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#315768 15-Aug-2024 08:34
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From their press release this morning, there's a link to an interactive rural broadband map.

 

 

Mr Gilbertson says the mapping tool launched today is the result of significant effort from the Commission and wider industry to produce a detailed picture of the market – including the options available to rural communities, businesses and farmers, beyond the national UFB fibre footprint. 

 

“Our new interactive map closes the information gap between urban and rural areas.  It provides – for the first time – a comprehensive picture of what technologies are available and where and how they are performing. This is a powerful tool that will be useful to different stakeholders for a wide range of purposes – including our current investigation into the future of copper regulation in rural areas.”

 

 

 

 

PS. The map was still behind a login page when I posted this.





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  #3271716 15-Aug-2024 08:51
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  #3271766 15-Aug-2024 08:59
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That looks pretty good 😄


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  #3271812 15-Aug-2024 09:32
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Surprisingly high percents of connections are still copper, even in central Christchurch.



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  #3271882 15-Aug-2024 09:53
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boosacnoodle: Surprisingly high percents of connections are still copper, even in central Christchurch.

 

Also surprising how many are not on a gigabit plan where I am. Nobody on hyperfibre yet either which is a surprise too.


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  #3271886 15-Aug-2024 10:00
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Most people and families would be well served with a 300 Mbps plan.





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  #3271894 15-Aug-2024 10:35
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Quite correct, but some of us on here are not "most people" 🙃

 

I could possibly get away with a 300/100 plan but for the difference in cost each month it's hardly worth it.


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  #3271953 15-Aug-2024 11:07
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jrdobbs:

 

Quite correct, but some of us on here are not "most people" 🙃

 

I could possibly get away with a 300/100 plan but for the difference in cost each month it's hardly worth it.

 

 

I get it. You're special. But you are not most people.

 

I'd guess the number of people who can live with 300 Mbps is greater than the number of people who need 1000 Mbps.

 

So when you wrote "Also surprising how many are not on a gigabit plan where I am. Nobody on hyperfibre yet either which is a surprise too." you are projecting your reality onto other people's lives.





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Copper in my area is down to 1.6%, but a surprising amount of 4G users despite the easy availability of Fibre.





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  #3271974 15-Aug-2024 12:46
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Our property is on there for our fibre connection! 😆




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  #3272091 15-Aug-2024 15:26
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What's included in "Fibre Other" in the location tables? It's a very high percentage in some areas - e.g. Hawera, it's over 25%


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  #3272096 15-Aug-2024 15:52
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allan:

 

What's included in "Fibre Other" in the location tables? It's a very high percentage in some areas - e.g. Hawera, it's over 25%

 

 

It looks to be any fibre plan that isn't fibre 50, fibre 300, fibre max or hyperfibre


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  #3272098 15-Aug-2024 15:55
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Could be fibre 100

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  #3272210 15-Aug-2024 19:15
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jrdobbs:

 

Also surprising how many are not on a gigabit plan where I am. Nobody on hyperfibre yet either which is a surprise too.

 

 

Huh? Gig/HF is total overkill for a good portion of residential connections. Even 50/10 is perfectly adequate for small-medium households unless the greater upload is needed for a specific reason.


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RunningMan:

 

jrdobbs:

 

Also surprising how many are not on a gigabit plan where I am. Nobody on hyperfibre yet either which is a surprise too.

 

 

Huh? Gig/HF is total overkill for a good portion of residential connections. Even 50/10 is perfectly adequate for small-medium households unless the greater upload is needed for a specific reason.

 

 

Running a couple of 4k streams in a household with multiple TVs will easily start to cause problems





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Is streaming 4k content a common thing? (Genuine question because I don't know)


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