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March conversation - NBN's requirement for VDSL2 modems

22/3/2017

 
​David, Len, Peter and Brent and myself appeared at Rustik this morning circa 10.30 am.
 
We talked about the requirement of the NBN for a VDSL2 modem which would likely be provided by an ISP, who may also provide a wifi router as part of that. Experience suggests the wifi router provided by the ISP may not meet everyone’s needs for speed and security. We explored some of the offerings available and found the Google wifi particularly interesting in terms of security and adequate speed (throughput around 100 mb/s) as well as ease of setup. Google wifi was released overseas late last year and is much in demand. It is not yet available in Australia. Another interesting one not yet available is the F-Secure SENSE. It is to be released around the middle of this year. Both Google and the SENSE need to be continuously on line for updating of security patches and offer protection against a wide range of possible intrusions. Google updating is free while SENSE will cost $8 per month. Both of these claim to protect home networks including any IoT things which are very vulnerable in some cases.
 
Cheers
 
Les
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