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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 […]
Has Telecom been screwed for a change?
I was having a bit of a discussion with some people online eariler today and it got me thinking: Has Telecom been screwed out of all this? By “all this” I mean the broadband rollout across NZ. Back in 2006, Labour Minister David Cunliffe approved a whole lotta jazz that basically meant that any Tom, […]
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 […]
The rise of the (wrong) opinion
The advent of the internet has meant that the transfer of information happens almost instantly. Emails exchanged, businesses updated, news crosses the globe in seconds, more people can work from home, global offices are brought together. It’s a beautiful thing. The flip side is that it has also increased the amount of people who are […]
What you never knew that you needed to know about Broadband and Fibre to the Home
With the government investing NZD$1,500,000,000 into this “Ultra fast broadband” Fibre-Optic network, you’d expect them to have good reason for it right? You’d also expect people would generally back the idea of it, and know why we, as a country, need this infrastructure investment. If only that were so! Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven […]
The importance of a good router – Why your internet keeps failing
EDIT: Found this in September 2011 that agrees with pretty much all I write, from a major Australian ISP. Well worth the read:Â http://www.internode.on.net/support/guides/internet_access/broadband_adsl/optimising_adsl2_/ “But I have a good router already! My ISP gave me it, it must be the best!” Man if I had a couple of bucks every time I’ve heard that, I’d be […]
Telecom Geek Exchange Tour 2009
Let me just start by saying what an amazing and impressive tour it was, so much knowledge, so much cool tech stuff, so a big thankyou to Telecom Wholesale, Chorus and Jay Best for organizing the whole thing! Anyway for now there’s just photo’s, I’ll go back later and add some tags or comments about […]
Quick and Easy QoS with Tomato
SIP combined with Elastix is nothing short of amazing. Cost savings, flexibility, functionality, and I’ll say it again: Cost savings! When deploying Elastix to use SIP over ADSL (for example), many find their existing Broadband connection does not quite provide satisfactory call quality, usually due to sharing the connection with other traffic. We will follow […]