What's your home net connection these days?

Ab · 18th September 2015, 12:28

Here in Straya the government's official position is that the Internet is something exclusively used by terrorists and paedophiles, so net speeds are a bit of a political football.

I'm very fortunate to live in an area where network upgrades had already been irreversibly scheduled before the last election so I'm on 100mb/s fibre. When nzg was born I think I was on 28.8k dialup. What's "normal" for nzg these days?

Lightspeed · 18th September 2015, 12:57

Connection and throughput are fairly consistent @ ~30/10Mbps.

Ab · 18th September 2015, 13:00

what tech? over copper?

pxpx · 18th September 2015, 13:48

Speedtest gives me ~13 mb/s over copper (Forrest Hill / Milford - AKL).

(Scheduled for fibre upgrade after June 2016 and before July 17.)

DrTiTus · 18th September 2015, 15:10

10Mbit ADSL. Tried to get 50Mbit cable, but Vodafone couldn't find my new flat in their database, even though the cable from previous tenants is in the lounge ready to be plugged into.

*randomly terminates the cable with various loads and 9V batteries to piss off Pimp-X*

Fx. · 18th September 2015, 16:21

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

FireStorm · 18th September 2015, 17:00

Fibre options for me with Telecom/Spark is:

30/10
100/20
200/20

Auckland

Bigpipe (another ISP, part of spark) offers 200/200. Could be an option. If you're in Dunedin and you have fibre, you're able to get 1000/500.

Spoon1 · 18th September 2015, 17:26

We've been on cable since the Saturn days - currently on 50/2 Unlimited and after some recent upgrades are back to getting fullspeed downloads at peak times (9pm etc).

Lightspeed · 18th September 2015, 18:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ab

what tech? over copper?

Yeah, VDSL.

The Edge · 18th September 2015, 19:03

Xtra/Spark fibre, 100/20.

Noodles · 18th September 2015, 19:58

2degrees fibre 100/50, work has 200/200 fibre

spigalau · 18th September 2015, 20:21

Home (Mt Wellington, Auckland) has 40/10 VDSL, waiting on end of month for UFB (200)

Work (Ellerslie, Auckland) stuck on 20/1 ADSL2+, no Fibre till 2017

MadMax · 18th September 2015, 22:50

https://www.inspire.net.nz/products/compare-res.html

crocos · 18th September 2015, 23:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadMax

https://www.inspire.net.nz/products/compare-res.html

Wow, that's some naff pricing right there.

creamcheese · 19th September 2015, 03:59

105/20 cable in Oakland, CA. Well that's what I'm paying for, I don't think I'm getting that, but I don't care enough to check

MadMax · 19th September 2015, 12:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by crocos

Wow, that's some naff pricing right there.

it's on par.

Vodafone: $99|80GB|100/20Mbps
Inspire: $100|100GB|100/20Mbps ($85+voip) - plus a waitless/menuless helpdesk

Vodafone do an unlimited plan for $10 more, Inspire's is $5 more for 500GB, which is more reasonable IMHO

crocos · 19th September 2015, 12:10

Clarification: I was looking at the VDSL plans that are pretty much at the same pricing or more as most other ISP's unlimited, for a paltry 50G.

MadMax · 19th September 2015, 12:18

might be saying something about that technology

[BT]MikeMan · 19th September 2015, 12:55

Snap UFB 200/20 (Going to 200/200 on next rollover at the end of the month)

crocos · 19th September 2015, 13:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadMax

might be saying something about that technology

How the hell do you figure that? Yeah, it's old, but nearly* everyone else has their shit together enough to offer significantly cheaper rates.

This is more a reflection of Inspire's lack of buying power I feel.

*Actrix is still around, lol

[BT]MikeMan · 19th September 2015, 15:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by [BT]MikeMan

Snap UFB 200/20 (Going to 200/200 on next rollover at the end of the month)

I should say that when my plan rolls I will be getting 200/200 unlimited fibre with a homeline for $144/Mth.

BadNova · 1st October 2015, 13:04

I'm on fibre. 100/50, unlimited through Orcon.

Deff · 1st October 2015, 16:14

VDSL
36/10

Yoda · 1st October 2015, 18:57

60/10 VDSL. Very happy.

n3><Ro · 1st October 2015, 20:06

UFF Fibre 200/200 here. Had to be some reason to live in the tron...

