What's your home net connection these days? - Page 2

Cyberbob · 19th January 2016, 11:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadMax

yes, all we need now is to go back to the days of dc++ and set your ppp credentials to jetstream/jetstream and randomly get full speed, unlimited, national only traffic

Just remember to ask your friendly telco to remove interleaving to get those sweet LPB pings.

MadMax · 25th January 2016, 12:19

anyone taken up this https://www.skinny.co.nz/broadband/ ?

60GB of 4G for $55 @ home

The Edge · 25th January 2016, 18:59

No but I've heard good things about it.

[BT]MikeMan · 28th January 2016, 21:06

Palmy to Auckland

Palmy to Sydney

Kryten · 10th March 2016, 22:42

6 months after ordering, finally UFB was finished off today. Not as fast as the DMR I left behind 14 months ago, but a hell of a lot more reasonably priced (also tested via wireless, not ethernet coz I'm being lazy).

14 months of being on a service with a 1Mbps upload was excruciating after 100/100.

Jodi · 11th March 2016, 08:14

Fuckit, chorus has changed their boradband map, I can't find out when I'll be upgraded to fiber.

wait - found it:
https://www.chorus.co.nz/broadband-o.../broadband-map

Charismo' · 12th March 2016, 09:29

100/100 here with 200/100 available (fibre). what would be interesting would be if we all tried to post our history of internet connections :-)

crocos · 12th March 2016, 20:21

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Originally Posted by Charismo'

100/100 here with 200/100 available (fibre). what would be interesting would be if we all tried to post our history of internet connections :-)

9600 BORED, then...

Yoda · 13th March 2016, 15:26

When and how did VDSL jump in performance?

Brutus · 14th March 2016, 16:02

Upgrade of the equipment in your local cabinet?
I seem to recall reading something in the papers about some vdsl upgrade being rolled out.

Found it.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/indu...nology-upgrade

Yoda · 14th March 2016, 18:04

That's brilliant. Would never have thought I'd get 92 down over copper.

crocos · 15th March 2016, 10:28

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Originally Posted by Yoda

That's brilliant. Would never have thought I'd get 92 down over copper.

4800 Baud for lyfe!

wasp · 29th March 2016, 08:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fx.

rural alberta canada
25mbit/3mbit fibre repackaged from a small ISP in town over coax

could upgrade to 50/5 for like $20/month but havent really been using the net a lot lately so meh

100mbit/10 fibre is avail but i need some electrical work done to get it

edit: this time last year was dodgy as shit 10mbit cable that dropped out all the time
thank you telus for hooking up fibre across rural canada

Olds? didn't know any small towns in Alberta had fiber except there.

Im on 50Mb down/15Mb up fiber in Calgary for $60 a month. How are New Zealand Datacaps vs rest of the world. Over here I get 600 gigs a month included in my package.

Brutus · 30th March 2016, 12:50

Datacaps start at 80GB or unlimited for ~$10 more, depending on your ISP.

eg.
Orcon: 100GB for $80, 200GB for $90, unlimited $95

pxpx · 30th March 2016, 15:05

Looks like Chorus have moved up my Fibre rollout from July 2017 to February 2017, they've changed the map a little bit too:

https://www.chorus.co.nz/broadband-checker

Jodi · 31st March 2016, 10:52

Yay, mine has been moved to Jun 2018.

Basically 6 months before the government mandated deadline.

fuckers.

crocos · 31st March 2016, 16:38

Mine too has moved to June 2018. Fuckers.

My place is a piece of shit anyway. Need to get it improved enough to sell then get the fuck out of there.

The Edge · 1st April 2016, 08:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by pxpx

Looks like Chorus have moved up my Fibre rollout from July 2017 to February 2017, they've changed the map a little bit too:

https://www.chorus.co.nz/broadband-checker

That map sucks, you can't scroll it or anything. Here's the old one which is much more useful, IMO:

https://www.chorus.co.nz/broadband-o.../broadband-map

BoyWonder · 5th April 2016, 21:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadMax

anyone taken up this https://www.skinny.co.nz/broadband/ ?

60GB of 4G for $55 @ home

Hooked this up today and have gone from a frustrating 2Mbps ADSL to sweet sweet 25Mbps 4G. It will be a challenge keeping the data usage under control and I figure it will become 100Gb for $135 by the end of the month.

Jodi · 8th April 2016, 08:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoyWonder

Hooked this up today and have gone from a frustrating 2Mbps ADSL to sweet sweet 25Mbps 4G. It will be a challenge keeping the data usage under control and I figure it will become 100Gb for $135 by the end of the month.

What's the _upload_ speed like?
Oh, and latency? What's the ping like?

BoyWonder · 8th April 2016, 09:46

Upload is around 3-4Mbps and ping is around 60ms.

_Incubus_ · 8th April 2016, 14:22

Fucking Australia and our totally fucked up broadband network.......arrgh

BF Jax · 12th April 2016, 19:06

Working as advertised, not sure when gigabit will become available...

spigalau · 13th April 2016, 07:35

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Originally Posted by BF Jax

Working as advertised, not sure when gigabit will become available...

