Telecom

Broadband bungle writer same as ever

May 12, 2012 Chilling_Silence Personal Rantings

I’m not usually one to visit the NZHerald. In fact, I actively avoid it at almost all costs. I’ve not been there in months now to be honest. A long time ago I was put off NZHerald by the stupid ramblings they call journalism by a writer named Chris Barton. It’s a shame really because there’s […]

0 ADSL2+, Chorus, Chris Barton, Fibre Rollout, nzherald,

Router reliability musings

April 10, 2012 Chilling_Silence How-To's / Guides / Tech info

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 […]

5 ADSL, ADSL2+, AM300, Broadband, Draytek,

Has Telecom been screwed for a change?

August 22, 2011 Chilling_Silence Personal Rantings

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, […]

1 ADSL, Broadband, Fibre, FTTH, Telecom,

The current / future state of broadband in NZ

February 12, 2011 Chilling_Silence Personal Rantings

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 […]

0 Actrix, ADSL, ADSL2+, Broadband, Fibre,

The importance of a good router – Why your internet keeps failing

November 23, 2009 Chilling_Silence How-To's / Guides / Tech info

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 […]

26 2Wire, ADSL, AM300, Belkin N1, Biz Hub,

Telecom Geek Exchange Tour 2009

November 21, 2009 Chilling_Silence Personal Rantings

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 […]

3 ADSL, Broadband, Exchange, New Zealand, NZ,

Is Big Time really worthwhile?

November 20, 2009 Chilling_Silence Personal Rantings

(26/12/2009) Edit 2: It seems that Telecom are truly trying their best with this plan, and the few employees I’ve spoken who have anything to do with Big Time and its implementation are almost zealous about making it the best possible plan that they can! They’ve even been watching the likes of geekzone, gpforums, pressf1, […]

0 Big Time, BigTime, Broadband, New Zealand, NZ,