Continuation of CGNAT?

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#236327 28-May-2018 21:13

Since skinny use bigpipes network, and that is going away and bigpipes moving to sparks network, does that mean no more CGNAT on skinny or is that staying as it is?

Need to figure out a different backup ISP to have on the copper to voyager for my fiber, and if skinny lose the CGNAT then that would make them a good option.

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#2024311 28-May-2018 21:51

Yep, everyone on Skinny gets a public dynamic IP after the migration.

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#2024319 28-May-2018 22:02

DarkShadow:

Yep, everyone on Skinny gets a public dynamic IP after the migration.

and this is one of larger bonus's that come out of it, that make ipv6 temporarily going away simply a drop in the bucket :)

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#2024330 28-May-2018 22:21

hio77:

DarkShadow:

Yep, everyone on Skinny gets a public dynamic IP after the migration.

and this is one of larger bonus's that come out of it, that make ipv6 temporarily going away simply a drop in the bucket :)

TBH 90%+ of people couldnt give a crap about CGNAT, but this gives me a viable second ISP that isnt the same as my main one (voyager) at a better price than bigpipe.

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#2024356 29-May-2018 00:59

Just curious, but what is your secondary ISP used for?

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#2024553 29-May-2018 10:43

sonyxperiageek: Just curious, but what is your secondary ISP used for?

Personally i too run two isps, It's not cheap. but in a pinch that doubled bandwidth is nice.

Being i live in a copper world, the ocasional line failure is often naturally resolved via my router.

line is detected to be out of spec, it's placed down the list and bandwidth pipes out the working line while i get the broken one fixed.

Also nice having two opposing providers, as i can kinda head to head race them.

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#2025117 29-May-2018 20:29

sonyxperiageek: Just curious, but what is your secondary ISP used for?

Because consumer ISPs dont really have a decent fault resolution time and its cheaper to get 2 connections than to pay business rates.

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#2025172 29-May-2018 21:16

Over the past 3+ years now, I don't ever recall having a single issue with my internet provider! (TOUCH WOOD)

Do you guys often have issues?

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#2025175 29-May-2018 21:19

sonyxperiageek: Over the past 3+ years now, I don't ever recall having a single issue with my internet provider! (TOUCH WOOD)

Do you guys often have issues?

comes in waves, just like the weather ;)

pretty sure the numbers work out to my faults are well above average for a copper connection.

but then i also have a near perfect hlog.. inperfections shine through.

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#2025180 29-May-2018 21:24

hio77:

DarkShadow:

Yep, everyone on Skinny gets a public dynamic IP after the migration.

and this is one of larger bonus's that come out of it, that make ipv6 temporarily going away simply a drop in the bucket :)

Given this... can anyone give me a reason to keep paying $89 for VDSL with Bigpipe instead of $73 with Skinny?

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#2025182 29-May-2018 21:26

allio:

hio77:

DarkShadow:

Yep, everyone on Skinny gets a public dynamic IP after the migration.

and this is one of larger bonus's that come out of it, that make ipv6 temporarily going away simply a drop in the bucket :)

Given this... can anyone give me a reason to keep paying $89 for VDSL with Bigpipe instead of $73 with Skinny?

support for a non provided modem?

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#2025184 29-May-2018 21:28

hio77:

support for a non provided modem?

Is that 'support' like 'our helpdesk won't be able to talk you through setting up another modem' or 'you cannot use anything other than an HG659 with Skinny'?

God, it actually looks like the latter. What on earth.

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#2035983 13-Jun-2018 15:25

allio:

hio77:

support for a non provided modem?

Is that 'support' like 'our helpdesk won't be able to talk you through setting up another modem' or 'you cannot use anything other than an HG659 with Skinny'?

God, it actually looks like the latter. What on earth.

It's the former, currently using ac86u on skinny boardband.

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#2036010 13-Jun-2018 15:56

You have to buy the required modem. Whether you use it or not is up to you. If you don't use it then you won't get customer service.

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#2036027 13-Jun-2018 16:24

hio77:

DarkShadow:

Yep, everyone on Skinny gets a public dynamic IP after the migration.

and this is one of larger bonus's that come out of it, that make ipv6 temporarily going away simply a drop in the bucket :)

I'd not thought of this - that's rather ideal.

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#2047032 1-Jul-2018 20:49

kormac:

It's the former, currently using ac86u on skinny boardband.

Thanks for confirming this. Looks like I'm going to shift, I really can't justify paying $16 a month more for effectively the same service. Especially when I'm keen to get gigabit when UFB hits my street next year and the current difference at that level is $31!

My Bigpipe connection switched over to Spark's network last week. Does anyone know if Skinny has shifted yet? I really can't deal with CGNAT even for a short while, so will wait for confirmation before I place an order.

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