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1153071 2010-11-15 07:48:00 Has something big recently happened on the internet front? I haven't used regular internet for almost a year now (was living on uni) and I get back home and realize that it is now a lot faster, where my speeds used to be <5 mbits, they are now double that.

www.speedtest.net

Anyone else?

EDIT: How come [img] tags don't work?
nerd (109)
1153072 2010-11-15 09:02:00 You are now getting ADSL2 speeds so your exchanges was probably upgraded in the last year. Safari (3993)
1153073 2010-11-15 09:21:00 Some of the ISP's have done upgrades, or more to the point allowed higher speeds my speed test On Telstra Cable www.speedtest.net wainuitech (129)
1153074 2010-11-15 18:13:00 Punch in your address to www.telecomwholesale.co.nz Chilling_Silence (9)
1153075 2010-11-15 19:21:00 I only ever got 2 upstream with some horrible line attenuation, all of a sudden the noise has halved and I get 8-9mb/s to Auckland and South Island, wellington is a bit weird, it never gets past 5-6mb/s

Work is scheduled for Dec 2010 on the cabinet and my connection was always ADSL2+ so something has happened that did not involve a cabinet upgrade
The Error Guy (14052)
1153076 2010-11-15 20:05:00 continuous upgrades have been going on, starting at the larger centres and working their way outward Telcom have been upgrading exchanges and installing cabinets for several years now. Even if you're not a Telecom customer most ISP's still use their network.

When they get to your area speed tends to leap up overnight, for most people anyway there is a luck factor involved.

I always connected and 2Mb (downstream), then 3Mb with a modem upgrade, then 8Mb when a cabinet was installed near my house and I changed to ADSL2. Now it's 16Mb on ADSL2+ with another modem upgrade.

The thing with technology like this is it gets superseded faster than it can be installed, no matter how much is spent on the network it will always be possible to upgrade it more.
dugimodo (138)
1153077 2010-11-15 20:19:00 Punch in your address to www.telecomwholesale.co.nz

So, Im on ADSL2+, maps show VDSL2 upgrade Dec 2010, so how fast is that?
SolMiester (139)
1153078 2010-11-15 20:32:00 Let me put it another way, is anybody on VDSL2 and whats your speed!? SolMiester (139)
1153079 2010-11-15 20:35:00 Services available at this address:

* ADSL2+
* VDSL2 from Dec 2010

This sounds exciting, what is VDSL? They were doing something with the internet thing just outside our house a few days ago :P
nerd (109)
1153080 2010-11-15 21:02:00 VDSL (en.wikipedia.org)

New Zealand

New Zealand

VDSL will be released within a one kilometre range of the Auckland city exchange by Vodafone, who plans to extend coverage after this 'test'. Testing also occurring for friendly users in Glenfield and Ponsonby.

VDSL2 announced by TelstraClear on 16 October 2008, will be released in seven main centres, including Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland, and Napier. With speeds of up to 30 Mbit/s symmetrical.

From March 2009, VDSL2 line cards will be progressively installed into all roadside cabinets and local telephone exchanges in towns and cities with more than 500 lines by Telecom.

From 27 May 2010 Telecom NZ will be launching a VDSL2 Technical Trial and will also be followed up with a Soft and Full launch in the months following.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
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