Chilling_Silence's blogADSL2+
Router reliability musings
Having been asked a number of times in the recent weeks about routers and modems for both ADSL2+ and VDSL2, I figured it was time to revisit the subject. I wrote about it some 2 1/2 years ago now, and unfortunately not a lot has changed. ISPs are still giving out cheap routers by and […]
Getting started with VDSL2
So, I got fed up with the crappy speeds from Slingshot, that and it’d been 8 weeks since I’d heard back from them, even though I knew the Ops Manager was gonna be on holiday (That’s still a long holiday), so now we’d figured out that my second Naked DSL connection was working, I switched […]
The future of ISPs – Client-controlled QoS
Note: The terminology in this post has been relatively simplified to appeal to a broader audience I’ve mused about this before but I’m unsure if I ever blogged about it or in what depth. I alluded in a previous post, my prediction that ISPs are going to have to offer more than just pure broadband. […]
The current / future state of broadband in NZ
There’s 3 types of people in NZ: 1) Those who are actually IN the broadband business and know what’s going on 2) Those who are spectating from the sideline and *think* they know what’s going on (But usually don’t) 3) Those who just don’t care After a recent article in the New Zealand Herald, I […]