I'll pretty much summarise this thread (along with many others on here) in a brutally honest way.
If you're on an ATM based BUBA connection via ASAM or Conklin that isn't going to be upgraded as part of the RBI you're pretty much stuck with what you have now with very little chance of seeing an improvement. Your internet is only going to get worse over time.
The Commerce Commission seem to think Chorus are making too much money from UBA services so saw it fit to slash the pricing based on calculating wholesale costs from two countries and at no point ever considered speed as an input or factor in these calculations.
The real world reality is that it costs a lot more to provide rural services (where the vast majority of remaining ATM based ASAMs and Conklin's are) and upgrading this costs big $$$ - of which Chorus will never see a return on investment. With growing financial pressures on Chorus there is now very little chance of seeing any additional capex spent in such areas.
There are bottlenecks in some parts of the ATM network, but there is also 75kbps per user handover dimensioning in place for BUBA that Chorus offered to upgrade to 150kbps for free as part of the proposed Boost changes. My understanding right now is this will not be happening due to the Commerce Commission putting the breaks on the proposed changes to ADSL UBA services.
Moral of the story - be careful what you wish for in this world. Sometimes it can have severe consequences for others. Urban users fighting the "copper tax" campaign may see slightly cheaper naked broadband, but many other NZers will simply suffer a result.
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