Hyperfibre ISP recommendations for streaming household

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Spuddicus

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#307041 14-Sep-2023 10:31

My current plan with 2 degrees has come to an end and I've been less then impressed with the quality, speeds have been patchy and inconsistent.

We have 300/100, we do a fair bit of streaming including services like Xbox game passes cloud streaming so quite heavy on data, looking at going to hyperfibre so just wanting recommendations from others before I take the plunge, we've been using the supplied modem from 2degrees which is probably less then ideal so if anyone has recommendations on a decent modem that isn't going to break the bank I assume that will help me with the quality of connection I get too.

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#3127622 14-Sep-2023 10:42

Fritzbox is a great device, my guess it will be the wifi signal round your house, have you tried wired?
2dgrees are going tough a massive migration with the Vocus network, this could be an issue
for what you are describing gigabit is fine however Quic have have good deals on HF

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#3127625 14-Sep-2023 10:56

I don't think I can comment on the relative strengths of the various RSPs, but you can have a look here to help your search if you haven't already

https://www.broadbandcompare.co.nz/hyper-fibre

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#3127636 14-Sep-2023 11:23

Fritzbox's are awesome.

But if you are leaving 2D, then they'll probably ask for it back (they've asked for mine)

Gigabit is fine, we (4) all stream/game/torrent etc with no issues.

If using wifi, get a couple of AP's rather than relying purely on the routers Wifi.

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#3127640 14-Sep-2023 11:28

Have no experience of hyperfibre, just adding my 2c worth: I am with 2degrees on their Ultimate Unlimited plan (getting 900/500 over Ethernet), and the PS5 downstairs from the Fritzbox modem runs online games well over the wifi.

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#3127641 14-Sep-2023 11:30

To be perfectly honest given you're jumping from 300/100 I would not recommend Hyperfibre. Just take your pick of providers and sign up to a Gigabit plan instead. Internet in NZ is incredibly good and Hyperfibre is still a niche only a few can really take advantage of.

You won't notice any difference between Gigabit and Hyperfibre by the sounds of things and Hyperfibre doesn't offer anything more but more bandwidth. It won't reduce latency, it won't give you a better streaming experience over Gigabit and for the cost difference you'll just be basically burning money here.

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#3127929 14-Sep-2023 20:07

Spuddicus

I have just joined on Hyper Fibre, I have and still are, going through some issues with it, Not on my side but just issues been a newer product, Wrong Profile on the BNG, Faulty HF ONT soon to be replaced.

Just to give you a heads up the amount of money and gear you need to do it properly will cost a decent amount, I agree with murfy that gig fibre would be ample in most cases I got it because I wanted to, Not because I needed it.

Done right I now have a 10gige capable router, Network card, & 10gig switch all which is not cheap. $2k worth of gear and it all works flawless but I wouldn't do this on a whim

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#3127941 14-Sep-2023 20:47

Spuddicus: My current plan with 2 degrees has come to an end and I've been less then impressed with the quality, speeds have been patchy and inconsistent.

Anyone has recommendations on a decent modem that isn't going to break the bank I assume that will help me with the quality of connection I get too.

I recently signed up to Hyperfibre and picked up one of these CF60 HyperFibre Router I can definitely recommend this as an awesome gateway solution.

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Spuddicus

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#3128030 15-Sep-2023 08:59

Thanks everyone for the responses, appreciate the help!

Looks like I'll go giga then from what I've seen here, will shop around for some plans today

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#3128132 15-Sep-2023 13:19

Good decision.

If you're still struggling with streaming then I suggest checking your local network - if you have many devices connecting via wifi then contention for airtime will be your bottleneck, not the fibre connection.

E.g. Netflix says 5 Mbps for a 1080p stream and 15 Mbps for a 4K stream. On a 300/100 connection you should be able to stream 4K video on 20 different devices before bumping up against the bandwidth limit.

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#3128153 15-Sep-2023 14:32

Given the streaming you have mentioned(xbox cloud + multiple 4K Netflix) would be <100Mpbs sustained I doubt the speed of the plan is the issue at all unless it only gets worse when someone saturates the connection by downloading a game at the same time eating most of the bandwidth.

Does it happen all the time or during peak hours etc? Are the devices having issues Wi-Fi or wired connections? Are they close/far from the router? Do you have walls in your home that block/weaken the signal? Does the Wi-Fi router support the speeds you expect? Are the devices on the faster 5G Wi-Fi channel or the slower channel etc.

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#3128349 15-Sep-2023 21:21

One use case of Hyper Fibre is to segment you network. E.G. If you have a 2Gbps connection. You can feed out from your router 2x 1Gbps connections. So then the household gammers can have their dedicated 1Gbps and the streamers and / or other stuff can have theirs. So when it's game patch or download time, it will have zero impact on the rest of the household.
I'm sure there are a few other scenarios too. Doing it this way, you don't need to fully trick out your network because the max speed of any device is going to be 1Gbps. It's a bit like ordering multiple 1Gbps connections.

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