When you move to Dunedin ? :P

MadMax · 13th April 2016, 17:37

what router are you using?

BF Jax · 13th April 2016, 23:27

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Originally Posted by MadMax

what router are you using?

http://en.avm.de/service/fritzbox/fr...7340/overview/

I wired the house for Cat5e 14 years ago when we moved in so main desktop & media box etc. are all cabled on gigabit Ethernet. WiFi seems ok on it (but obviously not 200Mbps). The DECT phones are good - although seriously considering ditching them altogether.

Cyberbob · 6th August 2016, 09:34

Is it just me, or is this a pretty shit VDSL sync rate.

DrTiTus · 6th August 2016, 10:24

No, you're right, that's shit.

pxpx · 6th August 2016, 15:16

I get that on plain ole ADSL.

Currently battling with horrible line noise; have rewired my house completely (it was a spiderweb of shitty wiring beforehand). Essentially I did what this guy recommends: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/sbiddle/8357

Solved the problem temporarily. Went from 4-6dB SNR and frequent disconnections to 8-9, then all of a sudden lost connection for a few days. Chorus came out and diagnosed some shitty connections external to the house and re-did them, got me back online, but have suffered disconnections since.

Strangely, I updated windows last night and haven't been d/c'd once. Although still only getting a 5.0db SNR margin.

I reckon the process of laying fibre in my street is fucking with my copper. But i'll suffer the inconvenience if it means fibre is coming in a few months.

TLDR - I have unstable net, and can't wait for fibre.

Cyberbob · 6th August 2016, 16:56

Doesn't scream VDSL ready to me with that SNR and attenuation.

I've asked the ISP for the Chorus pre qual, as I'm sure they'd decline the install if it appeared too crap to them.

Approx 700m from closest cabinet but that attenuation suggests well over 1000m

spigalau · 6th August 2016, 21:18

Had a similar experience getting VDSL installed @ mums place, was even worse that those stat's Bob. Turned out that she was 'borderline' on getting VDSL (around 800m of copper), cutting back to adsl2+ got better speeds & reliability. Fibre now being rolled past her driveway, so next step is an upgrade to UFB.

pxpx · 6th August 2016, 21:45

bob what ISP?

Cyberbob · 7th August 2016, 09:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by pxpx

bob what ISP?

Snap/2degrees

Madman · 7th August 2016, 23:05

100/20 here, via Paradise/TelstraClear/Saturn/Vodafone cable. "Unlimited" internet, certainly pretty convenient.

Jodi · 8th August 2016, 08:35

I upgraded from ADSL to VDSL even though I was 100% borderline.

Went from 14/0.8 to 24/2.4

Not bad.

(Fiber due June 2018, ugh)

pxpx · 8th August 2016, 08:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jodi

I upgraded from ADSL to VDSL even though I was 100% borderline.

Went from 14/0.8 to 24/2.4

Not bad.

(Fiber due June 2018, ugh)

Does your router have SNR reporting?

The Edge · 8th August 2016, 19:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madman

100/20 here, via Paradise/TelstraClear/Saturn/Vodafone cable. "Unlimited" internet, certainly pretty convenient.

You must have been unaffected by the recent congestion issues.

Jodi · 9th August 2016, 09:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by pxpx

Does your router have SNR reporting?

SnR is 9 up and down
attenuation is 35/25 up and down

bugger, upload has dropped to 1.8. Bah.

Lol, at least I can twitch at 360p now

sidbo · 9th August 2016, 13:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jodi

attenuation is 35/25 up and down

I thought if your attenuation was anything over 9 they'd simply not bother trying VDSL...

[edit] maybe 12db attenuation, checking now.

[edit edit] colleague advises me spark won't look at VDSL for lines with attentuation over 10.8.

Cyberbob · 9th August 2016, 15:03

Chorus is reporting LA of 12db, so from there to 23db would probably be internal wiring.

I'll try and find the main phone jack and go without a filter/splitter, but if that's no better I'll be back to ADSL.

25th January 2016, 12:19	#42
MadMax Stuff	anyone taken up this https://www.skinny.co.nz/broadband/ ? 60GB of 4G for $55 @ home __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

13th April 2016, 17:37	#65
MadMax Stuff	what router are you using? __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

6th August 2016, 10:24	#68
DrTiTus HENCE WHY FOREVER ALONE	No, you're right, that's shit. __________________ Finger rolling rhythm, ride the horse one hand...

25th January 2016, 18:59	#43
The Edge	No but I've heard good things about it.

28th January 2016, 21:06	#44
[BT]MikeMan	Palmy to Auckland Palmy to Sydney Last edited by [BT]MikeMan : 28th January 2016 at 21:11.