BWDOWN · 7th October 2015, 22:55

Vodafone naked VDSL here. Speed test consistent 35/10 regardless of time. Unlimited data for $79 a month. Fibre is laid in the street but I'm flat 5/6 and it's not worth the effort. My work is 600m away and we have spark fibre 100/50 consistently 95/25 on speed test.

pk3 · 28th October 2015, 13:29

100/50 Fibre with 2d~

Lightspeed · 31st December 2015, 13:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

Connection and throughput are fairly consistent @ ~30/10Mbps.

My connection seems to have shuffled around to ~45Mb/8Mb. Not complaining!

MadMax · 31st December 2015, 14:44

100*/20/unlimited with orcon, fibre

goes good.

*actually get 105

[BT]MikeMan · 1st January 2016, 13:49

Well after 4 months of 2Degrees not delivering what I was paying for and being impossible to get to the support desk I moved to MyRepublic 200/100 Gamer plan and saved approx $20 a month.

All good after a week or so.

Cinclant · 3rd January 2016, 17:07

Just put in a 55/30 vdsl connection at the bach before Xmas.

MadMax · 3rd January 2016, 19:09

workmate's bach is on a beach with only a lowly rural wireless option should he want data. he's found that spark *just* maintain cellular signal out there whereas with vodafone there's nothing (but magically allows you to 'drive' a call out there and as soon as you disconnect you lose reception).

it's a funny location yet doesn't miss the usual beach going visitors and isn't far from civilisation.

he's considering putting up an antenna for his phone ... but then keeps flipping back to how he actually likes to be incommunicado out there.

Jodi · 6th January 2016, 12:20

*sigh* Fibre rollout pushed from midyear to 2018.

Ab · 6th January 2016, 15:51

My first home PC had a 14.4k modem. I think I had upgraded to 28.8k by the time Bloodrain 1 started.

Farmer Joe · 7th January 2016, 12:29

Sigh... but I do live in the French Alps so relatively speaking it's amazing.

BoyWonder · 16th January 2016, 17:22

We have pretty dire ADSL at about 3Mb/s down and .8Mb/s up. Looking at the fibre rollout map we are not scheduled until at least 2018.

But wait, the house over the back fence has up to 200Mb/s fibre available now... I wonder if they would be willing to share.

pxpx · 17th January 2016, 21:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoyWonder

We have pretty dire ADSL at about 3Mb/s down and .8Mb/s up. Looking at the fibre rollout map we are not scheduled until at least 2018.

But wait, the house over the back fence has up to 200Mb/s fibre available now... I wonder if they would be willing to share.

In nearly the exact same situation, back neighbors included - only we are "Planned by June 2017".

spigalau · 18th January 2016, 11:19

Yay !

kRAdENkO · 18th January 2016, 19:37

Jelly of speeds in Dunedin. 1Gbit/sec is easily achievable there. Its crazy.

Some older mechanical hdd can't keep up apparently.

MadMax · 18th January 2016, 23:25

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

18th September 2015, 12:28	#1
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	What's your home net connection these days? Here in Straya the government's official position is that the Internet is something exclusively used by terrorists and paedophiles, so net speeds are a bit of a political football. I'm very fortunate to live in an area where network upgrades had already been irreversibly scheduled before the last election so I'm on 100mb/s fibre. When nzg was born I think I was on 28.8k dialup. What's "normal" for nzg these days?

18th September 2015, 15:10	#5
DrTiTus HENCE WHY FOREVER ALONE	10Mbit ADSL. Tried to get 50Mbit cable, but Vodafone couldn't find my new flat in their database, even though the cable from previous tenants is in the lounge ready to be plugged into. randomly terminates the cable with various loads and 9V batteries to piss off Pimp-X __________________ Finger rolling rhythm, ride the horse one hand...

18th September 2015, 17:00	#7
FireStorm Holmium	Fibre options for me with Telecom/Spark is: 30/10 100/20 200/20 Auckland Bigpipe (another ISP, part of spark) offers 200/200. Could be an option. If you're in Dunedin and you have fibre, you're able to get 1000/500. Last edited by FireStorm : 18th September 2015 at 17:01.

18th September 2015, 22:50	#13
MadMax Stuff	https://www.inspire.net.nz/products/compare-res.html __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

19th September 2015, 12:18	#18
MadMax Stuff	might be saying something about that technology __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

18th September 2015, 12:57	#2
Lightspeed	Connection and throughput are fairly consistent @ ~30/10Mbps. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

18th September 2015, 13:00	#3
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	what tech? over copper?

18th September 2015, 13:48	#4
pxpx	Speedtest gives me ~13 mb/s over copper (Forrest Hill / Milford - AKL). (Scheduled for fibre upgrade after June 2016 and before July 17.)

