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techmeister

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Topic # 94573 14-Dec-2011 08:00
Anyone here tried Hosting Direct ? I want to put one of my customers on VDSL2 but Telecom don't have any plans yet. Telecom have been a rock solid connection....so don't want to go to something flakey. Cheers Now on Slingshot Better Network and it's better.

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Reply # 557697 14-Dec-2011 08:20
Hosting Direct haven't had the best history in terms of reliability (especially with DSL). May be better now though. Have a look At Unleash, Snap, Vibe or Xtreme Networks. We use Unleash and they are very reliable. Also extremely flexible with plans e.g. we have more national than international which is MUCH cheaper than flat rate national/international and we can share the same traffic pool over multiple connections.

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Reply # 557783 14-Dec-2011 10:33
Telecom are rock solid. So its up to you if you are willing to risk a switch. Unleash provide good VDSL2, so try them. Stay away from Hosting Direct imo. NZ / AU Gaming Community: http://sonsofvalour.forumotion.co.nz/forum

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Reply # 557794 14-Dec-2011 10:55
Hosting Direct are actually amazing in terms of speed and reliability now. Up until recently I was a customer of theirs on standard xDSL and it was rock solid day and night. Assuming wiring on your end is fine you will have no problems. I really love the lack of filtering or caching they do to the connection. Pure internet. Workstation: Intel DH67CL ~ i5-2500 ~ 4GB Corsair RAM (x2) ~ Intel X25-M 80GB SSD Laptop: Dell Inspiron 1564 ~ i5-520M ~ 4.00GB RAM ~ 500GB SATA HDD ~ Win7 Home Premium x64 Common misconceptions.

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Reply # 557840 14-Dec-2011 12:30
Thanks for your replies. Seems they may have improved things of late, be a risk though. The lack of caching or filtering does appeal. Now on Slingshot Better Network and it's better.

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Reply # 557848 14-Dec-2011 12:50
TBH I see the lack of caching as a major downside? Getting data from national cache = faster.

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Reply # 557852 14-Dec-2011 12:55
I saw that Hosting Direct ad for VDSL2 as well. Price and specs looked very appealing..... Try finding any information about VDSL on the Telecom website - doesnt seem to exist! Anyone know of any good VDSL2 suppliers in central wellington? Or anyone actually currently using Hosting Direct? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it it himself - A. H. Weiler

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Reply # 557884 14-Dec-2011 13:57
Hmm, interesting. Hosting Direct's website seems to have some conflicting information. On their main 'Internet' page they refer to VDSL2 as having "speeds of 50Mbps down and 10Mbps up", and on their VDSL2 pages they state "FS/FS – No rate limiting/filtering or caching", but also state "30Mbps (Down)/10Mbps(Up) FS/FS"? Maybe just a typo... Can anyone confirm what the real story is?

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Reply # 557992 14-Dec-2011 17:39
SamF: Hmm, interesting. Hosting Direct's website seems to have some conflicting information. On their main 'Internet' page they refer to VDSL2 as having "speeds of 50Mbps down and 10Mbps up", and on their VDSL2 pages they state "FS/FS – No rate limiting/filtering or caching", but also state "30Mbps (Down)/10Mbps(Up) FS/FS"? Maybe just a typo... Can anyone confirm what the real story is? I never noticed that, the main thing I need is the upload speed. Does anyone here think it is odd that Telecom have no VDSL2 plans yet? Even for business? Now on Slingshot Better Network and it's better.

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Reply # 558015 14-Dec-2011 18:36
techmeister: I never noticed that, the main thing I need is the upload speed. Does anyone here think it is odd that Telecom have no VDSL2 plans yet? Even for business? Not really, Telecom are a massive business and I'm sure its a difficult process to rollout new products. They may even think its not a service their customers would be interested in. SamF: Hmm, interesting. Hosting Direct's website seems to have some conflicting information. On their main 'Internet' page they refer to VDSL2 as having "speeds of 50Mbps down and 10Mbps up", and on their VDSL2 pages they state "FS/FS – No rate limiting/filtering or caching", but also state "30Mbps (Down)/10Mbps(Up) FS/FS"? Maybe just a typo... Can anyone confirm what the real story is? It's up to 50mbps down and 10mbps up. Apparently there have been cases where Chrosu have allowed the 17a profile which gives 100mbps/100mbps I believe but this is very dependant on the quality and length of your line. Our connections are around 30mbps down/10mbps up.

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Reply # 558023 14-Dec-2011 19:21
Zeon: Apparently there have been cases where Chrosu have allowed the 17a profile which gives 100mbps/100mbps I believe but this is very dependant on the quality and length of your line. Wow! So under what circumstances would Chorus allow the 17a profile!?

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Reply # 558027 14-Dec-2011 19:37
SamF: Zeon: Apparently there have been cases where Chrosu have allowed the 17a profile which gives 100mbps/100mbps I believe but this is very dependant on the quality and length of your line. Wow! So under what circumstances would Chorus allow the 17a profile!? 17a is actually only 100/50, 30a offers 100/100 I believe 17a is only available on cabinets or exchanges that have DLM monitoring. *Need help configuring your Linksys ATA or IP Phones for New Zealand? Check my blog post

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Reply # 558033 14-Dec-2011 20:06
And in any case, the question about 17a should be directed to your ISP. No, I don't know when or if it's available either. Cheers - N

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Reply # 558036 14-Dec-2011 20:14
Zeon: techmeister: I never noticed that, the main thing I need is the upload speed. Does anyone here think it is odd that Telecom have no VDSL2 plans yet? Even for business? Not really, Telecom are a massive business and I'm sure its a difficult process to rollout new products. They may even think its not a service their customers would be interested in. You cannot be serious. I think Telecom customers would be very interested, especially the business ones. Now on Slingshot Better Network and it's better.

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Reply # 558063 14-Dec-2011 21:21
techmeister: You cannot be serious. I think Telecom customers would be very interested, especially the business ones. I suspect many projects were on hold with so much work going into the de-merger of Chorus. The time frame of how quickly they decided on the asset allocation and have implemented it was really really fast imo.

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Reply # 558073 14-Dec-2011 21:56
Yes, I can appreciate that Telecom have been very busy with the separation. The guy I talked to at Geni said they will have plans about quarter next year. Now on Slingshot Better Network and it's better.

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