One NZ to retire HFC (cable) network

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#3421166 3-Oct-2025 18:47

Behodar:

quickymart:

Some interesting comments in here

I enjoyed this one:

The network is going to be around for a while yet (if I were a betting man it'd say at least another decade before any widespread decommissioning goes on).

That aged well 😀

Nothing showing on their site but I note that the cable stuff has now been removed:

Was there any timeframe given as to when this is all happening?

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#3421241 3-Oct-2025 20:55

IMO Comcom should step in and make gigabit the minimum fibre speed in these former HFC areas owing to the increased competition to UFB fibre that HFC provided.

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#3421242 3-Oct-2025 20:57

yitz:

IMO Comcom should step in and make gigabit the minimum fibre speed in these former HFC areas owing to the increased competition to UFB fibre that HFC brought on.

@yitz are you joking?? 95% of users don't need Gb

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#3421244 3-Oct-2025 21:03

I find the 500/100 connection esp when Working from home ample, I wouldn’t complain however if they gave us a bit more upload speed :)

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#3421245 3-Oct-2025 21:04

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@yitz are you joking?? 95% of users don't need Gb

A decade after that Gigatown promo by Chorus... maybe that competition was just too futuristic...

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#3421250 3-Oct-2025 21:11

DjShadow:

I find the 500/100 connection esp when Working from home ample, I wouldn’t complain however if they gave us a bit more upload speed :)

500/250?

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#3421252 3-Oct-2025 21:16

quickymart:

500/250?

Just unleash GPON like ADSL... was a whole lot of mucking around deciding between 2mbps or 3.5mbps down and 256 kbps or 512 kbps up.

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#3421260 4-Oct-2025 00:04

yitz: Just unleash GPON like ADSL... was a whole lot of mucking around deciding between 2mbps or 3.5mbps down and 256 kbps or 512 kbps up.

Ah yes. Take it you don't run an ISP.

But this is off-topic anyway. Don't be silly.

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#3421387 4-Oct-2025 10:20

On the basis of good customer relations, one hopes any deal would NOT be a price increase for less service?

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#3421389 4-Oct-2025 10:30

antoniosk:

ajw:

Official for me they sent me a email yesterday saying the HFC network is closing down and a offer to go with fibre here in stokes valley.

what's the offer?

Free install & activation, minimum $85/month charge?

$200 credit if I go on a 12 month contract on the everyday plan 500/100.

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#3421396 4-Oct-2025 10:40

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$200 credit if I go on a 12 month contract on the everyday plan 500/100.

Do they say when the network retirement is actually happening?

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#3421397 4-Oct-2025 10:54

Just found a Vodafone invoice from March 2023 ... Unlimited-UltraFast HFC Max was $62.60 plus GST ($72 ?).

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#3421534 4-Oct-2025 13:25

I also wonder if 'someone' will subsequently remove the cable from pole-to-house?

Likewise the cable clipped to the house, but assume that'll be left to the home owner.

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#3421570 4-Oct-2025 15:33

Rickles:

I also wonder if 'someone' will subsequently remove the cable from pole-to-house?

Likewise the cable clipped to the house, but assume that'll be left to the home owner.

I hope so.

The network where I am is aerial and the the feed cable to our place is hooked to the cable network itself instead of the pole.

I did find this on Optus’s website on how they were handling the decommissioning of their HFC network: https://www.optus.com.au/support/answer/optus_hfc_aerial_cable_removal_9429

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#3421589 4-Oct-2025 17:57

>I did find this on Optus’s website on how they were handling the decommissioning of their HFC network<

Yeah, that's OZ, still wonder about here, and how delicate contractors might be with a few metres of co-ax on side of house.

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