18th September 2015, 16:21	#6
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 Last edited by Fx. : 18th September 2015 at 16:22.

18th September 2015, 17:26	#8
Spoon1 Mmm... Sacrilicious	We've been on cable since the Saturn days - currently on 50/2 Unlimited and after some recent upgrades are back to getting fullspeed downloads at peak times (9pm etc).

18th September 2015, 19:03	#10
The Edge	Xtra/Spark fibre, 100/20.

18th September 2015, 19:58	#11
Noodles Wireless Slacker	2degrees fibre 100/50, work has 200/200 fibre

18th September 2015, 20:21	#12
spigalau	Home (Mt Wellington, Auckland) has 40/10 VDSL, waiting on end of month for UFB (200) Work (Ellerslie, Auckland) stuck on 20/1 ADSL2+, no Fibre till 2017 __________________ Spig.

19th September 2015, 03:59	#15
creamcheese	105/20 cable in Oakland, CA. Well that's what I'm paying for, I don't think I'm getting that, but I don't care enough to check __________________ wtf. cheeser

19th September 2015, 12:10	#17
crocos	Clarification: I was looking at the VDSL plans that are pretty much at the same pricing or more as most other ISP's unlimited, for a paltry 50G. __________________ Ξ √ Ω L U T ↑ ☼ N وكل يوم كنت تعيش في العبودية Last edited by crocos : 19th September 2015 at 12:13.

19th September 2015, 12:55	#19
[BT]MikeMan	Snap UFB 200/20 (Going to 200/200 on next rollover at the end of the month)

1st October 2015, 13:04	#22
BadNova	I'm on fibre. 100/50, unlimited through Orcon.

1st October 2015, 16:14	#23
Deff I felt shocked	VDSL 36/10 __________________ *Death...* The number one killer in our country.

1st October 2015, 20:06	#25
n3><Ro	UFF Fibre 200/200 here. Had to be some reason to live in the tron... __________________ 0_o ----E <Defends self with fork!>

7th October 2015, 22:55	#26
BWDOWN	Vodafone naked VDSL here. Speed test consistent 35/10 regardless of time. Unlimited data for $79 a month. Fibre is laid in the street but I'm flat 5/6 and it's not worth the effort. My work is 600m away and we have spark fibre 100/50 consistently 95/25 on speed test. __________________ Second place is the first loser..

28th October 2015, 13:29	#27
pk3	100/50 Fibre with 2d~ __________________ pk3

31st December 2015, 14:44	#29
MadMax Stuff	100/20/unlimited with orcon, fibre goes good. actually get 105 __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

1st January 2016, 13:49	#30
[BT]MikeMan	Well after 4 months of 2Degrees not delivering what I was paying for and being impossible to get to the support desk I moved to MyRepublic 200/100 Gamer plan and saved approx $20 a month. All good after a week or so.

3rd January 2016, 17:07	#31
Cinclant	Just put in a 55/30 vdsl connection at the bach before Xmas.

3rd January 2016, 19:09	#32
MadMax Stuff	workmate's bach is on a beach with only a lowly rural wireless option should he want data. he's found that spark just maintain cellular signal out there whereas with vodafone there's nothing (but magically allows you to 'drive' a call out there and as soon as you disconnect you lose reception). it's a funny location yet doesn't miss the usual beach going visitors and isn't far from civilisation. he's considering putting up an antenna for his phone ... but then keeps flipping back to how he actually likes to be incommunicado out there. __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

6th January 2016, 12:20	#33
Jodi	sigh Fibre rollout pushed from midyear to 2018.

6th January 2016, 15:51	#34
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	My first home PC had a 14.4k modem. I think I had upgraded to 28.8k by the time Bloodrain 1 started.

7th January 2016, 12:29	#35
Farmer Joe Word To Your Motherboard!	Sigh... but I do live in the French Alps so relatively speaking it's amazing.

16th January 2016, 17:22	#36
BoyWonder	We have pretty dire ADSL at about 3Mb/s down and .8Mb/s up. Looking at the fibre rollout map we are not scheduled until at least 2018. But wait, the house over the back fence has up to 200Mb/s fibre available now... I wonder if they would be willing to share.

18th January 2016, 11:19	#38
spigalau	Yay ! __________________ Spig.

18th January 2016, 19:37	#39
kRAdENkO	Jelly of speeds in Dunedin. 1Gbit/sec is easily achievable there. Its crazy. Some older mechanical hdd can't keep up apparently.

18th January 2016, 23:25	#40
MadMax Stuff	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 __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.