Congestion getting worse for you?

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coffeebaron

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#1011740 24-Mar-2014 12:45

I have seen the odd exchange that has been upgraded to ADSL2+ that were not on the RBI upgrade list. So possibly exchanges are slowly being upgraded anyway. As for any kind of ETA, probably no way to find out.

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NZtimbo

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#1011743 24-Mar-2014 12:47

Yea Slingshot said that too, small glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, but still...

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#1011893 24-Mar-2014 16:08

Will 28 homes in a subdivision warrant a new cabinet? Perhaps you could make friends with someone there and do fixed wireless to their VDSL connection?

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NZtimbo

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#1012066 24-Mar-2014 21:10

There's an idea...

Allas responce from Chorus today, "performance well within specification..."

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#1012074 24-Mar-2014 21:22

NZtimbo: There's an idea...

Allas responce from Chorus today, "performance well within specification..."

Commerce Commission UBA offering requires 32 kbps per user over a 15 min average. I suspect that meets that.

The simple reality is nothing will change. There are hundreds of exchanges and cabinets that will never be upgraded because Wireless RBI is the upgrade.

shacknasty

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#1024964 14-Apr-2014 15:48

Maybe the wrong thread but here I go anyway.

Since switching to VDSL a couple of months ago, I've noticed peak time speeds dropping to ~ 200kb/sec. I was on ADSL with slingshot for the last couple of years and never had any drops in speed at all. Now, it's every night 8-11pm, 200kb/sec - although today, maybe a coincidence but 20 minutes after game of thrones comes out, I'm down to 150-200kb/sec again (the first time I've noticed it during the day). VDSL wasn't a great improvement in download speed for me, but the 5* increase in upload has been useful for using plex remotely, so I'm hesitant in requesting to go back to ADSL2.

I double checked with slingshot support that I am on the unlimited+ plan, and I don't use torrents. Is this a fault, by design or over subscription to the service?

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#1025030 14-Apr-2014 17:34

and now, an hour and a half later, it seems to be back to normal speeds

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