Billion Modems in New Zealand

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daryl

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#116102 18-Apr-2013 12:28

Hi Folks,

Thought I would update everybody, on the availability of Billion modems in NZ. Our current selection are available through reseller, ascent.co.nz.

Currently we provide BiPAC7700N R2/BiPAC7800NL/BiPAC7800N/BiPAC7402X(3G)/BiPAC7402NX(3G).

eXDee

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#801610 18-Apr-2013 13:19

Billion is very popular overseas. Would like to see more of these in the NZ market at more sellers, ascent is a good start!

daryl

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#801617 18-Apr-2013 13:26

Hi exDee,
Yes we are very excited, for the future, and are very pleased ascent were first of the mark! We are continuing to source reliable resellers, to help further the brand in NZ

eXDee

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#801621 18-Apr-2013 13:32

Good to hear! Let me know if you need someone to test one out ;)

daryl

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#801647 18-Apr-2013 13:51

Haha will do!!

Ragnor

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#801651 18-Apr-2013 13:57

Good to see someone bringing these in. They are popular in Australia.

Generally comparable in price to TP Link stuff, some people say higher quality.

I suggest brining in the BiPAC 8200M VDSL2 Modem.

Probably a fair amount of SME's/geeks who have been using the Zyxel 870H-51A V2 for VDSL2 home/small office connections where they want to bridge to a separate router.

The Zyxel appears to be out of stock atm.

meesham

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#801665 18-Apr-2013 14:06

I bought one about 5 years ago when I was in Australia, they weren't cheap back then (about A$200 I think) and unfortunately it wasn't a positive experience. I experienced constant reboots when using wireless and after sending it back and after being told there was nothing wrong with it, they said it was probably caused by using WPA2 and that I should switch back to WPA - I still have the email from the support ticket with this "solution".

I ended up throwing it in the bin and bought a $50 Buffalo router and put Tomato on it - I only replaced that last year so that I could upgrade to wireless-N.