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coffeebaron

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#1660086 28-Oct-2016 22:19

Do you have a master filter installed?

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#1660093 28-Oct-2016 22:42

coffeebaron: Do you have a master filter installed?

Yes, installed it myself and used Cat5. Also test connected my modem directly to the incoming pair as a reference and modem stats are pretty much identical with the master filter installed, which is what I expected.

Only have a single pair yellow/black feed coming in which I believe is pre-internet old fashioned cable if I'm correct.

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#1660751 30-Oct-2016 01:54

There have been previous threads here which said that Slingshot support Annex M ADSL on their wholesale gear. Which AFAIK goes to about 2mbit upload. Can you get Skinny wireless broadband? Even 3g has a faster upload than ADSL. And if you can get 4g signal where you are, you will have far higher upload.

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#1660789 30-Oct-2016 09:37

Aredwood:

There have been previous threads here which said that Slingshot support Annex M ADSL on their wholesale gear. Which AFAIK goes to about 2mbit upload. Can you get Skinny wireless broadband? Even 3g has a faster upload than ADSL. And if you can get 4g signal where you are, you will have far higher upload.

Yes, tried Annex M whilst with Orcon and that took the upstream speed to about 1.4Mbps which isn't great plus you lose 1-1.5Mbps down. Yes I can get Skinny 4G and have it for testing, it's pretty good for speed but can be a bit laggy at times and there's a few strange issues too like google domains can take a few seconds for DNS resolution and I've had some downloads which start off at >40Mbps and trickle down to <10Kbps after a few seconds. Also with our families data consumption at $52/100GB I have estimated between $150-$200 per month which is a bit excessive. If someone can come out with an unlimited wireless plan for $125-$150/mth then my quest would be over.

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#1660992 30-Oct-2016 16:45

That is a typical experience for a wireless connection, fixed wireless solutions would be more consistent.

Same goes for annex m, typical. Annex m is not magic. Cuts are made to do what it does. Crosstalk will affect it given wholesale does not do annex m. It won't be exceptional but will be an improvement.

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#1660996 30-Oct-2016 17:02

hio77: That is a typical experience for a wireless connection, fixed wireless solutions would be more consistent.

Isn't Skinny Wireless broadband a fixed solution?

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#1660998 30-Oct-2016 17:08

cynnicallemon:
hio77: That is a typical experience for a wireless connection, fixed wireless solutions would be more consistent.

Isn't Skinny Wireless broadband a fixed solution?

Yes and no. While its bound to one place, I personally would not count it as fixed.

When I say a fixed connection I am indicating one that has been professionally installed with an external (preferably dual) antenna as that's where it will preform at its maximum.

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#1661057 30-Oct-2016 19:45

hio77: When I say a fixed connection I am indicating one that has been professionally installed with an external (preferably dual) antenna as that's where it will preform at its maximum.

Yes, if I ever went with my Skinny Wireless then I would get them attached to a couple of LPDA's and low loss cable.

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