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#1356756 1-Aug-2015 19:07

Cable congestion obviously varies by location.

Today I'm getting the best speeds that I've had for weeks (Island Bay):

9am OOKLA Wellington 100/10, nPerf Sydney 100/10

7pm OOKLA Wellington 95/10, nPerf Sydney 30/10

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#1356794 1-Aug-2015 20:23

You know you have Krapi Cable (130/10) when your upload speed is higher than your download speed:-

Download Speed: 5396 kbps (674.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 9944 kbps (1243 KB/sec transfer rate)
8/1/2015, 8:20:07 PM
Wellington VF

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#1356821 1-Aug-2015 21:07

gbwelly: Things are getting absurd with cable performance. It's a comedy how it's being handled in terms of communication. The congestion issues seem to be spreading and the uptake of Netflix etc. is just starting. I'm getting close to the point of taking my money elsewhere if thing don't improve soon and drastically.

They've said it'll be resolved around end of August. Yeah it is most likely the huge update of streaming HD media - but that caught everyone by a bit of surprise.

Threatening to move to another provider won't make any diff in the long term especially as VF are putting the effort into rolling a lot of cable at the moment

I'm pretty sure it's safe to say they're more annoyed about it than the rest of us

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#1356824 1-Aug-2015 21:17

Not looking too bad from here, though weekends are always better.

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#1356847 1-Aug-2015 21:46

Yeah it's always gonna be dependant on what other people are doing on the same network segment as you.

If anything it's up to users to be fair about how much they're using, and plan their usage better.

- Lay off the streaming media a bit.
- if you're gonna download stuff including updates and patches and software, set up to do it at off peak times.
- gonna by a movie on iTunes? get it earlier in the day - it'll work better for you and everyone else too

Simple stuff like that

The chance of users generally thinking about others instead of themselves - I won't hold my breath, but I do practice what I preach :)

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#1356854 1-Aug-2015 22:07

Kill me now internet y u do dis

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#1356865 1-Aug-2015 22:46

Skillie: You know you have Krapi Cable (130/10) when your upload speed is higher than your download speed:-

The cables good. The use of it - no so much.

At least they are rolling out a lot of new cable to pick up the new load.

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#1356871 1-Aug-2015 22:57

Can't even stream anything at 11pm

Last Result:
Download Speed: 985 kbps (123.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1658 kbps (207.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
8/1/2015, 10:56:21 PM

Its August...waiting for that magic fix to it all....

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#1356880 1-Aug-2015 23:09

timsimpson: If anything it's up to users to be fair about how much they're using, and plan their usage better.

- Lay off the streaming media a bit.
- if you're gonna download stuff including updates and patches and software, set up to do it at off peak times.

Are you kidding me? I pay for a 100mbps line for the use of my family and I, not a shared, sometimes working, sometimes useless connection. It's up to Vodafone to provide a network that can handle the capacity they're selling, not it's customers to limit their usage because Vodafone have oversold and under-maintained their network.

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#1356882 1-Aug-2015 23:19

timsimpson:
gbwelly: Things are getting absurd with cable performance. It's a comedy how it's being handled in terms of communication. The congestion issues seem to be spreading and the uptake of Netflix etc. is just starting. I'm getting close to the point of taking my money elsewhere if thing don't improve soon and drastically.

They've said it'll be resolved around end of August. Yeah it is most likely the huge update of streaming HD media - but that caught everyone by a bit of surprise.

Threatening to move to another provider won't make any diff in the long term especially as VF are putting the effort into rolling a lot of cable at the moment

I'm pretty sure it's safe to say they're more annoyed about it than the rest of us

Actually it's because of unlimited plans, not because of streaming. The slow cable problem started about nine months ago, before Netflix landed in New Zealand - but at the same time their unlimited plans came out.

The story goes that at some point Vodafone thought of scrapping cable and put customers on fibre UFB - until they realised how much would cost to remove all the cable infrastructure around Wellington, Kapiti and Christchurch. That's when they decided to invest - because it would cost more to let it go.

timsimpson: At least they are rolling out a lot of new cable to pick up the new load.

No, they are actually replacing some nodes, not rolling out new cables.

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#1357044 2-Aug-2015 11:31

It's getting worse before it gets better.

Here are the hourly averaged stats for Wellington cable over the last week:

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Note that that the 8pm - 10pm dip is getting wider and lower - with downstream speed 3.74Mbps at 9pm.

(My personal stats are better than this, but I'm one of the lucky ones)

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#1357080 2-Aug-2015 12:18

Sideface: It's getting worse before it gets better.

Here are the hourly averaged stats for Wellington cable over the last week:

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Note that that the 8pm - 10pm dip is getting wider and lower - with downstream speed 3.74Mbps at 9pm.

(My personal stats are better than this, but I'm one of the lucky ones)

Is it possible to get weekend stats for Sat/Sun only? I believe it would be a constant dip with a mound from the wee small hours to about 9:30am.

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#1357129 2-Aug-2015 13:55

gbwelly: ... Is it possible to get weekend stats for Sat/Sun only? I believe it would be a constant dip with a mound from the wee small hours to about 9:30am.

Unfortunately, no.

TrueNet offer averaged file transfer statistics over 1 week or 4 weeks.

Here are the Wellington hourly averaged cable stats for the past 4 weeks:

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I keep detailed speed records myself (OOKLA to VF Wellington and nPerf to Sydney) going back to January.
These show worse stats at weekends, with an earlier, wider, and deeper dip on Sat/Sun - specially on rainy days

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#1357166 2-Aug-2015 15:58

Ah....so so sooo frustrating....

Last Result:
Download Speed: 467 kbps (58.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 3484 kbps (435.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
8/2/2015, 3:55:36 PM

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#1357173 2-Aug-2015 16:17

Nish: Ah....so so sooo frustrating....

Last Result:
Download Speed: 467 kbps (58.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 3484 kbps (435.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
8/2/2015, 3:55:36 PM

Even by the standards of krapi cable on a wet Sunday afternoon, that is exceptionally bad.
That sounds worse than congestion.
I really, really think than you should lodge a fault with Vodafone - today.

I don't know where you live, but right now I'm getting 95/10Mbps on 100/10 cable in Island Bay.

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