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| Thread ID: 138935 | 2015-02-12 18:10:00 | VDSL modem/router suggestions please | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 1394219 | 2015-02-12 18:10:00 | I'm about to get VDSL installed. It looks like Actrix will supply a Dynalink X9667R modem at $179.95. Any comments about this? Is there a better option? I'm happy to pay a bit more if I'm going to get better performance/reliability etc. Any comments about VDSL in general - gotchas, traps for young players? |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1394220 | 2015-02-12 18:40:00 | VDSL is too good, it may make you not care about fibre. Dunno about modems though, I'm just using the spark supplied free one and it's working fine for me. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1394221 | 2015-02-12 19:23:00 | VDSL is too good, it may make you not care about fibre. Dunno about modems though, I'm just using the spark supplied free one and it's working fine for me. There will be no fibre up in the Waitakeres in the foreseeable future, so VDSL will be my best bet. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1394222 | 2015-02-12 21:27:00 | The Spark free VDSL modem is working good for me too. Perhaps I don't know what I'm missing. Nothing to compare it to. 34+ down, 10 up. Rural Hamilton. Big improvement over the old ADSL. Life's good. |
Tbird650 (6754) | ||
| 1394223 | 2015-02-12 21:50:00 | I've signed up. It will be a ZyXEL VMG8324 modem. It should all done within a week (in theory). Not free unfortunately as it is not a new connection. Modem cost is $250 spread over 3 months. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1394224 | 2015-02-12 22:04:00 | ZyXEL stuff is all good. I'm sure Chilling will disagree :P The Netcomm NF8AC is supposed to be quite good and slightly cheaper. The benefit of taking what they offer is if you have a fault with it they can talk you through what ever over the phone if you have issues. Most ISPs aren't interested in helping with 3rd party CPE, and rightly so IMO. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1394225 | 2015-02-12 22:48:00 | Can't say I've used that Zyxel modem myself. I would have suggested a NetComm NF4V router, or the Innbox V51 which is basically the same but slightly better air-vents. $250 for the Zyxel is *expensive* though, maybe ~$80 more than the NF4V would have cost? Then again it's spread over a few months which helps I suppose... I'm surprised they don't bundle a router?! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1394226 | 2015-02-12 23:50:00 | Can't say I've used that Zyxel modem myself. I would have suggested a NetComm NF4V router, or the Innbox V51 which is basically the same but slightly better air-vents. $250 for the Zyxel is *expensive* though, maybe ~$80 more than the NF4V would have cost? Then again it's spread over a few months which helps I suppose... I'm surprised they don't bundle a router?!Only get a free router with new connections. It did occur to me after I'd signed up that I could have said I'd go to Spark for a free modem and seen what the reaction was. The $250 is lower than the best price on Pricespy. The Zyxel was well reviewed in the couple I looked up, and I guess it wouldn't be in Actrix's interests to go with one that was flaky. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1394227 | 2015-02-17 20:07:00 | I'm up with VDSL since yesterday. The actual installation/activation was fairly painless except the the Chorus technician had to place a whole new jackpoint as the one I had been using for ADSL was hidden behind a built in desk and I would have had to dismantle the whole of the office to get at it. Fortunately he could drill through the back of the external junction box to a point just above the skirting board on the inside. Actually much more convenient. I'm getting ping 31, download 23.19 and upload 9.28. I might have expected a higher download speed at 600m from the cabinet, but I'm not complaining. I had a few issues with the network adapter constantly losing the router, but a driver update seems to have fixed that. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1394228 | 2015-02-18 01:11:00 | I'm still on my Thomson TG589vn v2. It works 99% of the time without fuss. I have had 3 hard lockups since I got it (but that's over about a year and a half now) and UPnP functionailty quit last week requiring a reboot. Had a temporary speed drop by 5Mbit a while back when some Chorus clown took the grey junction post thing apart and didn't bother putting the cover back, whereupon the wires promptly got rained on. After everything dried out the speed came back up though. |
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