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| Thread ID: 126560 | 2012-09-04 21:55:00 | Telecom vs Orcon | Greg (193) | PC World Chat |
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| 1298945 | 2012-09-06 22:45:00 | Telecom seems to have improved imo over the last few months. I'm actually getting 14mbps down and 0.95mbps up, which is actually kind of close to what I assume that speed cap is (15mbps down and 2mbps up is standard right? I couldn't actually find anything about speed on the telecom site). Would be nice to see uploads that are over 1mbps without having to go onto one of the 100mbps down plans like the ones tesltra offers and then you get 10mbps down right? Yet to see this anywhere in Tauranga. Telstra Cable isn't in Tauranga, only in Chch / Welly Telecom speeds are a result of their cabinetization 24mbps is the theoretical ADSL2+ max, with 1mbps upload. You can however go VDSL2 which has a much higher maximum (I went from 9mbps on ADSL2+ to 24mbps on VDSL2), and a WAY faster upload (I was on 1mbps on ADSL2+, got roughly 10mbps on VDSL2). Define quality? A crackly\noisy line will still be usable for a normal phone fairly well, while ADSL will drop out continuously and your VoIP will be useless. Sorta but not always. Packet Loss of 1-2%, whilst not ideal, isn't too difficult to conceal and sounds infinitely clearer and better than a crappy phone line... From the same point of view, analogue TV can have bad reception but still watch-able with a grainy picture, while digital with bad reception stops and starts and you get green squares and white blocks and audio that drops out. Agreed Also, copper is much easier for anyone to work with, than fibre. If I accidentally chopped my copper phone cable in half I could easily reconnect it with simple tools in 5 minutes or so. Yeah for sure. I've done fibre splicing, it's nowhere near as easy / simple as working with copper, but it doesn't mean I like using copper any more. Maybe just me, but I prefer to own\use things that are easier to fix. Eh in my experience we've found it much easier to get Chorus to fix a line if you've got internet going over it and it's having issues as opposed to having a faulty ISDN line. Of the 5 worst experiences I've had in the last 2 months, every single one of them has been related to ISDN / POTS. (Well 1 was POTS, the rest were ISDN). VoIP still has it's problems but they're usually far easier to resolve. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1298946 | 2012-09-06 22:59:00 | Sorta but not always. Packet Loss of 1-2%, whilst not ideal, isn't too difficult to conceal and sounds infinitely clearer and better than a crappy phone line... Well I don't know about you but whenever I've had a noisy line the ADSL would just drop out of synch all the time, packet loss wasn't the problem, it was loss of the entire connection. Phone still worked fine the whole time though |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1298947 | 2012-09-06 23:47:00 | ^^ Exactly what I'm talking about though. It's much easier to get a fault like that fixed, whereas if you have a line with a bit of 'noise' on it and that's all you've got, basically Chorus dont give a rats ass. Have a DSL link though that's not staying up and they *will* take an interest. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1298948 | 2012-09-07 02:13:00 | ^^ Exactly what I'm talking about though. It's much easier to get a fault like that fixed, whereas if you have a line with a bit of 'noise' on it and that's all you've got, basically Chorus dont give a rats ass. Have a DSL link though that's not staying up and they *will* take an interest. I disagree - quite the converse. All they would send out was some rat's ass, and of a caliber that leads me to suspect the rat wasn't even aware his ass had fallen off. ;) The helpdesk was just one stage further downhill from the ass. Heaps of it. Every day without Telecom is a jewel beyond price. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1298949 | 2012-09-07 02:40:00 | This applies regardless of who your ISP / Telco are wholesaling their lines from. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1298950 | 2012-10-01 23:50:00 | New stuff from Telecom: www.telecom.co.nz Includes a 500GB option! |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1298951 | 2012-10-02 01:18:00 | Just note that the calling rate for these new plans seems to be 24c per minute National Landline Calling, as opposed to the Total Home Broadband which is "18c per minute up to a maximum of $2.50 for 2 hours, then 18c per minute after that." Also note that Total Home packages are now retired, meaning you can't go back to one if you change from them now. Even so, the old Total Home Broadband 120GB is $105 while this new 500GB plan is $119. Not bad in comparison, I think There is however no mention of the premium Yahoo! services on the new plan pages, I wonder if they are trying to get rid of these as well? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1298952 | 2012-10-02 02:25:00 | Wow impressive! I'd take that any day over the $99 with Orcon for 200GB, but 'tis a shame I'm locked in for a wee while now... That and I usually sit around 160 -> 180GB as-is, so no *urgent* need to upgrade ;) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1298953 | 2012-10-02 02:40:00 | If you don't opt for national calling, the 150GB plan ($99.00) is cheaper than the previous 120GB Total Home Package ($105.00). Just phoned Telecom to change my plan and I'll save $6.00 per month with additional 30GB of Broadband data. | bk T (215) | ||
| 1298954 | 2012-10-02 03:39:00 | Score!! :D | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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