The Interweb
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@nta said in The Interweb:
@Kirwan What does this cost per month? Is it just internet or include VOIP etc?
$120 for me. I’m experimenting with no VOIP this time, saving $10 per month.
Only calls I received were from spammers and one elderly relative. All other calls were on our mobiles.
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@kirwan Yeah, it’s Ethernet. My wifi maxes out at a theoretical 866 Mbps but in practice I can’t get more than about 750. Pays to check regularly too. When I first got fibre I was on a 200 Mbps plan and never thought any more about it. I found out by accident that they had a gigabit plan for $20 a month cheaper. In practice I don’t really notice the difference in performance.
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This guy doesn't notice the difference either
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@nta said in The Interweb:
This guy doesn't notice the difference either
I have a mate here who does this for his parents, he is rapt with it so far
I have my interweb through them, but I am on a pleb plan, so only get 100/20 (unlimited downloads) and phone for $75 p/m
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@jc said in The Interweb:
@kirwan Yeah, it’s Ethernet. My wifi maxes out at a theoretical 866 Mbps but in practice I can’t get more than about 750. Pays to check regularly too. When I first got fibre I was on a 200 Mbps plan and never thought any more about it. I found out by accident that they had a gigabit plan for $20 a month cheaper. In practice I don’t really notice the difference in performance.
I see a difference is downloads from big companies, like OS updates, and of course uploads (one of the main reasons I upgraded).
So much headroom.
And that ethernet dongle is looking more certain, or a dock.
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@baron-silas-greenback Was reading about that as a mate in BOP asked me if that was l;egit.
Its a very good way to start a microgrid. There is a copmpany here in Oz called Power Ledger that is doing P2P trading of solar using blockchain. Looks interesting.
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Fark, have just learned we are in a fibre access zone - only just according to the map. Will have to check this out as we are only on VDSL. I hope the interwebs gods are merciful and this is legit... and doesn't require a bunch of extra work.
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@paekakboyz there was a house not far from mine whose pit was completely missed in the deployment of FTTN.
Apparently the original street plans were for them to be facing another direction or something, but an 11th hour change put them on a different street where an emergency pair was brought through to service their phone + ADSL. That's all they've got until NBNCo swing back around this way.
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@dogmeat For inside the house, don’t know what your budget is but I’ve got one of these setups:
Orbi RBK50 Mesh WiFi - Coverage Made Easy - NETGEAR
Get whole home WiFi coverage with the Orbi RBK50 Mesh WiFi system available at NETGEAR. Shop now to enjoy fast and reliable internet in your home!
They’re not cheap, about $670 for the router and satellite, but the performance is great. Superb coverage, strong signal and no drop off in speed as you add devices.
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@jc said in The Interweb:
@dogmeat For inside the house, don’t know what your budget is but I’ve got one of these setups:
Get whole home WiFi coverage with the Orbi RBK50 Mesh WiFi system available at NETGEAR. Shop now to enjoy fast and reliable internet in your home!
They’re not cheap, about $670 for the router and satellite, but the performance is great. Superb coverage, strong signal and no drop off in speed as you add devices.
Tech porn! That looks nice.
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Very cool.
I'm slumming it with a ceiling-mounted Netgear WNDAP360, hooked up to my Netgear 24-port PoE switch - much better than trying to get power up there or have the wifi unit collecting dust.
All the apple shit in the house goes on the 5GHz while I reserve 2.4GHz for my stuff. It just works out better that way
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@wairau said in The Interweb:
Hi, could some posters, like one in the north island, and one in the south, post internet speed to New York please? What speeds are kiwis getting to the rest of the world? Cheers
One of my works servers is in Chicago, that’s a 180ms ping for me (through a VPN).
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