10th March 2016, 22:42	#45
Kryten	6 months after ordering, finally UFB was finished off today. Not as fast as the DMR I left behind 14 months ago, but a hell of a lot more reasonably priced (also tested via wireless, not ethernet coz I'm being lazy). 14 months of being on a service with a 1Mbps upload was excruciating after 100/100.

11th March 2016, 08:14	#46
Jodi	Fuckit, chorus has changed their boradband map, I can't find out when I'll be upgraded to fiber. wait - found it: https://www.chorus.co.nz/broadband-o.../broadband-map Last edited by Jodi : 11th March 2016 at 08:16.

12th March 2016, 09:29	#47
Charismo'	100/100 here with 200/100 available (fibre). what would be interesting would be if we all tried to post our history of internet connections :-)

13th March 2016, 15:26	#49
Yoda	When and how did VDSL jump in performance?

14th March 2016, 16:02	#50
Brutus	Upgrade of the equipment in your local cabinet? I seem to recall reading something in the papers about some vdsl upgrade being rolled out. Found it. http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/indu...nology-upgrade __________________ Some people are like slinkies. Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.

14th March 2016, 18:04	#51
Yoda	That's brilliant. Would never have thought I'd get 92 down over copper.

30th March 2016, 12:50	#54
Brutus	Datacaps start at 80GB or unlimited for ~$10 more, depending on your ISP. eg. Orcon: 100GB for $80, 200GB for $90, unlimited $95 __________________ Some people are like slinkies. Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.

30th March 2016, 15:05	#55
pxpx	Looks like Chorus have moved up my Fibre rollout from July 2017 to February 2017, they've changed the map a little bit too: https://www.chorus.co.nz/broadband-checker

31st March 2016, 10:52	#56
Jodi	Yay, mine has been moved to Jun 2018. Basically 6 months before the government mandated deadline. fuckers.

31st March 2016, 16:38	#57
crocos	Mine too has moved to June 2018. Fuckers. My place is a piece of shit anyway. Need to get it improved enough to sell then get the fuck out of there. __________________ Ξ √ Ω L U T ↑ ☼ N وكل يوم كنت تعيش في العبودية

8th April 2016, 09:46	#61
BoyWonder	Upload is around 3-4Mbps and ping is around 60ms.

8th April 2016, 14:22	#62
_Incubus_	Fucking Australia and our totally fucked up broadband network.......arrgh

12th April 2016, 19:06	#63
BF Jax	Working as advertised, not sure when gigabit will become available...

6th August 2016, 09:34	#67
Cyberbob	Is it just me, or is this a pretty shit VDSL sync rate. __________________ ɹǝʌo sᴉ ǝɯɐƃ ʎɥʇ

6th August 2016, 15:16	#69
pxpx	I get that on plain ole ADSL. Currently battling with horrible line noise; have rewired my house completely (it was a spiderweb of shitty wiring beforehand). Essentially I did what this guy recommends: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/sbiddle/8357 Solved the problem temporarily. Went from 4-6dB SNR and frequent disconnections to 8-9, then all of a sudden lost connection for a few days. Chorus came out and diagnosed some shitty connections external to the house and re-did them, got me back online, but have suffered disconnections since. Strangely, I updated windows last night and haven't been d/c'd once. Although still only getting a 5.0db SNR margin. I reckon the process of laying fibre in my street is fucking with my copper. But i'll suffer the inconvenience if it means fibre is coming in a few months. TLDR - I have unstable net, and can't wait for fibre.

6th August 2016, 16:56	#70
Cyberbob	Doesn't scream VDSL ready to me with that SNR and attenuation. I've asked the ISP for the Chorus pre qual, as I'm sure they'd decline the install if it appeared too crap to them. Approx 700m from closest cabinet but that attenuation suggests well over 1000m __________________ ɹǝʌo sᴉ ǝɯɐƃ ʎɥʇ Last edited by Cyberbob : 6th August 2016 at 16:57.

6th August 2016, 21:18	#71
spigalau	Had a similar experience getting VDSL installed @ mums place, was even worse that those stat's Bob. Turned out that she was 'borderline' on getting VDSL (around 800m of copper), cutting back to adsl2+ got better speeds & reliability. Fibre now being rolled past her driveway, so next step is an upgrade to UFB. __________________ Spig.

7th August 2016, 23:05	#74
Madman	100/20 here, via Paradise/TelstraClear/Saturn/Vodafone cable. "Unlimited" internet, certainly pretty convenient.

8th August 2016, 08:35	#75
Jodi	I upgraded from ADSL to VDSL even though I was 100% borderline. Went from 14/0.8 to 24/2.4 Not bad. (Fiber due June 2018, ugh)

9th August 2016, 15:03	#80
Cyberbob	Chorus is reporting LA of 12db, so from there to 23db would probably be internal wiring. I'll try and find the main phone jack and go without a filter/splitter, but if that's no better I'll be back to ADSL. __________________ ɹǝʌo sᴉ ǝɯɐƃ ʎɥʇ Last edited by Cyberbob : 9th August 2016 at 15:06.