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@nepia said in The Interweb:
@nzzp Every time I see these speeds I shake my head in bewilderment.
Nice work.
Honestly, I'm boggled as well. It's just incredible.
Fair play to the NZ Govt, they have pumped some coin into this,a nd seem to have a really good product that is worth getting.
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Google CEO says it’s ‘important for us to explore’ search in China
Google CEO Sundar Pichai publicly addressed his company’s plans to re-enter the Chinese market with a search and news-oriented product, telling a crowd at Wired’s 25th anniversary summit that such a service would be capable of serving 99 percent of queries. Pichai described the Chinese market as “important for us to explore” given its size and the very high likelihood that it will become the largest and most lucrative internet-using population on the planet.
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Kiwis to get 20-times NBN speeds for similar price
New Zealanders will soon be getting internet speeds 20 times faster than those enjoyed by most Australians, for just a few dollars more a month.
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@jegga said in The Interweb:
New Zealanders will soon be getting internet speeds 20 times faster than those enjoyed by most Australians, for just a few dollars more a month.
That's infuriating. To put it mildly.
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@antipodean said in The Interweb:
@jegga said in The Interweb:
New Zealanders will soon be getting internet speeds 20 times faster than those enjoyed by most Australians, for just a few dollars more a month.
That's infuriating. To put it mildly.
But completely unsurprising. I've been mentioning the speed gap for a while now.
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@antipodean said in The Interweb:
@jegga said in The Interweb:
New Zealanders will soon be getting internet speeds 20 times faster than those enjoyed by most Australians, for just a few dollars more a month.
That's infuriating. To put it mildly.
You could move back to the first world? The rugby was quite good here until recently as well.
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@snowy said in The Interweb:
@antipodean said in The Interweb:
@jegga said in The Interweb:
New Zealanders will soon be getting internet speeds 20 times faster than those enjoyed by most Australians, for just a few dollars more a month.
That's infuriating. To put it mildly.
You could move back to the first world? The rugby was quite good here until recently as well.
We may have a space program and ultra fast broadband but they have .......... koalas .
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@jegga said in The Interweb:
@snowy said in The Interweb:
@antipodean said in The Interweb:
@jegga said in The Interweb:
New Zealanders will soon be getting internet speeds 20 times faster than those enjoyed by most Australians, for just a few dollars more a month.
That's infuriating. To put it mildly.
You could move back to the first world? The rugby was quite good here until recently as well.
We may have a space program and ultra fast broadband but they have .......... koalas .
Not for long it seems.
They still have the Wallabies but they don't like to talk about it.
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Amazon launched cloud services in their own ARM server chips today.
New – EC2 Instances (A1) Powered by Arm-Based AWS Graviton Processors | Amazon Web Services
Earlier this year I told you about the AWS Nitro System and promised you that it would allow us to “deliver new instance types more quickly than ever in the months to come.” Since I made that promise we have launched memory-intensive R5 and R5d instances, high frequency z1d instances, burstable T3...
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The OpenSSH client and server are now available as a supported Feature-on-Demand in Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 1809! The Win32 port of OpenSSH was first included in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and Windows Server 1709 as a pre-release feature. In the Windows 10 1803 release, OpenSSH was released as a supported feature on-demand component, but there was not a supported release on Windows Server until now.
Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH
The OpenSSH client and server are now available as a supported Feature-on-Demand in Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 1809! The Win32 port of OpenSSH was first included in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and Windows Server 1709 as a pre-release feature. In the Windows 10 1803 release, OpenSSH...
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Just before leaving the UK I purchased a WiFi mesh set up for our house in NZ and it arrived with the movers last week.
Sooooo much better than using an extender.
Used to have to switch networks between lounge and bedroom with devices automatically deciding to use a stronger (but slower) 2.4 over the 5. Just irritating to have to manually change.
Now with only two mesh units the whole property runs on a strong fast 5 subnet with devices automatically moving between units as needed.
Really recommend if you have dead spots or are setting up smart house stuff like lights/plugs/locks etc
Had to solve the puzzle of getting Sonos controllers working but worked out that as Sonos creates its own subnet I needed to have either one of each connected by Ethernet or cable one Sonos speaker direct to a mesh unit. Apart from that it’s brilliant and cheaper than a high powered router. -
@Crucial said in The Interweb:
Just before leaving the UK I purchased a WiFi mesh set up for our house in NZ and it arrived with the movers last week.
Sooooo much better than using an extender.
Used to have to switch networks between lounge and bedroom with devices automatically deciding to use a stronger (but slower) 2.4 over the 5. Just irritating to have to manually change.
Now with only two mesh units the whole property runs on a strong fast 5 subnet with devices automatically moving between units as needed.
Really recommend if you have dead spots or are setting up smart house stuff like lights/plugs/locks etc
Had to solve the puzzle of getting Sonos controllers working but worked out that as Sonos creates its own subnet I needed to have either one of each connected by Ethernet or cable one Sonos speaker direct to a mesh unit. Apart from that it’s brilliant and cheaper than a high powered router.What brand did you go for. I’m using an extender at the moment, but it’s creaking under the weight of all the devices we use.
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@Kirwan said in The Interweb:
@Crucial said in The Interweb:
Just before leaving the UK I purchased a WiFi mesh set up for our house in NZ and it arrived with the movers last week.
Sooooo much better than using an extender.
