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Forums › New Zealand Broadband › How do you check how far you're away from your local exchange?


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# 20833 7-Apr-2008 13:21
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  # 121932 7-Apr-2008 22:28
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  # 122012 8-Apr-2008 08:58
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Id like to know the same :)
Ive had a quick search through previous posts and cant find anyone giving an actual method/formula how to work it out.
Can someone let us know, and then maybe make this post a sticky ? :)




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  # 122057 8-Apr-2008 11:30
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Have a look here: http://hwiki.digitalsouth.net.nz/broadband/exchange_locations

You may get an idea of where it is & how far your away from it.

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  # 122087 8-Apr-2008 13:03
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Thanks for that  Laughing




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  # 122094 8-Apr-2008 13:18
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Shame it doesn't show the Wellington Exchanges (Yes I see Porirua, and Paraparaumu).

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  # 123312 13-Apr-2008 23:18
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I think if you ring telecom, they can tell you from their database.
I recently was looking at broadband options for a customer who lives in a rural area and telecom quoted them as being 6.8km, out of broadband reach from the Patoka exchange. Quite accurate so I wonder if they did a line attenuation test or if they have an auctual wiring map to refer to.

I know some modems auctually try to estimate the distance from the line attenuation etc. Check the line statistics in your modems setup website - if it does show a distance it may be sort of accurate.




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  # 123414 14-Apr-2008 15:20
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raytaylor: Quite accurate so I wonder if they did a line attenuation test or if they have an auctual wiring map to refer to.


They refer to a wiring map, and in most cases this takes a tier 2 rep to actively searching the persons connection and following the cable to the exchange in order to measure it, takes a bit of time to do this so its not really something that you can just look up easily.

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