Is there any fibre in South-Auckland yet

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mikenzb

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#70792 30-Oct-2010 23:18

Im just wondering if there is any firbe in auckland yet
i have been looking on the xnet website and they say there might be some fibre in flatbush

I Live In Manukau City im a few streets away from Diorella Drive
i just wondering is there any fibre in auckland cause if so im going to move houses i hate slow internet!!!

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#397910 30-Oct-2010 23:26

mikenzb: Im just wondering if there is any firbe in auckland yet
i have been looking on the xnet website and they say there might be some fibre in flatbush

I Live In Manukau City im a few streets away from Diorella Drive
i just wondering is there any fibre in auckland cause if so im going to move houses i hate slow internet!!!

Eh forget it theres no Firbe in my area yet
I Had A Look on Vector Firbe Coverage

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#397927 31-Oct-2010 00:22

I looked at this telecom map on fibre, I'll try find it again but it said that I had fibre running past my house but I dont think I'm allowed to connect to it

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#397939 31-Oct-2010 01:52

tardtasticx: I looked at this telecom map on fibre, I'll try find it again but it said that I had fibre running past my house but I dont think I'm allowed to connect to it

Ya i just want to know if there is any fibre that runs past my place and it doesnt i dont want to connect it just wanted to know.

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#397976 31-Oct-2010 10:12

If you lived in a FTTH area such as those listed above you'd already know about it - you wouldn't have internet otherwise as there is no copper.

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#397979 31-Oct-2010 10:17

http://www.broadbandmap.govt.nz/map/ - and select Telecom Group and it shows fibre in blue

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#397991 31-Oct-2010 10:51

Interesting that map. Read in the paper that Telecom had just announced that they were putting a fibre link from Napier to Clive in the coming months but according to the map they already have fibre through there extensively and my (Clive) exchange does feel like a copper backhaul with the ping times etc compared to Hastings.

I know fibre has been laid to the cell sites around the area by someone.

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#397997 31-Oct-2010 11:03

tardtasticx: http://www.broadbandmap.govt.nz/map/ - and select Telecom Group and it shows fibre in blue

You need to understand however that there is a big difference between fibre laid in the ground that may be used for active services or may only be dark fibre, and fibre laid for a PON based FTTH deployment.

Both are completely different.

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#397998 31-Oct-2010 11:05

sbiddle:
tardtasticx: http://www.broadbandmap.govt.nz/map/ - and select Telecom Group and it shows fibre in blue

You need to understand however that there is a big difference between fibre laid in the ground that may be used for active services or may only be dark fibre, and fibre laid for a PON based FTTH deployment.

Both are completely different.

Yeh I know there's a difference, but that map doesnt say what type of fibre it is so I dont know what's running past my house

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#398009 31-Oct-2010 11:37

I checked the broadband map, & See that Telecom has Fibre running straight past our front door in Botany Downs AKL, Now I know what the green box is on our front lawn, a few meters from our house, although I believe our house is only wired for copper?

I wonder what plans are available & whether Telecom offers fibre connections at a reasonable cost.

Pitty they are not offering any trials of the technology...

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#398028 31-Oct-2010 12:11

gmball: Pitty they are not offering any trials of the technology...

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by this. My understanding is there are now several thousand homes in these greenfields subdivsions that all only have access to FTTH networks. There isn't really anything to trial.

If you want more information check out the Brightspark website which contains details of the FTTH developments in these areas.

mikenzb

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#398098 31-Oct-2010 14:59

tardtasticx: http://www.broadbandmap.govt.nz/map/ - and select Telecom Group and it shows fibre in blue

Thanks for the map
Fibre does run pass Diorella Drive but i dont live on Diorella Drive i live 2 streets in so i might pick up some speeds if there was a cabinet near by but im connent to a exchange

mikenzb

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#398100 31-Oct-2010 15:02

gmball: I checked the broadband map, & See that Telecom has Fibre running straight past our front door in Botany Downs AKL, Now I know what the green box is on our front lawn, a few meters from our house, although I believe our house is only wired for copper?

I wonder what plans are available & whether Telecom offers fibre connections at a reasonable cost.

Pitty they are not offering any trials of the technology...

thats more like vdsl2 LOL
firbe to the cabinet than copper from the cabinet to your house
Still no ones on vdsl2 yet as no cabinets are to be upgrade untill dec 2010+

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#398118 31-Oct-2010 16:45

Still no ones on vdsl2 yet as no cabinets are to be upgrade untill dec 2010+

Ahhh, not quite true a very large number (infact a majority I suspect) are fitted with VDSL2 capable cards and are available if Telecom wanted to sell it to you, which they will very shortly.

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#398209 31-Oct-2010 20:37

sbiddle:
gmball: Pitty they are not offering any trials of the technology...

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by this. My understanding is there are now several thousand homes in these greenfields subdivsions that all only have access to FTTH networks. There isn't really anything to trial.

If you want more information check out the Brightspark website which contains details of the FTTH developments in these areas.

Well the flatbush area WAS the trial for Telecom, but they cant just run some optical fibre out for one customer to try (unless that customer is making a Hobbit movie) so you are stuck with whatever connects your place until something else is available. Vector doesn't have fibre to houses at the moment, only point-to-point services on expensive longterm commercial contracts.

In other news, you can probably still get the original Wired Country fibre-to-the-house in some parts of Pukekohe...

Time to find a new industry!

mikenzb

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#398216 31-Oct-2010 20:43

cyril7:
Still no ones on vdsl2 yet as no cabinets are to be upgrade untill dec 2010+

Ahhh, not quite true a very large number (infact a majority I suspect) are fitted with VDSL2 capable cards and are available if Telecom wanted to sell it to you, which they will very shortly.

Cyril

OYa will im pot rewirieing my house plus im not even on a cabinet LOL
cause i dont think they are upgradeing the exchange

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