Finally getting fibre installed and trying to wade through all the different providers and options. Wondering what speed I should be going for to be able to zoom/conference call? Any providers better than others? Don't need a land line. Watch alot of Netflix.

kjmb - 2021-07-01 18:26:00

Myrepublic 950 is what we use only get around 500 tho

aoc1 - 2021-07-01 19:05:00

We are a family of 6 adults and watch a lot of streaming tv. At any given time there is a minimum of 20 devices connected to the wifi. Spark 100mbs is fine for us. (We have a very high end router though.) They certainly aren't the cheapest, but we have it bundled with Neon and Netflix which is handy.

enserf - 2021-07-01 19:27:00

100/20 is fine .... no real need for anything faster unless you cant wait for big download/uploads
but unless you connect via ethernet you wont get the full speed of any plan you sign up to so dont come back complaining about that :)

trade_menow - 2021-07-01 19:54:00

trade_menow wrote:

100/20 is fine .... unless you connect via ethernet you wont get the full speed of any plan you sign up to so dont come back complaining about that :)

That somewhat depends on your routers WiFi capability and the devices you are using

Edited by nice_lady at 8:32 pm, Thu 1 Jul

nice_lady - 2021-07-01 20:32:00

I'm with My Republic and been on fibre for 5+ years and on the very odd occasion I've ever needed help then assistance has been great, talking to local techs. My plan is 950 but as already said, unless you connect by LAN you wont get anything like that.
https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/d/bb9569d0-114d-42d8-9ec
5-b8e2b03056fb
This is from my desk top in my office - upstairs from router and works well. Still have a landline for no charge except a $10 one off. Even calls to mobiles are no cost.
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/1567435265.jpg
I have a device that monitors the fibre network on behalf of the Commerce Commission (Sam Knows). It measure raw fibre speeds to my house before my router.

fishb8 - 2021-07-02 07:19:00

We are now with Sky, $79 unlimted speed and data....
But thats the SkyTV price.
We were with Voyager and they were great, our only reason for the change was slightly cheaper and one better option with the landline for my mum.
Voyager has good customer service.

lythande1 - 2021-07-02 08:37:00

fishb8 wrote:

I'm with My Republic and been on fibre for 5+ years and on the very odd occasion I've ever needed help then assistance has been great, talking to local techs. My plan is 950 but as already said, unless you connect by LAN you wont get anything like that.
https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/d/bb9569d0-114d-42d8-9ec
5-b8e2b03056fb
This is from my desk top in my office - upstairs from router and works well. Still have a landline for no charge except a $10 one off. Even calls to mobiles are no cost.
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/1567435265.jpg
I have a device that monitors the fibre network on behalf of the Commerce Commission (Sam Knows). It measure raw fibre speeds to my house before my router.

The Samknows unit is a handy little box - pretty sure ISP's Hate it :)
if anyone's interested in signing up for it heres the link https://measuringbroadbandnewzealand.com/sign-up
and unless things have changed - the unit comes from the UK so be patient

trade_menow - 2021-07-02 15:29:00

Doesn't interfere with anything, easy to install and we need independent monitoring at consumer level so happy to volunteer to have it. There has been a couple of real drop offs, not that I noticed.

fishb8 - 2021-07-02 16:55:00

It's a shame the SamKnows reports are such absolute worthless crap. They state no more than the obvious.

https://comcom.govt.nz/regulated-industries/telecommunicatio
ns/monitoring-the-telecommunications-market/monitoring-new-z
ealands-broadband/Reports-from-Measuring-Broadband-New-Zeala
nd

spyware - 2021-07-02 17:27:00