VDSL2 - Any retailers offering residential plans yet?

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Damager

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#75468 18-Jan-2011 22:16

Just wondering as my area (cabinet TRV/K in Hamilton) is now VDSL2 capable as per the Chorus website.

1mb/s upload is absolutely painful for my HD uploads to YouTube. I'm 50 meters from the cabinet so pretty keen!

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#428632 18-Jan-2011 22:29

Worldnet lol.... Read the thread in this forum about their antics with Mauricio...

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mikenzb

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#429060 20-Jan-2011 07:56

Damager: Just wondering as my area (cabinet TRV/K in Hamilton) is now VDSL2 capable as per the Chorus website.

1mb/s upload is absolutely painful for my HD uploads to YouTube. I'm 50 meters from the cabinet so pretty keen!

Yep Worldnet : http://www.worldnet.co.nz/personal/vdsl2/

they have a gold,silver and casual Plans
Gold (2 year Team) - 120GB 139$
Silver(1 year team) - 120GB 149$
Casual (No team)- 120GB 159$

Terms & Conditions
- A fixed term of 12 months for Silver plan and 24 months for Gold plan applies. If the service is cancelled prior to the completion date of the contract period, an early disconnection fee of $149 and $199 will be applied respectively
- WorldNet Residential Landline must be applied
- Free Initial Broadband Setup covers the Broadband standard connection (worth $99.95)
- It is the responsibility of the customer to pay any termination fee to their existing broadband provider
- A wiring charge ($185+GST) or additional hardware charge(s) might be applied
- VDSL Modem must be purchased
- All hardware are covered by standard 1 year RTB warranty from the date of purchase
- Delivery and packing charge apply if you have chosen to send the hardware by courier
- Initial payment is to be made by EFTPOS, Credit Card or cash, if you collect hardware from our office. For hardware delivery order, full initial payment has to be received into our bank account before we dispatch the item

Ragnor

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#429275 20-Jan-2011 17:47

Personally I'd wait for reliable and respectable ISP's to start offering it.

Damager

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#429291 20-Jan-2011 18:45

Ragnor: Personally I'd wait for reliable and respectable ISP's to start offering it.

Good call.. Im with Telecom so hoping they get the ball rolling soon.

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#429293 20-Jan-2011 18:47

Would it be worth waiting for Fibre since Hamilton's fibre network starts to get built this year?

Damager

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#429300 20-Jan-2011 19:14

DjShadow: Would it be worth waiting for Fibre since Hamilton's fibre network starts to get built this year?

What's the timeframe for Go Live in Hamilton?

Zeon

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#429815 22-Jan-2011 12:24

Just out of interest, will one be able to ditch the modem with VDSL2 and get a media converter like one of these:
http://global.level1.com/Business-Products/Media-Converters/VDSL2-Media-Converters/VDS-0200/490.html

??

That way I just need an ethernet router which has PPPoE (basically all of them). At the moment I run my ADSL2 modem in half bridge but I'm wanting to use IPv6 so a media converter would be heaps better.

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DjShadow

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#429840 22-Jan-2011 13:06

Damager:
DjShadow: Would it be worth waiting for Fibre since Hamilton's fibre network starts to get built this year?

What's the timeframe for Go Live in Hamilton?

Within the next 3 years I think, can't find any information on what areas they will do first but I assume it will be the CBD

cws82us

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#429862 22-Jan-2011 14:35

DjShadow:
Damager:
DjShadow: Would it be worth waiting for Fibre since Hamilton's fibre network starts to get built this year?

What's the timeframe for Go Live in Hamilton?

Within the next 3 years I think, can't find any information on what areas they will do first but I assume it will be the CBD

there is allready fiber in cbd check out http://www.velocitynetworks.co.nz/ for more info

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johnr

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#429868 22-Jan-2011 14:42

I would use Xtra before using World net anyday after reading about them on Geekzone

Damager

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#431552 26-Jan-2011 19:47

Telecom advised via their Customer Care Team (email query) that VDSL2 is not likely within the next month of 2 as they are still testing.

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#434801 3-Feb-2011 13:17

Is there any way to register interest for VDSL2? There's no cabinet near me yet but it'd be nice to be able to inform Telecom/Chorus that there is demand for the service where I live. Also, how did they come up with the current rollout plan?

Additionally, is there a reliable source showing cabinet locations? If I put my address into Telecom Wholesale's site then it shows me as a little purple ADSL2 island (coming in July) in a sea of VDSL2 green (also coming later in the year). However the cabinet location coordinates on the Chorus site show a VDSL2 cabinet within 250 metres of my house (following the street). How do I know which is correct?

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#434807 3-Feb-2011 13:30

It'd be good if they had a service similar to the adsl2+ one, where you chuck in the number and get a result.