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| Thread ID: 140455 | 2015-10-14 22:26:00 | Fibre broadband is it really fast or just hype? | undiejuice (16495) | Press F1 |
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| 1409889 | 2015-10-15 19:00:00 | 16MB/second = 128Mbps, Theres 8bits to a byte. OOPS - you're right , brain fade :xmouth: Not always thinking correctly with all these pain killers I'm on at the moment. Still getting 16MB/Sec though ;) as picture shows Damn, that really, really sucks! What a waste of time me doing all of this for nothing! No not really, if you have the capacity to use the speed, then its better than having a low top end, and being held back. As 1101 pointed out, The internet speed is always determined by where the data is coming from, traffic etc. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1409890 | 2015-10-15 20:58:00 | Can't see how fibre can be a bad decision considering ISPs advertise it for the same price as ADSL. | linw (53) | ||
| 1409891 | 2015-10-15 21:22:00 | Unless you go for one of the 100mbps download fibre plans, and not the basic 30mbs, then you won't notice any difference at all really. Compared to a decent ADSL2 connection. However if you send a lot of big emails, or upload files to the cloud, then the faster upload of fibre can make a huge difference, although VDSL would be better as well. Also if you only have one device connected to the internet then you probably won't notice much difference, but if you have lots of computers and mobile devices, and maybe streaming devices like AppleTV etc, then more bandwidth is always better. For an office environment then it's a no-brainer, fibre is the way to go. It's much more reliable than a xDSL connection too, as well as more bandwidth. We've been on the NorthPower fibre here at work for 5 years now and it's gone down maybe 4 or 5 times over that period. (Unscheduled outages) |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1409892 | 2015-10-15 21:22:00 | I'm on VDSL and get around 25/10 speeds and really good performance so I'm dubious about it but fibre has a lot of advantages and may actually be slightly cheaper (there's a $10 extra charge for VDSL). the thing that worries me is the posts I've seen from people who get great speed test results as expected but have trouble streaming without buffering which is a sign of poor ISP backhaul bandwidth or other network issues. On my VDSL I can watch a streaming HD video while downloading files and playing games online and it normally all works flawlessly. Occasionally I may lag a little if the download is getting really good speeds but usually not. More commonly though I just game while watching youtube or netflix. I'm keen on fibre but worried it'll give a worse experience than my VDSL. Ultimately though it should be better. Fibre is much less prone to cable faults, there are no copper joints to degrade and fibre itself is basically waterproof. It's also immune to electrical interference and crosstalk from adjacent cables. Nothing is immune to someone digging a hole through it of course. It has a much higher theoretical speed capability, much higher than is being offered by current broadband technology. Telcos and ISP's routinely use fibre to carry 2.5 & 10Gbps signals within their networks for example so it's potentially much more future proof. I probably will make the change myself, but I am a little nervous about it. The UFB guys are cabling my street at the moment so it should be available soon. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1409893 | 2015-10-16 18:58:00 | If I was in your situation to keep ADSL or upgrade to Fibre 100, I would take the fibre straight away. True, not all servers will let you download at 100mbit, but if you use multi-source downloads of any kind you can expect a decent speed increase. You can always run multiple downloads at once, too. Only get 1.6MB/s per download? Well, download 10 files at once then... it's still an improvement! |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1409894 | 2015-10-16 20:15:00 | If only we could We live in a large rural community yet adsl2 is our only option with no plans to run fibre. Yet fibre is already in the village. |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1409895 | 2015-10-16 22:16:00 | I am with Fibre, and will never go back to ADSL/VDSL if I have the option. | bk T (215) | ||
| 1409896 | 2015-10-17 07:40:00 | Yes I have just got UFB ( the lowest entry point plan) and I don't really notice any speed difference in my browsing. Its not lightning fast or snappy. But uploading a file is WAY faster. If I had paid the $1,000 dollars it would have cost them to connect me up I would be VERY PISSED OFF at wasting a thousand dollars of my hard earned money. At this stage I am not prepared to pay extra for a faster plan as that may not give me much faster speeds anyway. It seems that once again here in NZ were are behind the state of the art technology they have in places like Japan or South Korea. So we can probably blame the South Pacific Cable owners. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1409897 | 2015-10-17 18:25:00 | ISPs advertise it for the same price as ADSL. The slowest fibre plan is the same price....and that is one I wouldn't bother with.....reminds me of the slow adsl when they first started broadband. And as with any broadband, it's not just the speed of the method - there's traffic and all that which affects your end performance. Still fibre is faster than the alternatives..... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1409898 | 2015-10-17 19:33:00 | Yes I have just got UFB ( the lowest entry point plan) and I don't really notice any speed difference in my browsing. Its not lightning fast or snappy. Your internet connection will make a difference, up to a point. Then the next point is the browser itself. The page rendering takes time, even if the content downloads quickly. Make sure you're running a fast\up-to-date browser to begin with, use adblock etc to reduce what has to load etc. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
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