When is Orcon going to offer 200 Mbps fibre plan

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#171546 22-Apr-2015 13:02

Is there any info on a 200 Mbps download fibre from Orcon???

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#1289385 22-Apr-2015 14:36

I'd love to know too but it seems they are struggling with 100 atm

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#1289443 22-Apr-2015 15:33

Curious what people would use this for. Downloading from overseas probably won't go any faster due to TCP limitations. Multiple netflix HD streams if served from NZ could use it.

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#1289450 22-Apr-2015 15:40

timmmay: Curious what people would use this for. Downloading from overseas probably won't go any faster due to TCP limitations. Multiple netflix HD streams if served from NZ could use it.

I can tap out 130Mbit, reckon I could do 200 as well :) Also, I share my connection with 3 other people so the faster the better...

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#1289457 22-Apr-2015 15:51

Brumfondl:
timmmay: Curious what people would use this for. Downloading from overseas probably won't go any faster due to TCP limitations. Multiple netflix HD streams if served from NZ could use it.

I can tap out 130Mbit, reckon I could do 200 as well :) Also, I share my connection with 3 other people so the faster the better...

Essentially this. My 20Mbps VDSL is great for a couple people, but 6? Hell no, it sucks.

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#1289462 22-Apr-2015 15:54

Brumfondl:
timmmay: Curious what people would use this for. Downloading from overseas probably won't go any faster due to TCP limitations. Multiple netflix HD streams if served from NZ could use it.

I can tap out 130Mbit, reckon I could do 200 as well :) Also, I share my connection with 3 other people so the faster the better...

Exactly, I can easily max out the 100Mbit connection, 200 would be sweet.

Basically at this point it is a race for me between Big Pipe coming to Wellington and Orcon offering 200Mbit.

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#1289470 22-Apr-2015 15:58

Can you hit 100/130Mbps with a torrent or a single download?

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#1289477 22-Apr-2015 16:03

timmmay: Can you hit 100/130Mbps with a torrent or a single download?

Both, torrents are easier for obvious reasons but many of the major download websites have no issues maxing out my 100Mbit

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#1289490 22-Apr-2015 16:05

It's not about how fast you can do one thing. It's about how many things you can do at once.

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#1289493 22-Apr-2015 16:07

gehenna: It's not about how fast you can do one thing. It's about how many things you can do at once.

Exactly, I have actually found in general (although it could be my imagination) that even when i had 30Mbit fiber it seemed to be far more tolerant of many simultaneous uses/connections than my equivalent speed ADSL connection.

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#1289586 22-Apr-2015 17:07

timmmay: Can you hit 100/130Mbps with a torrent or a single download?

Quite easily :)

When it decides to work of course.

You can also follow me on twitter here @kiwifortw I do twitch streams every now and then at twitch.tv/kiwiforthewin :)

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#1289593 22-Apr-2015 17:14

timmmay: Can you hit 100/130Mbps with a torrent or a single download?

Never done it with a torrent, but I don't use them much anyway. I often hit max when downloading from Steam or Blizzard and the like, and I use a download manager so generally hit max when downloading from various places. It is no where near as hard as you seem to think :)

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#1290020 23-Apr-2015 10:43

Hi all,

We're always looking at different options, so we're definitely keeping an eye on this. In the short term though, we have no plans to launch a 200Mbps Fibre plan.

Cheers,

Cam

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#1290028 23-Apr-2015 10:53

bameron: Hi all,

We're always looking at different options, so we're definitely keeping an eye on this. In the short term though, we have no plans to launch a 200Mbps Fibre plan.

Cheers,

Cam

Well then you can 'plan' on losing my custom once bigpipe or someone else gets their act together for Wellington

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#1290031 23-Apr-2015 11:01

bameron: Hi all,

We're always looking at different options, so we're definitely keeping an eye on this. In the short term though, we have no plans to launch a 200Mbps Fibre plan.

Cheers,

Cam

So much for the line that was in your signup process when I signed up saying 200Mbps coming soon or being looked into.

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#1290039 23-Apr-2015 11:10

Rambaldi:
bameron: Hi all,

We're always looking at different options, so we're definitely keeping an eye on this. In the short term though, we have no plans to launch a 200Mbps Fibre plan.

Cheers,

Cam

So much for the line that was in your signup process when I signed up saying 200Mbps coming soon or being looked into.

Yup, still on the Orcon UFB page as well...

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