1B1B and 2B2B units, share housing, older & newer blocks
Apartments are usually a smaller area but come with their own quirks: older blocks near UNSW, USYD and UTS often run FTTB with 2–3 phone-style wall jacks where only one is actually wired live, and newer towers usually have modern fibre but sometimes building-managed networks that need specific setup steps.
A UTS postgraduate's 1-bedroom apartment near the City on a new Origin Energy 100Mbps FTTB plan was fully activated, tested and wired to his desktop in under 30 minutes — the building's internal wiring was in good shape. Separately, an old red-brick apartment block in Camperdown had 2–3 phone jacks around the unit, and only one was the live “master” port — we found it with a proper line tester rather than guessing.
In a typical 1–2 bedroom apartment, a single well-placed router is usually enough — the trick is finding the live jack and the best position, not buying more hardware. For share houses with 4+ people, we usually recommend upgrading to a router that handles more simultaneous devices rather than a full Mesh system.
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Call 0420 119 140 Contact UsThe service may hand off through NBN FTTB, FTTP, HFC, Opticomm or another building network. The live path can involve an MDF, communications room, in-unit wall port or NBN box. Once active, metal cabinets, concrete walls and dense neighbouring WiFi can still make the apartment feel slow. We separate activation, building handoff, router setup and in-unit coverage.