Gractus:

Talkiet:

Gractus:

michaelmurfy: See the following famous Geekzone threads for more instead of starting a new thread with the same information.

Petition for better broadband in Outram (warning, this thread is cringe-worthy): http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?topicid=147241
Problems with Kirwee exchange: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=49&topicid=151837\

There are many other places deserving of faster broadband (like Kirwee) - my parents are on an ASAM just like yours (not quite as congested however) just south of Wakefield in Foxhill with a 2 year waiting list to get on, these are the cabinets that need upgrading as they don't have enough capacity to handle the amount of connections (people have to wait for somebody to disconnect), if you're on an ASAM with no waiting list then as far as Chorus are concerned it isn't being utilised to the same degree as one with a waiting list.

I would have thought Chorus might want to upgrade any cabinet that has users waiting to connect, I'm not sure how that would be a bad business decision, since it would make them more money not just improve the experience for existing users. So I wouldn't think that funding for that upgrade would need to come out of the government fund, I thought the reason the governement funds existed was for upgrades that would normally lose Chorus money. I'm not sure who decides which requests for RBI extension get fulfilled. Either way, I doubt my town would get funded before another that had a more urgent need for an upgrade.

I'm not involved with Chorus or physical builds in any way, but as to your specific question "I would have thought Chorus might want to upgrade any cabinet that has users waiting to connect, I'm not sure how that would be a bad business decision"

Consider that an upgrade can cost lots of money, even 6 figures in many cases I believe. Now if it's an area with very few users in the footprint, how long do you think it will take Chorus to actually recoup that investment? I'm not going to do that maths for you, but there are many cases where they will never make the money back.

So there are cases where it will be a bad business decision. Of course there are other factors but on a pure cost/benefit basis, many times the upgrades won't be justified.

Cheers - N

My understanding was that there were not enough connections to go around, so the ASAM had every possible connection used. If that's the case and there are other households waiting for a someone to give up their connection so they can get a chance to get connected, I don't know how an upgrade wouldn't be worth it, clearly there must be enough demand, since there is a waiting list to get connected. I can understand it not being worth it when there are 10 out a possible 100 connections being utilised but if they're sitting there with 120/100 surely that would be worth it. Unless the smallest upgrade possible is going to get them to 120/200 or something like that. The numbers I used are made up, I don't know how many connections an ASAM can handle.