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| Thread ID: 81889 | 2007-08-09 03:45:00 | And so it begins.... AGAIN!!! | winmacguy (3367) | Press F1 |
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| 578885 | 2007-08-09 10:38:00 | Besides looking at the speed we have at the moment, they should also look at ways to remove caps. I rarely can find a piece of news saying that ISPs are trying their best to get rid of caps. No matter how fast your net can go, you will get capped unless you are on the existing Go Large plan. That’s never every going to happen (in NZ at lest), as we all know what happens when ISP’s offer unlimited downloads take for example what happened with Xtra Go Large plan or any other ISP that has in the past has offered unlimited downloads. The best we can hope for is bigger caps |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 578886 | 2007-08-09 10:40:00 | It's not the copper that is the problem as much as the old routers/networking gear that are slow and can't cope with the existing peak time demands. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 578887 | 2007-08-09 10:43:00 | That’s never every going to happen (in NZ at lest), as we all know what happens when ISP’s offer unlimited downloads take for example what happened with Xtra Go Large plan or any other ISP that has in the past has offered unlimited downloads. The best we can hope for is bigger caps I imagine data is bloody expensive, ISPs need to make a fair profit. It is BUSINESS after all. Go Large was a mistake. Careful planning could have prevented the huge cock up xtra made (or was it rigged from the start?). I think they were under pressure to make a competive product that would attract customers from within Xtra and other providers. |
jermsie (6820) | ||
| 578888 | 2007-08-09 20:19:00 | Yes, saw it on tv this morning. Quite interesting. Orcon and Igug had some pretty red boxes in there. Regards Digby |
Digby (677) | ||
| 578889 | 2007-08-09 20:57:00 | Yes, saw it on tv this morning. Quite interesting. Orcon and Igug had some pretty red boxes in there. Regards Digby I hope in the end the result just isn't allot of pretty color boxes with company logos painted on them but some real improvement on speed / service.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 578890 | 2007-08-09 21:37:00 | The next time im in town I will take photographs of the Telecom "grafitti" marking fibre locations, ducts and cable numbers. It's absolutely everywhere. I'm a sneaky ****e so I quite often ask telecom technicians what they're doing under the ground... It's a good way of getting information you don't hear in the media. :P The key word is RESIDENTIAL, there is Firbre running to most CBD's and up and down the country just not residentially to the home. I have residential 10Mb Telstra cable(prob soon to be 25MB) as I live in CHCH, Aucklanders can't get it, many in Wellington can as well. Being on DSL for years and changing to cable (which is a Hybrid Fibre/Cable network) made me realise what the country needs to do, the difference is night and day. Of course the Auckland City Council squashed cable 7 years ago as it was "ugly' hanging on the power polls, like the power cables are pretty lol, crazy but it happened and the whole country is paying for it now. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 578891 | 2007-08-09 22:24:00 | I was told years ago by someone who worked for the railways, that there was a fibre optic cable running the length of the country, either near or beside the rails, but the railways wouldn't let anyone else use it. I could be wrong though. :2cents: | intel hunter (6666) | ||
| 578892 | 2007-08-09 22:55:00 | I was told years ago by someone who worked for the railways, that there was a fibre optic cable running the length of the country, either near or beside the rails, but the railways wouldn't let anyone else use it. I could be wrong though. :2cents: Yes there is Fiber running basically the length of the country 100% confirmed! and to most CBD's 100% confirmed! for some business and backhaul. BUT not residentially to homes accept for some of the lucky ones in Christchurch and Wellington and even then its a little under 50% coverage. No plans for Auckland at all for example long term! |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 578893 | 2007-08-09 23:29:00 | Yes there is Fiber running basically the length of the country 100% confirmed! and to most CBD's 100% confirmed! for some business and backhaul. BUT not residentially to homes accept for some of the lucky ones in Christchurch and Wellington and even then its a little under 50% coverage. No plans for Auckland at all for example long term!There IS fibre in Auckland residential streets (on the North Shore anyway). I worked for UnitedNetworks back in the day and they were very busy laying fibre when doing undergrounding of power lines (conduits side-by-side). It's just no-one is bothering to use the damn things!!! |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 578894 | 2007-08-09 23:40:00 | Well will this finally be the turning point for NZ broadband.... only time will tell. Reading 1 (www.nzherald.co.nz) video 1 (www.tv3.co.nz) 56K warning Will we finally get what we have been promised for so many years. Cheers |
chiefnz (545) | ||
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