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| Thread ID: 123118 | 2012-02-04 23:11:00 | UFB - what cables? (Ultra Fast Broadband in NZ) | Strommer (42) | PC World Chat |
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| 1257412 | 2012-02-04 23:11:00 | UFB is being installed in our town. What exactly are the cables? (see the two photos below) 35553556 Is everything fibre optic? On the power pole is a black coil - is this made of the same material as the green cables in the ditch? Will the black coiled cable be extended to all houses that request UFB? Is copper wire eliminated from UFB? ...and finally... for those NZ PF1ers who already have UFB, what extra costs are involved? |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 1257413 | 2012-02-05 00:41:00 | Think it's fibre to the cabinet then coper for the last mile at this stage. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1257414 | 2012-02-05 00:55:00 | Contractors have laid conduits down past my place, in fact I have the national fibre back bone in a railway tunnel directly under my house and GPON surrounding it now! Emailed orcon my ISP asking when I could be connected and they said that the conduits have been laid but the pipes (or the fibre, cant remember) haven't been populated... what ever that means. I guess the fibre hasn't been run or connected yet, with a bit of luck ill get a direct fibre connection instead of copper. | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1257415 | 2012-02-05 02:04:00 | It's fibre all the way to the house. They are just laying cables at this stage but I believe they expect to be able to start offering services over it beginning later on this year, at least a few months off. No one is on UFB yet. The fibre to the cabinet and copper to the house is the existing network not the new one being built, but even so it can deliver very good service with up to 24MB on ADSL2+ and theoretically much higher over VDSl so it will be interesting to see what gets offered by UFB. I understand they lay tubes to the houses and can then blow a fibre through the tube when required. I'm pretty sure that's right anyway, I'm not involved directly myself and have no official information. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1257416 | 2012-02-05 03:27:00 | I think you will find that the green "cable" is actually a pipe, through which the black fibre-optic cable is threaded. I think. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1257417 | 2012-02-05 07:26:00 | Yeah VDSL2 will be an interesting technology to watch over the coming couple of years. I know that Hosing Direct have just started to push it quite a bit, so far people seem happy too? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1257418 | 2012-02-05 21:00:00 | I think you will find that the green "cable" is actually a pipe, through which the black fibre-optic cable is threaded. I think. Yup. That's standard Telecom conduit, stupid stuff is all back to front. When they say 20mm conduit they mean 20mm inside dimension, where as just about every other conduit is measured by the outside dimension. Pain in the arse to 'interface' with. I've been talking to the guys connecting the fiber up here and they said my street will be ready soon. Contacted my ISP and they said will be ready in March. Can't wait for 50 Mbit/s connection and 150GB data for the same price I am paying now (5Mbit/s / 10GB + Phone). |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1257419 | 2012-02-06 00:36:00 | I'm very keen on fibre, but not because of the speed personally. If they do it right it should be much more stable/dependable than the existing ADSL technology. The reason is simple, light travelling down a piece of class is not subject to electrical interference the way that copper is, and if it gets wet (which it shouldn't) it can't cause any short circuits etc. In theory the only likely cause of connection problems is physical damage to the fibre. As good as my broadband is it still needs a router restart once or twice a week to keep it going (starting to wonder if the router location near a north facing window is the problem) |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1257420 | 2012-02-06 09:20:00 | Contacted my ISP and they said will be ready in March. Can't wait for 50 Mbit/s connection and 150GB data for the same price I am paying now (5Mbit/s / 10GB + Phone). Where did you find that info on pricing? @dugimodo, Router in any window is never a good idea, keep it in the shade, and keep it cool ;) Mines in a wardrobe that I've commandeered for the purpose of a patch-panel "room", along with a couple of switches, server, and a desk-fan that keeps the air circulating and cool. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1257421 | 2012-02-07 04:03:00 | Where did you find that info on pricing? From my ISP's pricing page. www.ubergroup.co.nz Uber Group is a local Whangarei ISP. |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
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