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#307067 15-Sep-2023 19:50
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Ever since Tuesday 12/9/23, my One NZ mobile data service has sucked on 5G and 4G.

 


My ping is reaching over 70ms to the One NZ Auckland Speedtest server even on 5G I am getting ping around 60-90ms, When on Monday the average ping was 29ms on 4G and 19ms on 5G. I have called support at least five times and they said they would pass it on to the fault and network team but nothing has changed. This is starting to really annoy me as I use my data every day for online games and remote desktop which both need low latency to run smoothly.

 


This is one of my Speedtests I did before Tuesday: https://www.speedtest.net/result/i/5758990843

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


This is one after Tuesday: https://www.speedtest.net/result/i/5771487568

 

(Both on the same tower)

 


I have contacted some of my friends and family all across Taranaki with One NZ and they are experiencing the same issue, So I did some tests and went just outside Taranaki into Mokau and did a Speedtest and then boom the ping goes back down to 29ms on 4g, then as I head about 3km down the road back into Taranaki the ping spikes right back up to around 60-90ms on 4G. I now know they are stupidly adding unwanted latency to their network on purpose for the whole of Taranaki even in areas with 5g to make their mobile network suck for everyone. Does anyone have any ideas on a fix for this? Or am I just going to have to be stuck here with crap service.


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  #3128313 15-Sep-2023 20:03
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@stevenroach This is a fixed mobile solution so best effort you need to understand you can't compare mobile to fixed capacity

 

You could be connected to a site that now has more users connected so speed / latency will change

 

Further to this the latency over mobile network is actually not that bad




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  #3128315 15-Sep-2023 20:14
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Further to this you calling 5 x is just totally wasting staff time - Even if the site does need further investigation they don't have a magic button to click!! Things take time could take weeks if it is an issue it could be due to interference

 

The site might need more back-haul, extra radio capacity etc..... no magic button for that


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  #3128317 15-Sep-2023 20:17
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Linux:

 

@stevenroach This is a fixed mobile solution so best effort you need to understand you can't compare mobile to fixed capacity

 

You could be connected to a site that now has more users connected so speed / latency will change

 

Further to this the latency over mobile network is actually not that bad

 

 

 

 

Yes but I have tried multiple towers and still had the same issue and the latency I'm experiencing is worse than 3G and I'm experiencing it on 5G!




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  #3128318 15-Sep-2023 20:18
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Further to this you calling 5 x is just totally wasting staff time - Even if the site does need further investigation they don't have a magic button to click!! Things take time could take weeks if it is an issue it could be due to interference

 

The site might need more back-haul, extra radio capacity etc..... no magic button for that

 

 

 

 

Its not just a single site. Its the whole region


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  #3128319 15-Sep-2023 20:18
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I know about 3G / HSPA latency as I worked on the 3G project when it was first deployed and this comes back to capacity / channel elements


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  #3128321 15-Sep-2023 20:22
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stevenroach:

 

Linux:

 

Further to this you calling 5 x is just totally wasting staff time - Even if the site does need further investigation they don't have a magic button to click!! Things take time could take weeks if it is an issue it could be due to interference

 

The site might need more back-haul, extra radio capacity etc..... no magic button for that

 

 

Its not just a single site. Its the whole region

 


 

Then you need to give OneNZ a chance to look into it. Calling just about everyday is not adding value and as stated it is best effort and you are not guaranteed a certain latency unless you have an agreement in place for this


 
 
 

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  #3128322 15-Sep-2023 20:23
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Has OneNZ given you a incident number?


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  #3128323 15-Sep-2023 20:25
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Has OneNZ given you a incident number?

 

 

 

 

No, because I couldn't get through to the right person


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  #3128325 15-Sep-2023 20:26
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3G sites in New Zealand when first deployed many used E1 links for back-haul and then later on moved to IP


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  #3128326 15-Sep-2023 20:28
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I know the correct people in OneNZ that work on the mobile core & RAN I will link them off to this thread


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  #3128327 15-Sep-2023 20:30
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3G sites in New Zealand when first deployed many used E1 links for back-haul and then later on moved to IP

 

 

 

 

Yes but I'm talking about 5g towers with Fibre back-hauls with latency worse than I've seen on rural 3G towers with a wireless back-haul


 
 
 

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  #3128328 15-Sep-2023 20:31
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I know the correct people in OneNZ that work on the mobile core & RAN I will link them off to this thread

 

 

 

 

Thank You so much


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  #3128329 15-Sep-2023 20:32
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stevenroach: [snip] I now know they are stupidly adding unwanted latency to their network on purpose for the whole of Taranaki even in areas with 5g to make their mobile network suck for everyone. 

 

 

Right, OK.


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  #3128331 15-Sep-2023 20:33
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stevenroach: [snip] I now know they are stupidly adding unwanted latency to their network on purpose for the whole of Taranaki even in areas with 5g to make their mobile network suck for everyone. 

 

 

Right, OK.

 

 

crazy comment and absolute bollocks!! and zero proof and no carrier would ' add latency ' just for the heck of it


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  #3128333 15-Sep-2023 20:37
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My point still stands if you don't have a SLA contract for latency it is still best effort


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