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#160633 14-Jan-2015 09:51
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A family member is looking at a house in Bush View Drive, Waitetuna - Post Code 3295, between Raglan and Hamilton.
The Real Estate Agent allegedly says there is "good" broadband, and that the previous tenant was a grahics designer who worked from home a lot.

Looking at the Chorus coverage map, I have doubts about that - it looks like ADSL1 and maybe fed from a nasty old Conklin cabinet.
Please can one of the gurus here give me an indication of what kind of broadband throughput they might actually get?
I'll PM the actual street number if that will help.


The resident teenager is already deeply skeptical, there's no cellphone coverage and how can any high school girl possibly live without that? ;)
However having 'broadband' that won't allow them to stream video reliably would probably be a deal-breaker.


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  #1215006 14-Jan-2015 18:16
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toejam316: I can't remember exactly what it is because I haven't been to TUK/B for a while (yay not doing faults), but I'm pretty confident that the phones are PCM fed and the cabinet is ADSL1 only. I don't know if congestion is an issue on it, because I haven't really had any DSL happenings there, just dead lines after a storm. So your mileage may vary, but don't expect anything amazing - I certainly wouldn't expect much higher than 4-5Mbit due to distance. I could also be wildly wrong - I haven't been out there in a while, so my memory is hazy. Edit: my confidence is growing, because I do remember that TUK/C (the main UAX) is PCM fed, for sure.


TUK/B is Fibre Fed + is a DSLAM offering up-to VDSL speeds, just make sure you've got a Master Filter installed due to the distance from the cabinet, it is not going to be great speeds at that line length.




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