Used to have to switch networks between lounge and bedroom with devices automatically deciding to use a stronger (but slower) 2.4 over the 5. Just irritating to have to manually change.
Now with only two mesh units the whole property runs on a strong fast 5 subnet with devices automatically moving between units as needed.
Really recommend if you have dead spots or are setting up smart house stuff like lights/plugs/locks etc
Had to solve the puzzle of getting Sonos controllers working but worked out that as Sonos creates its own subnet I needed to have either one of each connected by Ethernet or cable one Sonos speaker direct to a mesh unit. Apart from that it’s brilliant and cheaper than a high powered router.What brand did you go for. I’m using an extender at the moment, but it’s creaking under the weight of all the devices we use.
tp-link deco
Got just this two pack to try and it is ample for my needs. Our house has a bit of an l shape and I am jumping across the angle. I didn’t know if that plan would work so went for the deco as they have plenty of different repeaters that all work together. If I needed more I could have just ordered whatever was best price back here and added it on.
Apparently they “copy” the concept that companies like Sonos came up with whereby every unit in the subnet talks to each other. -
@chris-b said in Black Caps tour to England:
@crucial Actually, I recently got quite a detailed map from udig - I daren't put in a few fence posts lest I put a shovel through the South Island's fibre optic cable. But as you suggested there is no duct - I talked to a Chorus guy who was at the gate inspecting stuff a couple of months ago.
I actually sent Spark that advice you gave me last time about VDSL quoting you as "a former Chorus Engineer told me...".
They emailed back saying "we will look into it" - and that was the last I heard.
I went through a Chorus online process and they emailed me - Sorry fibre isn't available, but good news - VDSL is available at your address - contact your IP. I sent that to Spark and still nothing!
I'll see if I can work out a way to order VDSL directly. Most times on Spark's website you just run up against a brick wall of sorry it's not available at your place, but you can have wireless.
@nzzp Unfortunately - even though I'm not actually in the sticks - we're in a hill shadow from the nearby cellphone tower, so you have to stand in the right spot to get (not good) phone coverage. My neighbour tried wireless, but it's no better than ADSL.
Maybe Starlink will solve the problem!
I had a hunt back and remembered where you were. You are correct in saying that the Chorus map and the 'NZ Broadband Map' don't show exactly the same reach.
When you have time try some different providers online. Most have an automated provisioning system that in theory should read the same as the Chorus map. If one comes up with a positive then you should be able to place an order which will tell you one way or another.
I went to find the old rural layer maps but a website update has removed them.Chorus actually now take a far more open approach to rural fibre in that they actively promote the option on their site and will work with you to establish possibilities, cost etc.
Even back last year there were hurdles that made it less obvious.I know because I looked into it for friends down south. They have the fibre feed going from the main rd to Arrowtown School going past the gate. That feed will be connected to the cabinets through Atown this year. (this is different to your situation where you have the equivalent of the main transmission Power Lines going past with no substation.). Anyway, they get VDSL at an OK speed but distance from the cabinet once you go across the paddock means that it gets unstable at times.
I'm going to get them a costing on hooking in to the fibre line. They can do the trenching themselves which should cut the cost a lot.
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@nzzp said in Black Caps tour to England:
@crucial said in Black Caps tour to England:
From memory @Chris-B is in a bit of a black hole regarding connectivity
@chris-b If you can hang on for a few months, Starlink could seriously be an option for you.
It's a thousand bucks to get the gear, and $160/month after that. Then you can expect to get 80-150MB download, 30ish upload and unlimited data. For rural users, it's a godsend - goes with you to any house, anywhere with a view of the sky. Musk says speeds may go up as well - but who knows
Starlink already comes up with NZ addresses. Do you mean the delivery time for equipment?
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@crucial said in The Interweb:
@nzzp said in Black Caps tour to England:
@crucial said in Black Caps tour to England:
From memory @Chris-B is in a bit of a black hole regarding connectivity
@chris-b If you can hang on for a few months, Starlink could seriously be an option for you.
It's a thousand bucks to get the gear, and $160/month after that. Then you can expect to get 80-150MB download, 30ish upload and unlimited data. For rural users, it's a godsend - goes with you to any house, anywhere with a view of the sky. Musk says speeds may go up as well - but who knows
Starlink already comes up with NZ addresses. Do you mean the delivery time for equipment?
I thought it said mid to late 2021?
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@nzzp said in The Interweb:
@crucial said in The Interweb:
@nzzp said in Black Caps tour to England:
@crucial said in Black Caps tour to England:
From memory @Chris-B is in a bit of a black hole regarding connectivity
@chris-b If you can hang on for a few months, Starlink could seriously be an option for you.
It's a thousand bucks to get the gear, and $160/month after that. Then you can expect to get 80-150MB download, 30ish upload and unlimited data. For rural users, it's a godsend - goes with you to any house, anywhere with a view of the sky. Musk says speeds may go up as well - but who knows
Starlink already comes up with NZ addresses. Do you mean the delivery time for equipment?
I thought it said mid to late 2021?
That website is not encouraging. I can't find costs anywhere except if I start to place an order. Then it comes up wit the kit cost but nothing about ongoing subs. The FAQ doesn't say a thing.It looks like I could order now (under Beta) and receive kit in 2-4 weeks.
$913 (presumably USD) for kit and shipping.
Starlink
