Full Flavour buying Spark HG659 Modems on TradeMe

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#171635 25-Apr-2015 20:31

What's the deal with Full Flavour (under the username myfullflavour) having bought two Spark's HG659 ADSL/VDSL/Fibre modems on TradeMe, and placing bids on another three?

There's nothing wrong with it, but I'm just curious as to the intentions.

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#1291507 25-Apr-2015 20:40

testing them on their network maybe?

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#1291519 25-Apr-2015 21:06

They only supply routers on a loan basis so maybe flashing with stock firmware and supplying to customers - perfectly legit as there is no guarantee you'll get a new one when you sign up you could get one from the 'returned' pool - the reality is we can all come up with ideas of what could be happening but all sounds legit.

But on another note - now that FFM no longer provide a nationwide service (the VDSL nationwide service ceased some time ago) do they really need their own sub-forum - nothing against FFM it just seems that they don't really need their own sub-forum.

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#1291521 25-Apr-2015 21:11

They aren't doing anything illegal.

This topic shouldn't exist.

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#1291524 25-Apr-2015 21:24

They still will do the odd DSL connection, e.g. for a customer waiting for fibre, or maybe an existing customer that had multiple branch office etc.

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#1291532 25-Apr-2015 22:03

nakedmolerat: They aren't doing anything illegal.

This topic shouldn't exist.

Noone suggested it was. An ISP buying 2nd hand routers is mildly interesting.

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#1291538 25-Apr-2015 22:14

S/he really likes the modems?

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#1291656 26-Apr-2015 10:55

coffeebaron: They still will do the odd DSL connection, e.g. for a customer waiting for fibre, or maybe an existing customer that had multiple branch office etc.

This.

We stopped ordering routers that do ADSL/VDSL/Fibre (Innbox V50-U) early last year and switched to a fibre-only Huawei unit with custom firmware. As far as I'm aware only Lightwire and Full Flavour are on this particular series.

It doesn't make sense to buy new all-in-one units when copper deployments are almost always short-term. Unfortunately our growth strongly outweighs the rate the short-term deployments return their hardware though this is a good problem to have.

We've got a firmware version we can load onto these HG659 and then manage them via TR-069.

nitrotech: But on another note - now that FFM no longer provide a nationwide service (the VDSL nationwide service ceased some time ago) do they really need their own sub-forum - nothing against FFM it just seems that they don't really need their own sub-forum.

We still provide a national service it's just not advertised. Most of our promotions are Tauranga/Waikato residents only.

Though I agree about the sub forum. I suggest it's renamed to "Regional ISP" so that it can encompass regional operators including the following notable providers:

- Uber (Northland)
- Lightwire (Waikato/Tauranga)
- Netsmart (Waikato/Tauranga)
- Primo (New Plymouth)
- Now (Hawkes Bay)
- Inspire (Palmerston North)

These guys, other regionals and small ISPs make up about 8% of the market.