TPG FTTN NBN Speeds

Roughly three months have passed since connecting to NBN FTTN via TPG. I'm on the "up to" 100/40mbit plan. At a guess I'm ~500meters from the node. At this point I haven't had any issues with the horrible speeds/congestion that some users report. FTTN sucks compared to FTTH for a ton of reasons that I won't go into. The bottom line so far is that I'm more or less able to saturate the speed that I'm syncing up at regardless of peak/offpeak.

Modem Stats (TPG supplied Huawei HG-658)
Line standard VDSL2
Channel type Interleaved
Downstream line rate (kbit/s) 62945
Upstream line rate (kbit/s) 29311
Downstream SNR (dB) 6.7
Upstream SNR (dB) 6.5
Downstream line attenuation (dB) 15
Upstream line attenuation (dB) 5.1
Downstream output power (dBmV) 14.3
Upstream output power (dBmV) 8.4

2019 Update

Having all additional phone sockets unwired from the first phone socket/point of entry has resulted in a nice increase. The wiring was daisy chained from socket to socket, so it only had to be removed from the first socket/point of entry to be effectively disconnected. This removes a lot of additional noise from the line and thus an increase in sync rates and some differences in attenuation stats.

Modem Stats (TPG supplied Huawei HG-658)
Line standard VDSL2
Channel type Interleaved
Downstream line rate (kbit/s) 83712
Upstream line rate (kbit/s) 35122
Downstream SNR (dB) 5.7
Upstream SNR (dB) 6.9
Downstream line attenuation (dB) 14
Upstream line attenuation (dB) 5.3
Downstream output power (dBmV) 14.3
Upstream output power (dBmV) 7.4

Speedtest.net & Steam - (Updated 2019)

2020 Update

Interestingly enough, since the 2019 update the sync rates have increased further. Below is the fastest observed sync rate so far.

Modem Stats (TPG supplied Huawei HG-658)
Line standard VDSL2
Channel type Interleaved
Downstream line rate (kbit/s) 93479
Upstream line rate (kbit/s) 35059
Downstream SNR (dB) 7.3
Upstream SNR (dB) 7.6
Downstream line attenuation (dB) 14.1
Upstream line attenuation (dB) 5.3
Downstream output power (dBmV) 13.5
Upstream output power (dBmV) 7.4

This article was updated on October 3, 2021