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@Linux G.INP brings copper latency down around about inline with Copper.
Chorus have also teased G.Fast, which over short distances will allow very comparable speeds.
Overall fibre is still king.
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The reality:
Non technical people - fibre must be faster and copper is so unreliable and going to be shut down soon. I better choose fibre
Geeks - I can get 100Mbps on my VDSL connection and have a master splitter installed. Technically I don't need fibre; but give me Gigabit fibre anyway so I can show the Aussies my speedtests!
So I don't think the market for copper in fibre areas is very significant.
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coffeebaron:
The reality:
Non technical people - fibre must be faster and copper is so unreliable and going to be shut down soon. I better choose fibre
Geeks - I can get 100Mbps on my VDSL connection and have a master splitter installed. Technically I don't need fibre; but give me Gigabit fibre anyway so I can show the Aussies my speedtests!
So I don't think the market for copper in fibre areas is very significant.
Rural - Fibre? Thet's thet stuff we shear off the sheep, usn't ut?
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coffeebaron:
The reality:
Non technical people - fibre must be faster and copper is so unreliable and going to be shut down soon. I better choose fibre
Geeks - I can get 100Mbps on my VDSL connection and have a master splitter installed. Technically I don't need fibre; but give me Gigabit fibre anyway so I can show the Aussies my speedtests!
So I don't think the market for copper in fibre areas is very significant.
I think the market is solely sub-technical people who really just have no idea what they're doing, or just want the absolute cheapest plan possible.
I struggled with slow, flaky ADSL at my last flat in a non-cabinet part of Mt Eden until fibre finally became available. Immediately got it installed (thanks to a supportive landlord) and enjoyed the perfect high speeds for a few months before I bought a house and moved out. I checked the Chorus SAT out of curiosity a few months later and saw the new tenants had connected back up to 7mbps ADSL
allio:coffeebaron:The reality:
Non technical people - fibre must be faster and copper is so unreliable and going to be shut down soon. I better choose fibre
Geeks - I can get 100Mbps on my VDSL connection and have a master splitter installed. Technically I don't need fibre; but give me Gigabit fibre anyway so I can show the Aussies my speedtests!
So I don't think the market for copper in fibre areas is very significant.
I think the market is solely sub-technical people who really just have no idea what they're doing, or just want the absolute cheapest plan possible.
I struggled with slow, flaky ADSL at my last flat in a non-cabinet part of Mt Eden until fibre finally became available. Immediately got it installed (thanks to a supportive landlord) and enjoyed the perfect high speeds for a few months before I bought a house and moved out. I checked the Chorus SAT out of curiosity a few months later and saw the new tenants had connected back up to 7mbps ADSL
How do I know when/if I am on the new updates?
I was getting 70/30 but recently my connection has been flaky after years of good stability. I have a master filter so I know it's not that.
allio:
I struggled with slow, flaky ADSL at my last flat in a non-cabinet part of Mt Eden until fibre finally became available. Immediately got it installed (thanks to a supportive landlord) and enjoyed the perfect high speeds for a few months before I bought a house and moved out. I checked the Chorus SAT out of curiosity a few months later and saw the new tenants had connected back up to 7mbps ADSL
If I was their landlord, copper would have been removed and they would not have been permitted to order a copper service.
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Broadband troubleshooting and master filter installs.
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coffeebaron:
If I was their landlord, copper would have been removed and they would not have been permitted to order a copper service.
Agreed! Particularly as the copper in that particular flat was terrible - the jack wasn't even fixed to the wall and just sat on the carpet.
I can only hope their ISP gave them a good hard sell for UFB as well.
networkn:How do I know when/if I am on the new updates?
I was getting 70/30 but recently my connection has been flaky after years of good stability. I have a master filter so I know it's not that.
Linux:networkn:
How do I know when/if I am on the new updates?
I was getting 70/30 but recently my connection has been flaky after years of good stability. I have a master filter so I know it's not that.
Unless it's gone faulty or a poor connection has happened
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For some reason despite like 10000 chorus visits for times when it's wet, it's never been properly fixed. I think they just throw a bandaid over it. I've asked them to show me the "wet" area, so I could consider paying to get it fixed myself, but they didn't want to :)
I'm guessing that the chorus exchange device I'm on has a max of 70/10, so these changes wouldn't make that any faster?
networkn:
How do I know when/if I am on the new updates?
I was getting 70/30 but recently my connection has been flaky after years of good stability. I have a master filter so I know it's not that.
70/30 (linecard limited line) is an Ikanos linecard.
These do not support the vectoring at all.
I'm unsure if Broadcom cards support vectoring, Possibly @chorusnz could verify if these also need replacing?
As it stands at the moment, this is a Pilot, with chorus intending (and already upgrading many areas) to roll this out.
Comcom just need to give it the sniff test or whatever first...
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