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CcMaN

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#154470 29-Oct-2014 10:51

Hi,

Wanting to know what sort of speeds I could expect with Woosh Wireless. I'm in an apartment building in Newmarket currently getting 8mbit, which is quite a bit of a step-down from 100mbit fibre at my old home.

Is there any wireless options avaliable in Newmarket which would give me better speeds, particular interested in higher upload speeds also.

PeterReader

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#1164171 29-Oct-2014 10:51

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timbosan

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#1164194 29-Oct-2014 10:55

Do you happen to be in Queens Lodge or Kings Square? If so (having lived there before) I found that the connectivity there is pretty crap for wired options.

I had Woosh many years ago and (back then) it wasn't even comparable to DSL, and I dont think it has changed.

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#1164198 29-Oct-2014 11:06

not with the woosh wireless service, its pretty painful, I had it 2 years ago and even then its support was very limited and the service much like dial up.
I'm 100m away from one of their towers, clean line of sight.

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CcMaN

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#1164200 29-Oct-2014 11:22

timbosan: Do you happen to be in Queens Lodge or Kings Square? If so (having lived there before) I found that the connectivity there is pretty crap for wired options.

I had Woosh many years ago and (back then) it wasn't even comparable to DSL, and I dont think it has changed.

Yeah, I'm in Queens Lodge. When I moved in, the Chorus map had said I was in VDSL coverage. When signing up with a provider, I could barely get 8mbit in ADSL. Talking to the Chorus tech who came to my apartment, and he said that the entire apartment wasn't cabinetised, and was run back to the Auckland Central exchange (which is a decent distance). The chorus map must have had a mistake, because apparently the rest of the area is cabinetised.

Is it likely that Chorus will cabinetise an apartment building?

The other option I saw, is that wireless nation offer Cable over Fibre, (i.e. terminate fibre in the comms room of the apartment, and then VDSL up to each apartment unit). That would be a good alternative, but need to see if there is any more interest from other tenants.

timbosan

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#1164206 29-Oct-2014 11:34

CcMaN:
timbosan: Do you happen to be in Queens Lodge or Kings Square? If so (having lived there before) I found that the connectivity there is pretty crap for wired options.

I had Woosh many years ago and (back then) it wasn't even comparable to DSL, and I dont think it has changed.

Yeah, I'm in Queens Lodge. When I moved in, the Chorus map had said I was in VDSL coverage. When signing up with a provider, I could barely get 8mbit in ADSL. Talking to the Chorus tech who came to my apartment, and he said that the entire apartment wasn't cabinetised, and was run back to the Auckland Central exchange (which is a decent distance). The chorus map must have had a mistake, because apparently the rest of the area is cabinetised.

Is it likely that Chorus will cabinetise an apartment building?

The other option I saw, is that wireless nation offer Cable over Fibre, (i.e. terminate fibre in the comms room of the apartment, and then VDSL up to each apartment unit). That would be a good alternative, but need to see if there is any more interest from other tenants.

Been there done that, over a year ago now. The apartments are connected to the exchange in Remuera, and the cable runs down Remuera Road, along Broadway (towards Parnell) then loops back and comes into the building near the entrance to the square on Broadway. I tried getting VDSL but had worse speeds than on ADSL. It took over a month to diagnose all this and get back into VDSL, and took 3 different Chorus techs.

If you look at the Chorus maps you will see the whole of Newmarket is UFB, except for the apartments. I think (personal opinion) that with so many apartments that L&Y have NO interest in upgrading the block. Which is dumb as all apartments have CAT5 back to the main patch area. I have heard many stories of L&H Holdings and their reluctance to spend any money (at one time the carpark barriers broke down every single weekend and people would just push them up as there was no-one on site to fix them) so Fibre and VDSL wouldn't be high on their list.

However Newmarket gets really good 4G signals, what about that as an option?

Flickky

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#1164246 29-Oct-2014 12:35

If you went on Woosh wireless you'd be lucky to get a quarter of the speed you're getting now.

CcMaN

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#1164270 29-Oct-2014 13:20

timbosan: If you look at the Chorus maps you will see the whole of Newmarket is UFB, except for the apartments. I think (personal opinion) that with so many apartments that L&Y have NO interest in upgrading the block. Which is dumb as all apartments have CAT5 back to the main patch area. I have heard many stories of L&H Holdings and their reluctance to spend any money (at one time the carpark barriers broke down every single weekend and people would just push them up as there was no-one on site to fix them) so Fibre and VDSL wouldn't be high on their list.

However Newmarket gets really good 4G signals, what about that as an option?

Yeah, some saving luck might be that Chorus is saying that UFB is planned for December 2014, however having been through the UFB consent process for just an attached townhouse, I can imagine it would be a nightmare for apartments.

4G, yeah... I get 50mbit on Telecom... too bad the data plans are so expensive.