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| 1176743 | 2011-02-10 02:30:00 | This morning my fancy Orcon router died. Couldn't get a beep out of it. I phoned Orcon and they diagnosed "a faulty line" and would send someone to look at it, in about a week. I was sure it was the modem so I went and bought a $29 one from Dirty Dicks. Amazing. I hooked in the same wires and ran their disk, and it's a beauty I used to have a d/l speed of under 3000 kbps according to NZ DSL. I am now getting13 Mbps! Upload is still about 600 kbps. What annoys me is that Orcon repeatedly told me I was getting all my line would take. I am wondering now what will happen to my speed when Orcon finds out. Off now to have a play with Speedtest.net Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 1176744 | 2011-02-10 03:08:00 | Sounds like your old router was ADSL1 and the new one is ADSL2+. Seems strange that Orcon diagnosed a faulty line when the router is dead. Could you access it via the web config page? |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1176745 | 2011-02-10 04:26:00 | Complain. Should have asked you what modem you had. Old obviously. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1176746 | 2011-02-10 07:25:00 | I was sure it was the modem so I went and bought a $29 one from Dirty Dicks. I'd love to know what ADSL2+ router you got for $29 oO |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1176747 | 2011-02-11 04:15:00 | I'd love to know what ADSL2+ router you got for $29 oO It was a Linskey by Cisco or perhaps the other way around. I didn't take much notice of the brand.I got it because it was cheap. I just wanted to prove my modem was faulty. My previous modem was a Gigaset, labelled ORCON. I have had it for 18 months and it's been costing me $5 a month. Orcon told me it was very good. It will be a long time before I believe anything else Orcon trlls me. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 1176748 | 2011-02-11 04:26:00 | Just had a look on-line at my bank account. The modem cost me $129 NOT $29. If I had been a bit more careful I wouldn't have bought it. Oh well not to worry, I'm still raving about my speed increase. | JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 1176749 | 2011-02-11 04:40:00 | Well spotted Inphinity. I was almost on my bike on the way to DSE to get one..................... | Scouse (83) | ||
| 1176750 | 2011-02-12 10:00:00 | Sounds like your "Fancy" Orcon router was a block of cheese. The one they sent me was very mild. Using a Netcomm NB6Plus4Wn and am very happy. | PPp (9511) | ||
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