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NonprayingMantis: it just has an interview with Chris quin, Telecom CEO, who says that altough the price for VDSL is/will be the same as ADSL, there is still a hefty install fee and the modems are more expensive. this means either a high(er) upfront charge, or an incremental charge ontop of the monthly fee. They didnt go into any specific numbers though.
Behodar: NBR has added a paywalled article called Boo, hiss - VDSL turbocharged copper broadband will get whacked with special charges. Does anyone know what this is about or know what the charges are?
nickb800:Behodar: NBR has added a paywalled article called Boo, hiss - VDSL turbocharged copper broadband will get whacked with special charges. Does anyone know what this is about or know what the charges are?
Perhaps its referring to the usual full install charge for VDSL, which had been over $100 more than the comparable ADSL2+ install, despite the fact that it is the same master filter being installed. If Chorus (or the ISPs) are going to take a hard line of requiring full installs rather than DIY then I guess that could be seen as a change in install fees (the actual fee hasn't changed but everyone is now required to pay it?)
Tbh I can't imagine a mainstream ISP like Telecom supporting DIY VDSL, I'd expect them to make a Chorus installed master filter mandatory.
NonprayingMantis: it just has an interview with Chris quin, Telecom CEO, who says that altough the price chorus charges for VDSL is/will be the same as ADSL, there is still a hefty install fee and the modems are more expensive. this means either a high(er) upfront charge, or an incremental charge ontop of the monthly fee. They didnt go into any specific numbers though.
networkn:nickb800:Behodar: NBR has added a paywalled article called Boo, hiss - VDSL turbocharged copper broadband will get whacked with special charges. Does anyone know what this is about or know what the charges are?
Perhaps its referring to the usual full install charge for VDSL, which had been over $100 more than the comparable ADSL2+ install, despite the fact that it is the same master filter being installed. If Chorus (or the ISPs) are going to take a hard line of requiring full installs rather than DIY then I guess that could be seen as a change in install fees (the actual fee hasn't changed but everyone is now required to pay it?)
Tbh I can't imagine a mainstream ISP like Telecom supporting DIY VDSL, I'd expect them to make a Chorus installed master filter mandatory.
As they should! To be fair I believe master filter installs should be mandatory on ALL xDSL installs
Behodar:NonprayingMantis: it just has an interview with Chris quin, Telecom CEO, who says that altough the price chorus charges for VDSL is/will be the same as ADSL, there is still a hefty install fee and the modems are more expensive. this means either a high(er) upfront charge, or an incremental charge ontop of the monthly fee. They didnt go into any specific numbers though.
Ahh OK, well that's fair enough. So it's not a set of additional fees from Chorus, just what one ISP is doing.
mcraenz: Is the VDSL install more complicated out side the house? Or is it just the master filter and in-house wiring?
Probably not the place to ask but...I have
ADSL 2 Down/Up: 13.0/1.0Mbps
Line attenuation Down/Up: 16.0/24.5
Chorus coverage map says ok but with these stats chance of getting VDSL = 0.0?
(I do have master filter and wiring as clean as possible)
Common sense is not as common as you think.
Behodar:NonprayingMantis: it just has an interview with Chris quin, Telecom CEO, who says that altough the price chorus charges for VDSL is/will be the same as ADSL, there is still a hefty install fee and the modems are more expensive. this means either a high(er) upfront charge, or an incremental charge ontop of the monthly fee. They didnt go into any specific numbers though.
Ahh OK, well that's fair enough. So it's not a set of additional fees from Chorus, just what one ISP is doing.
myfullflavour: Umm yup. I know of two ISPs that dropped their pricing and if you private message us I'm happy to sign you onto our new (July 1) rates.
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