Chorus Cabinet Location + Rewiring + Which is better

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matisyahu

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#134003 11-Nov-2013 18:09

Okie Dokie, I'm moving to a new house in the next 2-3 weeks and just had a check out of the property when it comes to telephone cabling:

1) There are telephone jack points here, there and everywhere and I'd fear to know what the mess is like underneath the house as the cable has probably been sliced and decides 100 ways; am I better off trying to get Chorus to fix up the mess when they hook up VDSL2 or are there any Geekzone folk who can do the rewiring for the cost of the wire plus some cash in hand?

2) How does one find the location of the cabinet closest to ones address? basically I'm looking for some sort of guidance as to the speed I'll get given my location and proximity to the cabinet; I've done a street check (on Google and going for a walk about) but I'm wondering whether it is located.

3) I'm looking at Vodafone (once again) and wondering what peoples experience is in that area because up at Upper Hutt I experienced routinely stalling of loading up videos, resolving websites etc. as I'm looking into getting the 150Mbps speed. Websites I visit include YouTube, Fora.tv, Vimeo, as well as the usual websites such as Arstechnica, Neowin etc. Has there been an improvement in international capacity? it felt like I was sucking up a chicken through a straw the last time I used the service.

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#930931 11-Nov-2013 18:09

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- If you know your connection is to an exchange, cabinet or conklin

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Most of the problems with speed are likely to be related to internal wiring issues. Read this discussion to find out more about this. Your ISP is not intentionally slowing you down today (unless you are on a managed plan). Also if this is the school holidays it's likely you will notice slower than usual speed due to more users online.

A master splitter is required for VDSL2 and in most cases will improve speeds on DSL connections. Regular disconnections can be a monitored alarm or a set top box trying to connect. If there's an alarm connected to your line even if you don't have an alarm contract it may still try to connect so it's worth checking.

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#930940 11-Nov-2013 18:14

1) If you get VDSL it includes installation of a master filter which will isolate your broadband from whatever mess there is, so you can basically ignore it.

2) I don't think there is currently a way for the public to find this out easily.

3) I thought you were looking at VDSL? :)

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matisyahu

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#930952 11-Nov-2013 18:35

sidefx: 1) If you get VDSL it includes installation of a master filter which will isolate your broadband from whatever mess there is, so you can basically ignore it.

All good - I've located the grey mushroom where the telephone cable comes out so I guess I'll just request them to hook it up through the wall rather than cabling it under the house.

2) I don't think there is currently a way for the public to find this out easily.

All good, I'll have a scoot around my scooter - I'm sure I've probably just missed it

3) I thought you were looking at VDSL? :)

Keeping my options open - I'm going to see whether I can get this modem instead of the current one I have but if Vodafone offer something better then I'm open to alternatives. If I go for Telecom I'll ask for their 'naked' option rather than paying for a telephone functionality I'll never use.

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#931014 11-Nov-2013 20:01

kawaii: Okie Dokie, I'm moving to a new house in the next 2-3 weeks and just had a check out of the property when it comes to telephone cabling:

2) How does one find the location of the cabinet closest to ones address? basically I'm looking for some sort of guidance as to the speed I'll get given my location and proximity to the cabinet; I've done a street check (on Google and going for a walk about) but I'm wondering whether it is located.

PM your new address and ill look up your Cabinet/Exch loaction

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#931028 11-Nov-2013 20:29

Re: #2, I'm not sure how accurate this map is still but this was in my bookmarks from a way back: http://gis.geek.nz/infrastructure.html#chorus_cabinets.

matisyahu

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#931047 11-Nov-2013 21:42

1080p: Re: #2, I'm not sure how accurate this map is still but this was in my bookmarks from a way back: http://gis.geek.nz/infrastructure.html#chorus_cabinets.

I threw my address in there and compared it to the chorus map but it appears there is no cabinet in my area which is a bit strange.

Edit: Would it be correct that I'd connect to the closet cabinet on the map or are there cabinets missing?

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#931078 11-Nov-2013 22:12

kawaii:
1080p: Re: #2, I'm not sure how accurate this map is still but this was in my bookmarks from a way back: http://gis.geek.nz/infrastructure.html#chorus_cabinets.

I threw my address in there and compared it to the chorus map but it appears there is no cabinet in my area which is a bit strange.

Edit: Would it be correct that I'd connect to the closet cabinet on the map or are there cabinets missing?

That database is not complete - BTW PM message sent with your Chorus network point which is actualy the Exchange

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#931083 11-Nov-2013 22:17

From my experience the map is fairly accurate, but do bear in mind that it only shows cabinets not exchanges.
All the local cabinets connect back to the NAE exchange, looking at the map I would say is somewhere on High st would be my guess

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#931085 11-Nov-2013 22:19

kawaii:
1080p: Re: #2, I'm not sure how accurate this map is still but this was in my bookmarks from a way back: http://gis.geek.nz/infrastructure.html#chorus_cabinets.

I threw my address in there and compared it to the chorus map but it appears there is no cabinet in my area which is a bit strange.

Edit: Would it be correct that I'd connect to the closet cabinet on the map or are there cabinets missing?

I believe you'll be collected straight to the exchange itself which is here: http://goo.gl/dMH4Fr

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