Peak time performance - 2degrees vs Quic

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#324110 1-Mar-2026 13:12

Afternoon Braintrust,

2degrees looks to be having capacity issues at peak time:

As there support is lacking and I don't see that changing I'm looking to move after almost 20 years with them (& Snap)

I've been keeping an eye on Quic's graphs but looking to get an idea of user experience before I make the jump. Would be the sprinter plan with a static IP.

Also I can't see anything on their site about landlines, anyone know if thats something they offer (archaic I know, but family in the UK call it)

TIA,

Bill

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#3465801 1-Mar-2026 13:24

Quic doesn't do voip but it's main company vetta does.

Although where is that graph to exactly?

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#3465810 1-Mar-2026 14:24

@wjw 2degrees is currently going around NZ upgrading hardware as per the status page for fixed line

Example: Hamilton, Kapua, Te Kowhai

11:00 PM 03/03/2026 to 06:00 AM 04/03/2026

Mobile and Wireless Broadband Some fixed line customers may experience up to two 30 minute outages as Infrastructure upgrades take place, Wireless/Mobile coverage may be degraded around Te Kowhai Wellington, Lower Hutt, Waterloo, Avalon, Petone

So depending on your location to when the work will be completed.

Quic is a great ISP

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#3465814 1-Mar-2026 14:58

MaxineN:

Quic doesn't do voip but it's main company vetta does.

Although where is that graph to exactly?

https://www.quic.nz/status/

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#3465815 1-Mar-2026 14:59

Not that one.

The one in your opening post. I should have clarified.

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#3465816 1-Mar-2026 15:00

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@wjw 2degrees is currently going around NZ upgrading hardware as per the status page for fixed line

Example: Hamilton, Kapua, Te Kowhai

11:00 PM 03/03/2026 to 06:00 AM 04/03/2026

Going back through SamKnows and Atlas stats, its been like that since before Christmas. I did see mention in a thread on here that they dropped some of the Vocus international connectivity in November. Could be related to that?

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#3465817 1-Mar-2026 15:02

MaxineN:

Not that one.

The one in your opening post. I should have clarified.

That is from UDMPro, I used that to help me look at SamKnows and Atlas stats which confirmed the same. Available bandwidth drops and latency increases at peak time to off net hosts. Be interesting to see what the next ISP report says.

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#3465820 1-Mar-2026 15:33

wjw:

Going back through SamKnows and Atlas stats, its been like that since before Christmas. I did see mention in a thread on here that they dropped some of the Vocus international connectivity in November. Could be related to that?

I noticed just before November last year a lot of Eurasian traffic was shifted to Russian provider RETN (AS9002) via NextHop Pty Ltd (AS9507). Curiously Vocus AS4826 also changed to using RETN around the same time so I'm not actually sure of the relationship between NextHop AS9507 and Vocus AS4826.

Some others may have noticed too at the time:
2Degrees International download speeds seems slow???

RETN's Eurasian backbone features terrestrial connectivity through China, CIS countries and Russia onto to Europe in additional to the usual submarine routes.