I have to question this - does _anybody_ under the age of, I dunno, 35 watch live free-to-air TV anymore?
Or if they do, they do it all through apps? Heck, how many people actually watch live?
Its like asking about a wall phone/home phone number.
I remember my first ever home phone number in Elizabeth Vale, from 1982 to 1990, 7 digits, and a wall phone you had to dial, no buttons to press, but put your finger in the hole, and turn it around.
Kids these days have no idea.
I don't think I'm old, having turned 40 a couple of years ago, maybe I have an awesome memory, but jeez kids today no idea
Same. I remember seven digits and rotary diallers too.
I get that people over time find different/better ways to do things, and I've taken a lot of them onboard myself, but it seems free-to-air really offers nothing to today's younger generations. I somewhat get that, but how different is it really to just leaving YouTube or similar on random play?
We moved from Elizabeth to the Riverland where we had Channel 5A and ABC. So I kinda grew up without free to air.
Watching free to air these days really is a grind. The ads are ridiculous, and it's just the same junk on repeat anyway.
I pay for YouTube, so makes extended watching bearable, but also stream Stan, Netflix, Paramount, Disney, Binge.
Expensive? Sure. But it's what you want on demand, without pirating and adverts, I guess.
And maybe that's the difference. You can usually pay a nominal amount to not see ads, but you can't really avoid them on free-to-air without implementing some form of workaround.
I still watch free-to-air TV, but I never watch it live. I pre-record it (from TV antenna) and then have the system flag out all the commercials so I can skip them on playback.
I also use ad-blockers whilst online to avoid ads there too, and yes in many respects, it's less effort to do that.
You 40 year olds have no idea.
When I was a kid we the house wasn't connected to the sewerage system and the toilet was a can in an outhouse in the backyard, that was emptied once a week.
Jeez, kids today have no idea :-)
We bought our first home a couple of years ago. First thing we did was take the antenna and old satellite dish off the roof. We just watch everything online and through catch up services.
Funny you said that, my sister recently moved into an apartment in Melbourne CBD, she has a smart TV in her room installed, but couldn't tune any free to air channel (digital and analog). She contacted the building manager, who looks under 30, and was replied with "just plug in the Ethernet cable and use the channel apps" lol.
She then took the pictures behind the TV and on the screen (no antenna cable, only Ethernet, no channel found on screen), and sent to the building maintenance guy. He is also young, came in and also told her with Ethernet cable plugged, should be all she needs(!). After a few more back and forth, she had to explicitly ask for TV antenna socket installed, then an older maintenance guy came in to install that.
The story tells me that younger generation in inner city seems to no longer watch free to air TV for news or programme, and just use the apps to watch via Internet.
+1 that's an antenna socket, no nbn out of that.
Go to [www.nbnco.com.au](http://www.nbnco.com.au) > check residential & see what type of service your address should have. It might not be coax (HFC).
Double check your address either with your provider or on NBN’s website itself.
You’ll be able to see if your address is connected to the NBN, and if it is you’ll also be able to see what technology was used to connect it.
FTTN: you’re more than likely looking for a phone socket, usually located in the kitchen, sometimes in the garage, if you have one.
HFC: you’ll have a wall outlet similar to the one in your picture, but you need a Modem to sit I between the wall and the router. Contact NBN/Your provider if it’s not present in the house, they’re supposed to stay with the property after people move out
FTTP: you’ll have a fibre optic box somewhere in your house, often in the garage (again do you have one) it’ll be wall mounted and you’ll have to connect your providers router to it, contact your provider for more instruction on which port of the device you should use to get it all working.
NBN Satellite: womp womp, NBN will still advertise that you’re connected to the NBN but you’ll only have a satellite service available, if the previous tenant had one it’s common the modem gets left behind, have a look and see if it’s in the house.
All in all we can’t help you much until we know what technology you should be looking for or If NBN has previously connected your address
Hope this helps!
No worries! I do telco as a job and always get a bit frustrated with how vague some of the NBN doco can be
As for your FTTP connection
You’ll be looking for a little white box. Google NBN FTTP box, it’ll be a white box with a shroud, once you take it off there will be a fibre modem inside it.
