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437300 2006-03-11 00:46:00 from geekzone:

Telecom New Zealand Ltd has announced its plans to roll out ADSL2 broadband services to New Zealanders mid-way through 2006 .

With speeds of up to 24Mbps (megabits per second), it will eclipse todays consumer broadband speeds of 2Mbps (which are already nearly doubling to 3 . 5Mbps in April 2006) .

At time of writing, it is not currently know where the rollout will begin .


. geekzone . co . nz/content . asp?contentid=6018" target="_blank">www . geekzone . co . nz






ADSL2 has a max . upload speed of 3 . 5Mbps . australian ISP's give about 1000Kbps for an upload speed . That'll still be awesome!


I hope they increase the data cap to 20GB or scrap the data cap altogether . Australian ISP's give about a 20GB cap for about $50

I'd like telecom to have a 24Mbps d/l,1000Kbps upload,with a 20GB cap, for $50 .

Then a higher plan with a 40GB cap for $60, and a 80GB cap for $70
lance4k (4644)
437301 2006-03-11 00:50:00 Going by their track record, the caps & upload speed will remain the same Greven (91)
437302 2006-03-11 00:51:00 :rolleyes:

I bet when we get 24Mbps we will still have a 10GB cap and 128K upload & it will cost $90 - $100 :rolleyes:
stu161204 (123)
437303 2006-03-11 00:57:00 And quite right too. :thumbs: Graham L (2)
437304 2006-03-11 01:45:00 It's not April 1st is it?

Probably it is 24Mb/s spread over 12 users so the result is the same.

Their exchanges cant keep up with 2Mb/s now so there is not much hope for much more speed as the exchanges are overloaded in places. Not bad where I am but I have seen others with poor rates because so many users on the same exchange.

Also I bet the caps stay so even if they put them up to 20GB the cap will be used in no time flat at 24Mb/s especially as more and more people start using VOIP and streaming video.
Big John (551)
437305 2006-03-11 02:38:00 Where and when did you here this?

Source and date would be appreciated
cranneyt (4255)
437306 2006-03-11 02:44:00 Where and when did you here this?

Source and date would be appreciated

The source is in the first post. The date is in the link.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
437307 2006-03-11 06:16:00 Given 3.5Mbit is still v new, its not released yet right?
24Mbit, wel make that figure like $100+ with a 512k upload with 10GB cap or the likes :rolleyes: With it can't be capped :thumbs:
Nomad (952)
437308 2006-03-11 21:32:00 I hope you guys live awfully close to the exchange, i have a feeling ADSL is distance-limited even more than the original. DangerousDave (697)
437309 2006-03-11 22:50:00 I keep remembering hearing people saying "you need to be no further than 5km from the exchange to get a speed worth having the 2mbps plan"

I live somewhere between 4.5-5km from my exchange and I get 1.6-1.9mbps speeds (it varies, average is about 1.75) according to www.testmy.net and a few other speed tests.
Faded_Mantis (79)
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