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Topic # 129132 4-Sep-2013 18:58
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Chorus had just announced the www.gigatown.co.nz initiative.

More on this later...




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  Reply # 889864 4-Sep-2013 19:00
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Love the video

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  Reply # 889868 4-Sep-2013 19:18
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cool.

 
 
 
 


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  Reply # 889870 4-Sep-2013 19:25
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Video not working :(

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  Reply # 889880 4-Sep-2013 19:49
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Wonder where it'll be first.. presuming it will spread to the rest of the country once it's underway.




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  Reply # 889882 4-Sep-2013 19:55
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Looks interesting. It's probably going to be GPON and do 1gb down and 100mb up or something similar.

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  Reply # 889886 4-Sep-2013 20:03
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plambrechtsen: Looks interesting. It's probably going to be GPON and do 1gb down and 100mb up or something similar.


My understanding is 10G PON.

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  Reply # 889890 4-Sep-2013 20:10
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would be nice if they put it in an area that wont be getting fiber under the current UFB role out (wont happen) but dreams are free :)





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  Reply # 889899 4-Sep-2013 20:26
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l43a2: would be nice if they put it in an area that wont be getting fiber under the current UFB role out (wont happen) but dreams are free :)


I do doubt that. I think they will just upgrade an existing UFB Area.




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  Reply # 889914 4-Sep-2013 20:49
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Seems like a really interesting plan. Cant wait to see it implemented.

If they pull it off it will set the bar high for the future.

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  Reply # 889922 4-Sep-2013 20:59
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To be the fastest internet in the Southern Hemisphere it is going to have to be 10Gbps won't it?

That is freken epic to have in a home but I do find it hard to find a proper use for it. Or am I being a little short sighted? I would of thought most residential customers would find it hard to use 100Mbps.

And I can't watch that video from Snap ADSL but can from Vodafone 3G hmmmm.....

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  Reply # 889936 4-Sep-2013 21:28
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naggyman: I do doubt that. I think they will just upgrade an existing UFB Area.

Chorus has 25 areas... and about half of those are "towns". I have my fingers crossed :)

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  Reply # 889945 4-Sep-2013 21:30
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chevrolux: To be the fastest internet in the Southern Hemisphere it is going to have to be 10Gbps won't it?

That is freken epic to have in a home but I do find it hard to find a proper use for it. Or am I being a little short sighted? I would of thought most residential customers would find it hard to use 100Mbps.

And I can't watch that video from Snap ADSL but can from Vodafone 3G hmmmm.....


I don't think anywhere has specified it's just residential... enabling 10Gbps internet connectivity in the business district of a city or town could be a huge boon to the existing businesses, and to draw new ones to use the area as their HQ.




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  Reply # 889964 4-Sep-2013 22:07
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So they want us to know they're going to do it, but it's also a big secret. Ba Humbug.
Tell us what your doing = interesting. Pretentious advertising = why should we care.



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  Reply # 889967 4-Sep-2013 22:15
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Ok, back home now. I was at the Chorus announcement here in Wellington, and their folks are in really high spirits about this. Some have very enthusiastic views of community participation and I can see this working pretty well.

Some on Twitter called this a "gimmick" but really is no different than what Google has done in some USA counties and they called that initiative "innovative".

I think it's a great opportunity for communities and we will see some "heroes" rising up to the challenge.




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  Reply # 889969 4-Sep-2013 22:25
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chevrolux: To be the fastest internet in the Southern Hemisphere it is going to have to be 10Gbps won't it?

That is freken epic to have in a home but I do find it hard to find a proper use for it. Or am I being a little short sighted? I would of thought most residential customers would find it hard to use 100Mbps.

And I can't watch that video from Snap ADSL but can from Vodafone 3G hmmmm.....


snap VDSL, played perfectly fine.


sounds like an awesome idea, i suspect it would be put in a rather popular area that is deemed 'worthwhile'. but then spread?

in terms of the fiber in the ground currently, am i assuming right in that it would support 1G if say, all the connection points were upgraded to the required hardware?




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