What is the best isp for gaming and peer2peer connections?

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TyroneB

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#153968 14-Oct-2014 11:09

I like game alot and am mostly digital so huge game file downloads are the norm.

Looking for a good cheap isp plan, preferably unlimited. (no ufb in my area yet)

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#1153477 14-Oct-2014 11:27

More information needed, like do you need POTS or VOIP or just want naked. If you want naked are you on a mobile plan or would you consider one, because a few ISPs offer discounts if you have an on account mobile plan. Also are you looking for VDSL or just ADSL?

Personally I'd look at what Bigpipe or snap are offering.

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TyroneB

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#1153493 14-Oct-2014 11:58

I have a Vodafone on account plan.

No home phone as I don't need one and it's much easier and cheaper to just contact people via mobile.

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#1153536 14-Oct-2014 12:33

Good and cheap, When will people learn!

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#1153549 14-Oct-2014 12:51

Can you get VDSL?

TyroneB

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#1153557 14-Oct-2014 12:56

I know you get what you pay for but maybe there's something really good and cheap? :P

And yes I can get vdsl.

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#1153572 14-Oct-2014 13:17

Best,Cheap, Unlimited... your putting so many eggs in the basket...

Bigpipe i suppose would be your best bet.

Ild go snap otherwise personally, but then, they dont fit your cheap margin.

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#1153602 14-Oct-2014 13:34

VDSL does not always mean lower latency

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#1153605 14-Oct-2014 13:39

johnr: VDSL does not always mean lower latency

vdsl never means lower latency. DLM-1 still has 2ms there over ADSL with interleaving off...

vdsl does give you a sizeable amount more upstream to play with however, which can often give a perceived lower latency

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BigPipe

#1153607 14-Oct-2014 13:39

Good and cheap? Sure you can do that, provided you only care about the broadband and customer service and are not interested in any of the other things most other providers seem to enjoy tacking on. We don't do anything else. So that means no free modem (you can get one cheap on trademe, or buy a good quality one yourself), no free email accounts, no phone lines, no free sky box, no free cloud storage etc etc. Just broadband.

Bigpipe (us!), $79 for unlimited naked ADSL2, or $89 for unlimited naked VDSL. No term contract, first month free. No fair use policy, no shaping of P2P etc
www.bigpipe.co.nz

Our broadband is rated top notch by independent testers Truenet, ( https://www.truenet.co.nz/articles/august-2014-broadband-report) with the least peak time congestion out of all NZ ISPS and fastest NZ web download times,

and check out our facebook page for independent customer reviews.
https://www.facebook.com/BigPipeNZ?ref=tn_tnmn&sk=reviews
(most providers don't allow people to review them on their facebook page. We'd prefer to get the feedback and fix problems.)

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#1153615 14-Oct-2014 14:03

There... Fixed Truenet's graphs again to better show relative performance.

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#1153617 14-Oct-2014 14:04

Talkiet: There... Fixed Truenet's graphs again to better show relative performance.

the scale changes ever so slightly!

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TyroneB

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#1153716 14-Oct-2014 15:54

Wow iinet is bad the entire day.

I'm thinking of Vodafone. $85 for unlimited vdsl and free modem and install sounds good.

Bigpipe also looks good but is more expensive for only a 4% increase in service over 24 hours.

Would anyone know of any special offers that are limited timed? When I was in Australia there were isp offering gaming consoles and everything to sign new consumers.

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#1153717 14-Oct-2014 15:54

BigPipeNZ: Good and cheap? Sure you can do that, provided you only care about the broadband and customer service and are not interested in any of the other things most other providers seem to enjoy tacking on. We don't do anything else. So that means no free modem (you can get one cheap on trademe, or buy a good quality one yourself), no free email accounts, no phone lines, no free sky box, no free cloud storage etc etc. Just broadband.

Alternatively as a relatively new ISP you have a decent amount of initial bandwidth and hardly any customers (good contention ratio) that will worsen as you add more and more customers (because of bean counters)

/devils advocate

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#1153720 14-Oct-2014 15:57

TyroneB: Wow iinet is bad the entire day.

I'm thinking of Vodafone. $85 for unlimited vdsl and free modem and install sounds good.

Bigpipe also looks good but is more expensive for only a 4% increase in service over 24 hours.

Would anyone know of any special offers that are limited timed? When I was in Australia there were isp offering gaming consoles and everything to sign new consumers.

iiNet is an Australian ISP. Not sure why they are included there - maybe for comparison purposes since Australian broadband is generally pretty terrible compared to NZ broadband.

There are lots more stats on the truenet page that peak time congestion you may want to consider
https://www.truenet.co.nz/articles/august-2014-broadband-report

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#1153721 14-Oct-2014 16:01

Ragnor:
BigPipeNZ: Good and cheap? Sure you can do that, provided you only care about the broadband and customer service and are not interested in any of the other things most other providers seem to enjoy tacking on. We don't do anything else. So that means no free modem (you can get one cheap on trademe, or buy a good quality one yourself), no free email accounts, no phone lines, no free sky box, no free cloud storage etc etc. Just broadband.

Alternatively as a relatively new ISP you have a decent amount of initial bandwidth and hardly any customers (good contention ratio) that will worsen as you add more and more customers (because of bean counters)

/devils advocate

We're not that new.

Bus basically our 'no frills' approach means we can allocate a lot more $$$$ our of your monthly bill to things like international bandwidth than other ISPs instead of spending it on stuff like complex billing systems, subsidised set top boxes, modems (and all the people required to manage them) etc.

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