limits, hence the issues with page loading and the like.
Tentonz August 16, 2017 at 9:27am

Get a real internet Col
- Sir Col "THE NODDY MUSHROOM" > Tentonz August 16, 2017 at 10:07am
  
  Mate I run the sooper dooper yew bewt NBN at 100mbps - but because of COPPER and being a few K's from the exchange I can run as low as 5mbps - YES - that is NOT a typo I said FIVE mbps.
  
  I was told to expect not much better than 75mbps BUT................................*sigh*
  
  Just as an aside - it just took me 3 attempts to get in here and reply.
  
  Oh yes - my 'Poota is about 18 months old - custom built with all sorts of goodies on it to make it work beterrer.
- Eel team six > Tentonz August 16, 2017 at 12:17pm
  
  Did either of you guys have cable internet before? I've had Bigpond cable for years and I get about 6 or 7 mbps. They've finally just run the NBN past my house but I've heard too many horror stories about it.
  I'd love to change over to the NBN and happily pay more for it if I knew I'd be getting even close to what speed they're promising, but I'd be pissed if I swapped over only to get the same or less speed than I already have.
- Eel team six > Tentonz August 16, 2017 at 2:49pm
  
  Ha, right. No, I'm talking cable internet, as in, using Foxtel or optus's coax cable. As opposed to broadband using the copper phone lines.
- Eel team six > Tentonz August 16, 2017 at 2:55pm
  
  Parra matter, were you one of the lucky ones that got FTTP before it was changed to FTTN? I know you can pay for FTTP, you'd just have to hope the node is fairly close to your house and there is sufficient ducting to run the cable. Plus, easy enough to run through your front yard without messing up too much of your landscaping.
  
  How close to the 100/40 are you getting in actual download speed? What speed are you getting when you download an update on Xbox? Sounds like you're actually getting what was promised when the NBN was first talked up.
Uncle Wizards Sleeve indigenous elder He/Him August 16, 2017 at 11:02am

I'm in the same boat col , fibre to the node . Farkin shite . I have a speed pack and get between 5 and 10 tops . It really upsets my new Kodi box experience sometimes .
- MeelK > Uncle Wizards Sleeve indigenous elder He/Him August 16, 2017 at 1:59pm
  
  I'm in a small town with a population of about 20,000, and we were lucky enough to get fibre to the home when the NBN rollout was being done that way.
  
  I feel for you guys who are paying for a service and not getting what you are paying for.