Quic Rocket 4G In Christchurch Avalibility and Setup

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#322899 4-Oct-2025 14:26

Hi all,

I'm going into a flat with a lot of people next year and just wanted to get some tips and ideas from the community, does Quic's Rocket 4G require an upgrade to an already existing fiber connection (on Enable I am assuming for our flat) or would an existing enable connection support it out of the box?

I was also thinking of getting the Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Router 7 is that overkill and/or does anyone have any other routers I should consider?

Have an awesome day all!

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#3421561 4-Oct-2025 14:39

Enable only sopport XGS-PON within the CBD, i.e., the four avenues. Would require an ONT upgrade. Rest of the network is GPON only so won't support 4G.

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#3421562 4-Oct-2025 14:43

The question I always ask when somebody is considering Hyperfibre is what are you wanting to achieve?

The reason I ask this is people often think upgrading to a faster plan means faster WiFi (technically true) and they often don't need Hyperfibre. 4Gbit is a hell of a lot of bandwidth and if you're just using it for gaming then you're best to save your money but if you've got a large homelab or a use for all that bandwidth then go for it. Even for a large flat you'll find Gigabit will often be totally fine. What I would recommend is going for Hyperfibre first, and if you're running into bandwidth constraints then it's just a simple upgrade in the Quic portal.

The only downside though? Unless if you live in the 4 avenues in Christchurch you're out of luck with getting Hyperfibre (right now) with any provider until Enable complete network upgrades.

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Amsay

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#3421566 4-Oct-2025 14:53

Thx for the replies all,

I will be outside the four avenues so I wont be able to get it. (On this not the quic website does not grey out the 2G and 4G plans for my location only 1G is disabled). Ill probably have to go with the standard speeds until enable finishes upgrades.

In terms of why I want hyperfiber 4G would technically be way overkill for my use case. Its a 6 Person flat, I have a small homelab and we have 2 gamer's with one part time gamer. All of us are uni students.

Thanks again for the replies!

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#3421567 4-Oct-2025 14:56

For reference this is what quic shows me, the address is around uc

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#3421568 4-Oct-2025 15:04

michaelmurfy:

The question I always ask when somebody is considering Hyperfibre is what are you wanting to achieve?

The reason I ask this is people often think upgrading to a faster plan means faster WiFi (technically true) and they often don't need Hyperfibre. 4Gbit is a hell of a lot of bandwidth and if you're just using it for gaming then you're best to save your money but if you've got a large homelab or a use for all that bandwidth then go for it. Even for a large flat you'll find Gigabit will often be totally fine. What I would recommend is going for Hyperfibre first, and if you're running into bandwidth constraints then it's just a simple upgrade in the Quic portal.

The only downside though? Unless if you live in the 4 avenues in Christchurch you're out of luck with getting Hyperfibre (right now) with any provider until Enable complete network upgrades.

I've said this a thousand times but most people don't even need 950/550 unless you're downloading large files, then set some QoS to eliminate buffer bloat to keep real time applications running well whilst you almost max out your connection downloading.

OP you'd probably be fine with 950/550 (you are the exception to this rule) but I would strongly learn QoS and Queues and play around running an ICMP until you've found a happy medium... then you'll see that even 2gbps symmetrical is silly for your use case. A good router and a good AP (or 2 depending on the size of the dwelling) would go well. If you want to dip into the Unifi world, it's not a bad place to start... it is the Apple of networking, but if you're home labbing, go get a Mikrotik and some Grandstream APs and do it right the first time. ;)

This is advice from a fellow ChCh who has a home lab, production services, multi gig internally and has both Cisco, Mikrotik and Cambium in her network... and wishes she had Hyperfibre too (it is a joke that I am 300~ meters away from a HF capable address).

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#3421569 4-Oct-2025 15:23

MaxineN:

michaelmurfy:

The question I always ask when somebody is considering Hyperfibre is what are you wanting to achieve?

The reason I ask this is people often think upgrading to a faster plan means faster WiFi (technically true) and they often don't need Hyperfibre. 4Gbit is a hell of a lot of bandwidth and if you're just using it for gaming then you're best to save your money but if you've got a large homelab or a use for all that bandwidth then go for it. Even for a large flat you'll find Gigabit will often be totally fine. What I would recommend is going for Hyperfibre first, and if you're running into bandwidth constraints then it's just a simple upgrade in the Quic portal.

The only downside though? Unless if you live in the 4 avenues in Christchurch you're out of luck with getting Hyperfibre (right now) with any provider until Enable complete network upgrades.

I've said this a thousand times but most people don't even need 950/550 unless you're downloading large files, then set some QoS to eliminate buffer bloat to keep real time applications running well whilst you almost max out your connection downloading.

OP you'd probably be fine with 950/550 (you are the exception to this rule) but I would strongly learn QoS and Queues and play around running an ICMP until you've found a happy medium... then you'll see that even 2gbps symmetrical is silly for your use case. A good router and a good AP (or 2 depending on the size of the dwelling) would go well. If you want to dip into the Unifi world, it's not a bad place to start... it is the Apple of networking, but if you're home labbing, go get a Mikrotik and some Grandstream APs and do it right the first time. ;)

This is advice from a fellow ChCh who has a home lab, production services, multi gig internally and has both Cisco, Mikrotik and Cambium in her network... and wishes she had Hyperfibre too (it is a joke that I am 300~ meters away from a HF capable address).

Thx for the reply, any specific recommendations from Mikrotik and Gradstream?

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#3421571 4-Oct-2025 15:36

Depends. Do you need 10 gig internally?

If you don't, you can't go wrong with the L009UIGS-RM. https://www.gowifi.co.nz/mikrotik/l009uigs-rm.html

If you REALLY want 10 gig (which will be over SFP+), the home labber's favourite is the RB5009UPR+S+IN. https://www.gowifi.co.nz/mikrotik/rb5009upr_s_in.html

The RB5009 is even more desirable as you get PoE, so you can power some Grandstream APs off of it https://www.gowifi.co.nz/access-points/indoor-access-points/gwn7665.html (there are WiFi 7 ones for an extra $80 plus GST~, but can't recommend unless you get a PoE switch with 2.5gbps interfaces on them with a 10 gig uplink, even the 7665s will be at 1gbps unless you want one of them to use the 2.5gbps port on the RB5009, or again said PoE switch).

Even with the L009 can do about 3.4gbps routing with fast path before it starts falling on it's face.

RB5009 will happily do 10 gig.

Plan your network first before you spend upwards from $500 to almost 900. Be smart with your ports and good luck!

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