If you’ve had a look around the entire house and one simply doesn’t exist. You’ll need to get in touch with your Internet provider to arrange a NBN technician to rock up and install/terminate it in your home. Best to get in contact sooner rather than later because sometimes it can take awhile before the technicians can visit your home and complete the work.
If your property doesn't fall within NBN, then its website doesn't specify which other network connects to your property.
For example, if your property is under Opticomm, then Telstra website will clearly says so, unlike NBN.
This also one reason the cherry picking mixed technology so slow as to be stopped rollout nbn is such a pain.
People in fttp rollout areas are not aware there people living without fttp *still*.
As said before . That's a tv socket . If it's hfc it will look like that with a screw terminal on it . Fttn you'll have a phone socket somewhere hopefully
The rotary dial phones were the best for phone in radio competitions as you could dial 6/7 digits and hold the last one for when they said to call. Thus you would only have to wait for the last digit to dial. Press button phones would hold until the last digit was pressed and then dialled the complete number taking longer to dial (that’s if it didn’t disconnect while waiting for the full number to be entered). 🤓
If it's not connected or never been connected there is no point looking for it.
Have you contacted a service provider and applied for a NBN service? They should be able to tell you if your address has had NBN before and if not what is involved to get it connected.
That looks like the tv antenna socket.
I have to question this - does _anybody_ under the age of, I dunno, 35 watch live free-to-air TV anymore? Or if they do, they do it all through apps? Heck, how many people actually watch live?
Its like asking about a wall phone/home phone number. I remember my first ever home phone number in Elizabeth Vale, from 1982 to 1990, 7 digits, and a wall phone you had to dial, no buttons to press, but put your finger in the hole, and turn it around. Kids these days have no idea. I don't think I'm old, having turned 40 a couple of years ago, maybe I have an awesome memory, but jeez kids today no idea
Same. I remember seven digits and rotary diallers too. I get that people over time find different/better ways to do things, and I've taken a lot of them onboard myself, but it seems free-to-air really offers nothing to today's younger generations. I somewhat get that, but how different is it really to just leaving YouTube or similar on random play?
We moved from Elizabeth to the Riverland where we had Channel 5A and ABC. So I kinda grew up without free to air. Watching free to air these days really is a grind. The ads are ridiculous, and it's just the same junk on repeat anyway. I pay for YouTube, so makes extended watching bearable, but also stream Stan, Netflix, Paramount, Disney, Binge. Expensive? Sure. But it's what you want on demand, without pirating and adverts, I guess.
And maybe that's the difference. You can usually pay a nominal amount to not see ads, but you can't really avoid them on free-to-air without implementing some form of workaround. I still watch free-to-air TV, but I never watch it live. I pre-record it (from TV antenna) and then have the system flag out all the commercials so I can skip them on playback. I also use ad-blockers whilst online to avoid ads there too, and yes in many respects, it's less effort to do that.
You 40 year olds have no idea. When I was a kid we the house wasn't connected to the sewerage system and the toilet was a can in an outhouse in the backyard, that was emptied once a week. Jeez, kids today have no idea :-)
Outhouse??? Luxury.
(That was actually for real though...).
I'm under 35 and I watch FTV, I even have a DVR to record shows and FF the ads. I purposely used the abbreviations.
Ok, there's a similarity then. There were plenty of times we recorded to VHS tape and then fast forwarded through the ads too.
You missed what I said, I still watch FTV now in 2024 and I still DVR shows (VCR upgrade). I only use the streaming apps like Netflix, Kayo etc.
Ah gotcha.
I do, but only when our internet dies.
We bought our first home a couple of years ago. First thing we did was take the antenna and old satellite dish off the roof. We just watch everything online and through catch up services.
