Hi Joanna, On 29/3/20 9:21 pm, stripes theotoky via luv-main wrote:
Now my university is closed for the duration of the health crisis, I have to give at least 16 hours of tutorials / lectures a week via zoom. The audience varies between 20 and 80 students. As my only internet connections are: 1. is a dongle (with Vodafone) that has 3GB , and 2. my mobile phone with 60GB (also with Vodafone) I am urgently in need of a much better connection.
Any advice on what and with whom? I am in rented accommodation in Macleod, pretty much a mobile blackspot, and the landlord doesn't like the idea of cable being brought to the premises.
I would be surprised if the landlord can reasonably object, but I don't have a definitive answer on that. Are you the student or the lecturer? If bandwidth is what you need, then perhaps, just perhaps a 100/40 NBN connection (if it is available to you), might not be enough. You first need to check with NBN Co and see what technology is available for your location; that will inform you at least a little further. https://www.nbnco.com.au/learn/rollout-map Let us know what you find and then let us speak again.... I've recently gotten two mobiles with unlimited data on different networks for a number of reasons; both have ample data. In the past I have actively advised against Telstra for a number of reasons, but having a Telstra mobile now, this advise is even stronger. The mobile network is far less reliable than I have ever experienced with Optus network services, ever. If I need to make a call, the Telstra is much more likely a miss whilst Optus never misses; it's chalk and cheese. My own experience is clearly that Telstra does NOT have the best network, at least in terms of ordinary telephone calls that should be the easiest to achieve! Kind Regards -- Andrew McGlashan IT Support & Broadband Solutions