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#247972 5-Mar-2019 18:21

Hello GZ,

So we have settled here permanently in NZ and loving having usable broadband in this wonderful friendly country.

Busy getting the kids settled in and making lots of new friends here in BOP.

Stumbled upon GZ this week & wish I had found it sooner.

Looking forward to contributing.

Cheers

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#2191478 5-Mar-2019 18:21

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#2191479 5-Mar-2019 18:21

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#2191486 5-Mar-2019 18:26

Welcome to the sunny Bay of Plenty! It’s a great place to live. We moved to Tauranga from ‘The Tron’ (Hamilton) 2 years ago. Kids and wife (she’s a foreigner) immediately loved the place. You’ve made a great move!

And welcome to GZ.

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#2191566 5-Mar-2019 19:50

>loving having usable broadband<

And none of that silly NBN stuff either 😁

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#2191574 5-Mar-2019 20:03

Welcome

Yutani

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#2191622 5-Mar-2019 20:20

Rickles:
>loving having usable broadband<

And none of that silly NBN stuff either 😁

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#2191623 5-Mar-2019 20:24

Kiwifruta: Welcome to the sunny Bay of Plenty! It’s a great place to live. We moved to Tauranga from ‘The Tron’ (Hamilton) 2 years ago. Kids and wife (she’s a foreigner) immediately loved the place. You’ve made a great move!

And welcome to GZ.

Thanks 😊
We are in Tauranga also.

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#2191624 5-Mar-2019 20:25

Welcome to the land of Milk, Honey and Gigabit Broadband :)

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#2191628 5-Mar-2019 20:32

Hey mate.

What part of our bigger cousin were you from? State and town?

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#2191634 5-Mar-2019 20:52

Welcome aboard! Enjoy having decent fibre internet even in fairly small rural towns, as opposed to waiting another 3 years for VDSL in a major city like my mate in Melbourne lol

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#2191639 5-Mar-2019 20:56

G'day mate,
We migrated from Brisbane, Queensland where I grew up. Wifey is from Philippines. Our family has lived in several countries. Settling here permanently. Bonza place! How bout you?

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#2191707 5-Mar-2019 22:04

Welcome.

I'm sure we could offer you some homely uber fast spanking new adsl2+! That's still the craze over the ditch right!?

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#2191889 6-Mar-2019 07:19

Yutani: G'day mate,
We migrated from Brisbane, Queensland where I grew up. Wifey is from Philippines. Our family has lived in several countries. Settling here permanently. Bonza place! How bout you?

Kiwi born and bred. My Ox half brother lives in Sarina, now in Pinnacle, Nth QLD.

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#2191930 6-Mar-2019 09:25

welcome to GZ

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#2191988 6-Mar-2019 10:07

Welcome, another ex-Brisbanite here also. Quite happy with my 70Mb/s VDSL but expecting fibre in my street before the end of the year. Chorus are holding an info session in a local cafe tonight to inform local residents of the upcoming disruption in our area.

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