Who's getting hyperfibre?

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#2589451 20-Oct-2020 17:35

MrPanda:

I completely get what you mean. I have spoken to spark and the hyperfibre service won't be available till June next year.

This is super useful information, do we know any other providers plans - I'd love to know when 2d are going to get it.

My biggest concern is that I put in an order for hyperfibre with a provider I don't really like and then it's instantly available somewhere better, I don't mind paying an exit fee I just don't want to instantly regret my decision to sign up to Orcon.

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#2589470 20-Oct-2020 18:33

jarledb:

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I agree with you, mostly. Most people do not really need it. But this is a geek forum, right? We are talking about bleeding edge technologies, trying them and sharing experience. Correct me if I am wrong.

Sure, but since this is a geekforum you can expect people that know about a subject to let you know when what you are asking for might not be what you want.

For instance: If you have old wifi equipment with bad reception as your main access to the internet, and expect to get 4 Mbit/s speeds when you get Hyperfibre, you are going to be very disappointed and have wasted a lot of money.

Isn't it better to be told that, then people just cheering someone on to buy a package that will not help them?

Wait, people paying for 4 Gbps expect to use WiFi instead of high speed ethernet cables?

Bonkers.

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#2589489 20-Oct-2020 19:24

i highly doubt that date would be accurate as its commercially sensitive information and they are unlikely to give that out to a call center member let alone a customer asking about it

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#2589812 21-Oct-2020 15:30

Has anyone got hyperfibre with Orcon or MyRepublic yet?

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#2590032 21-Oct-2020 20:53

vhunt3r:

Has anyone got hyperfibre with Orcon or MyRepublic yet?

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#2590074 21-Oct-2020 22:30

I couldn't see a use case for hyperfibre as most people use wifi!

just curious, how is the wiring done now? as the ONT is the router, so they must install like a fiber plug in the wall?

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#2590110 22-Oct-2020 06:57

Delorean:

just curious, how is the wiring done now? as the ONT is the router, so they must install like a fiber plug in the wall?

no different to how it was done in the past, ONT connect to the ITP via a short fibre lead and ONT is connected to your devices instead of going through a router.

see a picture from earlier in the thread

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#2591530 24-Oct-2020 22:16

peterxxmeme:

Here's an example install from someone who has it in Akl! Nice!

Any chance we can get speed test results to Melbourne?

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#2591551 25-Oct-2020 06:04

I don't think anyone has answered the question if an ONT swap is required moving between normal fibre vs hyperfibre plans? Or is it only one way and the new ONT is compatible with existing plans?

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#2591554 25-Oct-2020 07:20

zyo: I don't think anyone has answered the question if an ONT swap is required moving between normal fibre vs hyperfibre plans? Or is it only one way and the new ONT is compatible with existing plans?

yes you require an ONT swap for hyperfibre as the current ONT's cant do greater than 1Gbps.

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#2591556 25-Oct-2020 07:36

Jase2985:
zyo: I don't think anyone has answered the question if an ONT swap is required moving between normal fibre vs hyperfibre plans? Or is it only one way and the new ONT is compatible with existing plans?

yes you require an ONT swap for hyperfibre as the current ONT's cant do greater than 1Gbps.

Yes I knew that. But what about downgrading

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#2591558 25-Oct-2020 07:46

Yes I knew that. But what about downgrading

If you have a hyperfibre ONT and downgrade to the 1G service you retain the hyperfibre ONT.

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#2591559 25-Oct-2020 07:48

@zyo The ONT would not need changing to go back to Gb or below

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#2591560 25-Oct-2020 07:48

The new ONT is backwards compatible with 1Gbps plan so I would have thought that if you downgrade your plan you would still keep the new ONT.

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#2591566 25-Oct-2020 08:02

noroad:

If you have a hyperfibre ONT and downgrade to the 1G service you retain the hyperfibre ONT.

Further clarification, the Hyperfibre ONT does not support ONT/Voice (it does support voip when in gateway mode though which is a little odd) so if you order an NGA service (1G or less) with ONT/Voice a downgrade will be needed. Chorus is also not supporting secondary services on the Hyperfibre ONT. Also of note the xs-250-wx-a is not wall mountable it needs to sit on a flat surface.

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