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#153775 7-Oct-2014 14:42

Afternoon all,

Been surfing about trying to understand why my Flip ADSL2+ has slowed to a crawl on downloads, and is useless for YouTube, or anything multimedia. Even a Speedtest.net takes a few minutes to load for testing. General web is mostly okay, but one day even the Flip site took 15 minutes to load.

Yes, Avast, Malwarebytes, even did a clean install of Win7 (admittedly starter pack but was getting decent speeds before).

Flip help suggested my modem was dying, but ping shows zero packet loss, even after several minutes of testing and between 1 to 37ms with an average of 1. The losses all happen after Flip.

I tried to download a 16.5mb file (Malwarebytes) for my new install (my old download was outdated) but it failed twice after eight hours of byte-by-byte downloading. Microsoft update appears to be working, but 264mb took more than 8 hours.

Been reading about Master Splitter, but just don't have $150-$200 for that at the moment - is there anything else I can do?

There is no copper phone, only a Vodafone wireless phone, and yes the results are the same for wireless or ethernet cable connections ... both slowwwww.

Here's my grab from an Huawei EchoLife router, nearly two years old (former Vodafone). Am in Parnell, and an online calc estimates I am 1.8km from closest cabinet on Gladstone Rd.

Very much appreciate any advice.

Status: Connected

ModulationType: ADSL2+

UpstreamDownstream

CurrRate(kbps)

1100

7271

MaxRate(kbps)

1100

9024

NoiseMargin(dB)

6.0

7.1

Attenuation(dB)

44.5

25.4

Power(dBm)

12.8

0.0

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#1149989 8-Oct-2014 14:40

Ah bugger. Oh well! BigPipe are still an awesome ISP and I'd recommend them even for xDSL.

Yes, a better router will do you a world of wonders. I'd recommend the Asus range :)

Or, sign up with the people across the street and create a wireless link to your house for UFB. They've got 3 unused ports on their ONT's for other ISP's to use! Pay them every now and then in beer.

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#1151269 10-Oct-2014 12:42

avaiki: Sooo ...

let me get this right:

1. Ask neighbours ... what? "Hi, you don't know me, but I live across the street and I'd like to be able to use your address to apply for Ultra Fast Broadband. This won't affect yourexisting broadband, and the payments will all be made online so there won't be any mail bothering you."

2. If the door has not already slammed in my face, then I should add, "oh, and, um, you'd have to agree to a modem being plugged in and left on 24/7 but I can give you money for the extra power."

Did I get that right?

I presume I would also need a modem capable of broadcasting an impressive distance. You say Asus, I see CNET has given good marks to this model: Asus AC2400 RT-AC87U. Would a wireless extender help too?

Thanks for the suggestions. Not too sure how Parnell types will take to country-style knocking on the door, and all this is cash dependent, but once that changes, this does offer possibilities.

Depending on your budget I could get one of the Auckland techs to set up a wireless link for you, It will be rather expensive though but will provide you with UFB speeds from your donor if they agree to put a small access point on the roof. Offer them money for power and just say that you can't get decent internet.

Doing it via your stock standard access point might not be the best approach as you'll lose a tonne of speed. The guys over at http://www.gowifi.co.nz/ have some pretty good products (I'd recommend the Nanostation from here: http://www.gowifi.co.nz/backhaul-point-to-point/ubiquiti-nanostation-m5-802.11n/a-500mw-outdoor-ap/bridge.html), you grab 2 of these, set them up and align them (so P2P link) then you'll get some pretty good speeds.

I am sure there might be a Geekzoner that'll be happy to help you out assuming you get a neighbor to loan you some power and a port on their ONT :)