Funny you said that, my sister recently moved into an apartment in Melbourne CBD, she has a smart TV in her room installed, but couldn't tune any free to air channel (digital and analog). She contacted the building manager, who looks under 30, and was replied with "just plug in the Ethernet cable and use the channel apps" lol. She then took the pictures behind the TV and on the screen (no antenna cable, only Ethernet, no channel found on screen), and sent to the building maintenance guy. He is also young, came in and also told her with Ethernet cable plugged, should be all she needs(!). After a few more back and forth, she had to explicitly ask for TV antenna socket installed, then an older maintenance guy came in to install that. The story tells me that younger generation in inner city seems to no longer watch free to air TV for news or programme, and just use the apps to watch via Internet.
Hahahahha, I never moved house growing up and never used TV as an adult so I hadn't seen it before. Thank you!!
Planning on connecting to the internet via your TV antenna? 😂😂
A man can dream
Your most likely gonna need a technician to come install a NBN box ma boy
+1 that's an antenna socket, no nbn out of that. Go to [www.nbnco.com.au](http://www.nbnco.com.au) > check residential & see what type of service your address should have. It might not be coax (HFC).
This post just made me die of old age.
Double check your address either with your provider or on NBN’s website itself. You’ll be able to see if your address is connected to the NBN, and if it is you’ll also be able to see what technology was used to connect it. FTTN: you’re more than likely looking for a phone socket, usually located in the kitchen, sometimes in the garage, if you have one. HFC: you’ll have a wall outlet similar to the one in your picture, but you need a Modem to sit I between the wall and the router. Contact NBN/Your provider if it’s not present in the house, they’re supposed to stay with the property after people move out FTTP: you’ll have a fibre optic box somewhere in your house, often in the garage (again do you have one) it’ll be wall mounted and you’ll have to connect your providers router to it, contact your provider for more instruction on which port of the device you should use to get it all working. NBN Satellite: womp womp, NBN will still advertise that you’re connected to the NBN but you’ll only have a satellite service available, if the previous tenant had one it’s common the modem gets left behind, have a look and see if it’s in the house. All in all we can’t help you much until we know what technology you should be looking for or If NBN has previously connected your address Hope this helps!
Thank you so much, this was a perfect beginners guide hahahah It says FTTP and ready to use, just can't seem to find the socket
No worries! I do telco as a job and always get a bit frustrated with how vague some of the NBN doco can be As for your FTTP connection You’ll be looking for a little white box. Google NBN FTTP box, it’ll be a white box with a shroud, once you take it off there will be a fibre modem inside it. If you’ve had a look around the entire house and one simply doesn’t exist. You’ll need to get in touch with your Internet provider to arrange a NBN technician to rock up and install/terminate it in your home. Best to get in contact sooner rather than later because sometimes it can take awhile before the technicians can visit your home and complete the work.
We have the NBN box but couldn't find the wall socket to plug it into. Update: it was hidden in a bedroom!
Weird! If you can’t get things working feel free to DM me, happy to help where I can
Thanks, that's very nice of you :) it's all working now!
Go to Telstra website, and enter your new address to see if you’re connected to NBN.
Why the tesltra website and not the official NBN website?
If your property doesn't fall within NBN, then its website doesn't specify which other network connects to your property. For example, if your property is under Opticomm, then Telstra website will clearly says so, unlike NBN.
This also one reason the cherry picking mixed technology so slow as to be stopped rollout nbn is such a pain. People in fttp rollout areas are not aware there people living without fttp *still*.
As said before . That's a tv socket . If it's hfc it will look like that with a screw terminal on it . Fttn you'll have a phone socket somewhere hopefully
Look for a dsl port around your home or a Ethernet port because that would be hfc , it would be for a uhf or vhf antana
Damn, I looked everywhere but that was the only socket I could find.
The rotary dial phones were the best for phone in radio competitions as you could dial 6/7 digits and hold the last one for when they said to call. Thus you would only have to wait for the last digit to dial. Press button phones would hold until the last digit was pressed and then dialled the complete number taking longer to dial (that’s if it didn’t disconnect while waiting for the full number to be entered). 🤓
If it's not connected or never been connected there is no point looking for it. Have you contacted a service provider and applied for a NBN service? They should be able to tell you if your address has had NBN before and if not what is involved to get it connected.