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| Thread ID: 126010 | 2012-08-01 10:30:00 | A bit of a whinge | PPp (9511) | PC World Chat |
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| 1292128 | 2012-08-01 10:30:00 | I found this link on the Stuff site www.stuff.co.nz So here i am in Franklin struggling to get 2Mbps, too slow to get to get You Tube, or On demand TV without a great deal of stuttering, and also too slow for an internet phone connection. so I am paying Orcon 120 bucks a month for a normal phone line(free NZ calling + messaging) + 30 gig amonth. Normal use is around 10gig but this is the minimum account to get this phone service. All this for $120/month plus mobile calls. This includes the $20 rural charge. I've got no particular gripe with Orcon, but this situation makes me seriously consider stopping my phone phone and going mobile and changing to a dailup account I figure I could save heaps. Only trouble is I lose Skype( usually voice, but sometimes video) to our son his wife and new grandson. Meanwhile someone can connect up for basically the same deal for $75 and fifty times faster. Somehow this sounds a lot like a lot of stuff going on in N.Z. or am I too self centered???? |
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| 1292129 | 2012-08-01 20:54:00 | I found this link on the Stuff site www.stuff.co.nz So here i am in Franklin struggling to get 2Mbps, too slow to get to get You Tube, Somehow this sounds a lot like a lot of stuff going on in N.Z. or am I too self centered???? In Wyndham I got a maximum of 1Mbps. I could look at Youtube clips. Son lives in Franklin, they don't have a problem with their broadband speed. Even if you are getting 2Mbps, what's the problem? I lived on less for years, and there were a whole lot of people who if they couldn't get Satelitte, had to use dialup. |
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| 1292130 | 2012-08-01 20:54:00 | Bummer we are about to move to Christchurch, but I don't know if we will stay for 2 years so the 2 year contract puts me off | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1292131 | 2012-08-01 21:17:00 | I'm sure if you offer to pay the tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars it would cost to lay fibre to your house they would let you in on the plan too. It's simply not economical for companies to outlay half a million dollars to provide fibre to 5 houses at $100 each. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1292132 | 2012-08-01 21:45:00 | Lots of suburbs in Chch already have fibre to the gate, doesn't cost much to light it up and get it to the house including tv and phone all on the connection. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1292133 | 2012-08-01 22:30:00 | Still using the tin cans and string here, so I think you are lucky PPp! | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1292134 | 2012-08-02 01:42:00 | Back when the phone service was government owned and internet wasnt really in the picture rural connections were subsidised. Since it became a commercial decision of a private company the cost of providing service to remote areas for little return has prevented it from keeping up with urban services. It's actually quite surprising to me some of the places you can get broadband in given the geographical challenges involved. It's just the Unfortunate downside of where you chose to live, no company could reasonably be expected to take a loss to provide full speed broadband to remote customers. | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1292135 | 2012-08-02 01:54:00 | Orcon are pricing themselves out of the phone line/internet market in comparison to say Telecom or Telstra. It would seem they want all their customers to go Genius/voip. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1292136 | 2012-08-02 03:34:00 | In Wyndham I got a maximum of 1Mbps. I could look at Youtube clips. Son lives in Franklin, they don't have a problem with their broadband speed. Even if you are getting 2Mbps, what's the problem? I lived on less for years, and there were a whole lot of people who if they couldn't get Satelitte, had to use dialup. I used to have around 2Mbit, it sucks compared to what I have now but it was satisfactory. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1292137 | 2012-08-02 09:31:00 | PC Tech "In Wyndham I got a maximum of 1Mbps. I could look at Youtube clips." Your Mbps must be faster than mine :). Unless I view Flash content on a Sunday morning or during the daytime I mostly get into the " Why am i waiting syndrome" . "Son lives in Franklin, they don't have a problem with their broadband speed." Franklin's towns enjoy good connections Pukekohe has had fibre for years, as mentioned I am rural ,even though I live 45 minutes from central Auckland . The main gripe is I am supposedly getting ADSL2 (maybe I am) and am paying full price for it, and as noted "Meanwhile someone can connect up for basically the same deal for $75 and fifty times faster." "Even if you are getting 2Mbps, what's the problem? I lived on less for years, and there were a whole lot of people who if they couldn't get Satelitte, had to use dialup." So, should we be happy to pay rent to live in the equivalent of a cardboard box while others get a 50% discount to live in a mansion? inphinity, ironically, from what i understand,the main fibre connection for the district is less than 500metres from our front door. Agent_24 "I used to have around 2Mbit, it sucks compared to what I have now but it was satisfactory." Unfortunately I have a disabled partner who has a lot of "down time", this is often taken up with TV and more especially "On Demand" during the day,often not a rewarding choice. |
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