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#571495 20-Jan-2012 22:40

That is EXACTLY what I am looking for! Thanks!

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#571575 21-Jan-2012 10:32

I'm extremely tempted but am worried about the reliability of their service. I'm with Telecom at the moment and get 16mb downstream 1mb upstream. Telecom is pretty rock solid too.

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#571584 21-Jan-2012 11:12

Im pretty keen on this as a backup connection, though my dealings in the past have really gone no where with them. I might try again.

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#571589 21-Jan-2012 11:25

How do they even make money with such cheap prices?

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#571607 21-Jan-2012 13:11

nate: For once, I'm actually in zone. Very, very tempting.

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#571719 21-Jan-2012 18:47

Zeon: How do they even make money with such cheap prices?

Hosting direct primarily host websites.
When you buy bandwidth in terms of megabits, its symmetrical. So they have heaps of websites sending data out of their datacentre to the internet, but not much coming in.

So what do you do with all this unused incoming bandwidth? Sell it cheap of course!

Based on the assumption that the average consumer will only upload about 1/10th of what they download, you can safely sell the unused bandwidth super cheap. So its probably already paid for by the people that host websites with them.

Thats just my theory anyway.

The other possibility is that they sell to geekzone users at cost or below cost as a loss leader, and then we go and tell all our clients how great they are who sign up at the standard profit making rates.

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#572274 23-Jan-2012 11:01

I think you've hit the nail on the head, better to make some money from that under-utilised bandwidth than leave it sitting there.

Although they are completely fleecing people on the modems, go buy your own for much less.

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#572318 23-Jan-2012 12:10

listudio: That is EXACTLY what I am looking for! Thanks!

I can’t get it! My studio is in the downtown area, near Prince’s Wharf, but not in the zone, unbelievable…

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#572381 23-Jan-2012 14:42

Although they are completely fleecing people on the modems, go buy your own for much less.

Can anyone recommend a good cheap VDSL2 modem? I'm not interested in wireless or anything as I'll be plugging it into my Apple Airport Extreme. I currently have an old Thompson ST536v6 which is rock solid so the equivalent VDSL2 modem would be great.

Thanks.

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#572538 23-Jan-2012 21:52

Pretty sure i saw the same geekzone banner on trademe too for the same price while i was browsing servers. Got past my ad blocker.

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#572546 23-Jan-2012 22:13

BigMal:
Can anyone recommend a good cheap VDSL2 modem?

This thread might help
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=49&topicid=94949

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#572718 24-Jan-2012 13:10

kiwitrc: Signed up but they may want to update their signup page as it wouldnt let me proceed without entering a State! So Comatose it is.

I just used their Contact Us form, which returned "GOOGLE_THANKS". It looks like these forms don't work too well...

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#572836 24-Jan-2012 16:30

The offer does look good but I find the statement in the OP "they've been banned before" a little disconcerting. I realise you're in a delicate position having received money from them, but it's also important for me to know who I'm dealing with when signing up to an ISP...

Can anyone elaborate?

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#572841 24-Jan-2012 16:36

HD stepped over the FUG when they got quite agitated while replying to some posts here. We decided to ban the account.

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#572871 24-Jan-2012 17:45

freitasm: HD stepped over the FUG when they got quite agitated while replying to some posts here. We decided to ban the account.

We keep editorial/moderation independent from commercial activities. So regardless of they paying for advertising, the ban stands and they are aware of it.

It appears their account is "Active" since most blocked accounts lead to no profile page once they are actually blocked.

But then again, I am possibly just seeing things.

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