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| Thread ID: 134501 | 2013-07-08 07:09:00 | Telecom now doing VDSL2! | Agent_24 (57) | PC World Chat |
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| 1348284 | 2013-07-11 07:16:00 | Eh, mine was going to be on the 13th they said, now it's been pushed back to the 18th 22nd install date for me.....I already have the Telecom Pace business class router that does VDSL, was thinking of selling to pay for install, but as got gigabit switch, i might keep it.... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1348285 | 2013-07-11 07:39:00 | So chill, what are the telecom vdsl modems like? And exactly what does a technician have to do | plod (107) | ||
| 1348286 | 2013-07-11 07:50:00 | So chill, what are the telecom vdsl modems like? And exactly what does a technician have to do It's a Technicolor modem - the TG582n is/was awesomely stable, but the TG589Vn v2 (VDSL2) modem/router is too young to be able to know anything for sure yet (although Chill has an opinion :) - but that was likely on older firmware)... Typically, the tech has to do some switching at the cabinet and needs to install a master splitter at point of entry of the phone cable to your house. My install took a total of 30 minutes (but I already had a splitter) but I think they allow a couple of hours per premise... I think this service will be pretty popular (especially with their EPL offer as well) so I'm not surprised at the dates being published above!! :D |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1348287 | 2013-07-11 08:21:00 | It's a Technicolor modem - the TG582n is/was awesomely stable, but the TG589Vn v2 (VDSL2) modem/router is too young to be able to know anything for sure yet (although Chill has an opinion :) - but that was likely on older firmware)... Typically, the tech has to do some switching at the cabinet and needs to install a master splitter at point of entry of the phone cable to your house. My install took a total of 30 minutes (but I already had a splitter) but I think they allow a couple of hours per premise... I think this service will be pretty popular (especially with their EPL offer as well) so I'm not surprised at the dates being published above!! :D Seriously considering it, only $10 more a month. Was waiting for fibre, but that's another two years away |
plod (107) | ||
| 1348288 | 2013-07-11 08:22:00 | Seriously considering it, only $10 more a month. Was waiting for fibre, but that's another two years away I was in exactly the same situation - haven't regretted getting it yet! |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1348289 | 2013-07-11 20:51:00 | Eh, mine was going to be on the 13th they said, now it's been pushed back to the 18th Mine is also going in on the 18th. Looks like a busy day for the installer :) |
CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1348290 | 2013-07-11 22:33:00 | So chill, what are the telecom vdsl modems like? And exactly what does a technician have to do The Tech first checks you are on a VDSL capable port and if not does a port change at the cabinet/exchange. Then he comes to the house and checks the wiring. In most cases a filter will need to be installed because previous master filters are not VDSL compatible and plug in filters are a definate no go for VDSL. If the cabling to the DSL Jack is not suitable it'll be replaced and the jackpoint will be changed to an RJ45 outlet (I think). Cat5 cable is specified for VDSL I believe. He also has to do a couple tests to confirm it's all working, and probably sets up the router for you. I looked into all this after I ordered mine :) - due about the 15th I think. I also researched my cable distance and loss (660M, 7dB) but that's not something most of you can easily do. I'm mildly optimistic that mine should work ok. Turns out VDSL doesn't work well past 900M or so I've heard. The E-mail states if it doesn't meet at least 15M down / 5M up you can revert back to ADSL2+ with no early termination fee. Considering I get 16M down now I expect it to work. It just happens I work for the same company that'll be installing mine so I can keep an eye on the process :) |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1348291 | 2013-07-11 23:02:00 | Yeah, I have a master splitter already for my ADSL and get about 700-800KB up, 12-15MB down.... | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1348292 | 2013-07-11 23:26:00 | Wicked, some earlier install slots have come up, now 16th! | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1348293 | 2013-07-12 00:10:00 | Yeah Telecom aren't the only ones who've used those routers. Older firmware they were *horrible*, but we've just had a customer deploy it for one of their sites and we've already run into a lot of issues with the %@#$ thing breaking SIP calling left, right and center (Two concurrent SIP calls? Pfft yeah right, like it'll let you do that), and again on this one the DHCP daemon kept fubar'ing so I'm not holding my breath. This is literally just yesterday, so we couriered them a new DrayTek router last night, installed this morning, all the issues gone *instantly*. Don't believe me? If you PM me I can give you this customers details, ring them yourself and see what they say, coz they were FURIOUS with how terribly that one was misbehaving. This my friends is the reason why I won't touch those Thomson / Technicolor routers, ever. The Telecom buy-price for an order of 5,000 I believe is somewhere around NZD$35ea. Just ring Technicolor and ask ;) Yeah thanks to the changes announced in June, they've since begun doing a dedicated jackpoint for each install as part of the "setup" cost which is *awesome*!! Great the costs have come down so much, but it's also a bummer coz I've just started offering it myself around a similar price, so for many people with a Telecom connection it's not going to be as much of an "easy sell" to get them to switch to another provider rather than just upgrading. That, and there's no way in hell I'd give away a cheap shitty router for free, I require a DrayTek so the customer gets the best possible experience. Time will tell how it all pans out I suppose. Either way, I've been saying it for a while now: Go VDSL2! :D |
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