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| 1429634 | 2016-12-10 01:38:00 | Otherwise anyone but Vodafone or MyRepublic. Or TrustPower, also one to avoid like the plague... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1429635 | 2016-12-10 01:39:00 | +1 for VDSL. VDSL is 2-3 times faster downstream on average compared to ADSL2+ and 10 times faster upstream. If you are <1km from the cabinet or exchange and have a good line it's so good it outperforms some of the cheaper fibre offerings that have been around. I was getting 40/10 on VDSL before switching to 100/20 fibre, mainly because I wanted to and it's actually slightly cheaper. If fibre is an option I'd consider it personally. It's the way the network is headed and why not get a free install while they are available, might not always be the case. As for modems, I was fully prepared to replace mine when I went fibre but haven't needed to. It's the HG659b and surprisingly so far has given me several months of trouble free internet. I also have a better TPlink like speedy but it won't do Vlan tagging on the WAN port so it doesn't work. Plan A if the freebie plays up on me is to see if spark will disable the Vlan tagging, plan B is just to buy a better one. The only mild issue I've encountered so far is one device at the other end of the house that occasionally has to disconnect/reconnect to the wireless before getting internet access, been meaning to try a different adapter but it's s little hassle I haven't gotten around to it. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1429636 | 2016-12-10 02:22:00 | No they're junk regardless. If you're a single user with just a laptop and a cellphone, you might not push it terribly hard, but they fall over so often... It's really not even funny. Just as one can be unlucky and get a faulty unit in a group of normally satisfactory pieces of equipment I guess that the reverse is also true. Maybe Zippity is the lucky exception that proves the rule :) |
CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1429637 | 2016-12-10 04:03:00 | Just as one can be unlucky and get a faulty unit in a group of normally satisfactory pieces of equipment I guess that the reverse is also true. Maybe Zippity is the lucky exception that proves the rule :) It's not that they have hardware faults, its shoddy firmware and sub-par WiFi performance. They all have it. He'll just be a "light" user, and won't notice the issues manifesting itself. They're renowned for having issues with them crashing and requiring a restart, and it's across the board, not limited to "faulty" units, they're *all* faulty. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1429638 | 2016-12-10 19:59:00 | No they're junk regardless. If you're a single user with just a laptop and a cellphone, you might not push it terribly hard, but they fall over so often... It's really not even funny. So can you recommend a decent VDSL router that doesn't break the bank?? |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1429639 | 2016-12-10 20:48:00 | So can you recommend a decent VDSL router that doesn't break the bank?? Follow the link to Chill's blog at the bottom of his post. |
CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1429640 | 2016-12-11 04:10:00 | So can you recommend a decent VDSL router that doesn't break the bank?? That's the worst part, the only single reliable one I've actually found is the DV130. I've tried a Netcomm NF4V with a Gargoyle Archer C7 behind it, and the NF4V still kept losing the plot under heavy load. That said it lasted a damn sight longer than the Huawei HG630b router that Spark have been peddling. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1429641 | 2016-12-11 08:32:00 | Thanks all for all the info. Much appreciated. So I shall go out tomorrow and buy the DV130, thanks for the advice Chill. But being mostly ignorant on the VDSL thing and modems/routers in general, is it just a matter of plugging in the phone line into the router and away I go? |
tingle (6539) | ||
| 1429642 | 2016-12-11 19:50:00 | That's the worst part, the only single reliable one I've actually found is the DV130. I've tried a Netcomm NF4V with a Gargoyle Archer C7 behind it, and the NF4V still kept losing the plot under heavy load. That said it lasted a damn sight longer than the Huawei HG630b router that Spark have been peddling. Thanx fore the info. Spark will send me the Huawei HG630b which I will set up but will buy the DrayTek Vigor DV130 when I get settled in.. (Just wish I was getting fiber in the next year or two but I suspect it will be 4 ~ 6 years in Morrinsville.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1429643 | 2016-12-12 05:34:00 | So I shall go out tomorrow and buy the DV130, thanks for the advice Chill. But being mostly ignorant on the VDSL thing and modems/routers in general, is it just a matter of plugging in the phone line into the router and away I go? There's a small amount of setup for the DV130, you have to set VLAN 10 on the WAN port. SnapperNet (The national distributor) includes a piece of paper on how to get up and running, it's like 3 steps and really straight-forward. The paper is included even when you buy from the likes of PBTech etc :) |
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