NZ broadband getting faster, but overseas links still miserable
The average New Zealand broadband connection is getting faster, the Commerce Commission’s July-December 2010 Report on NZ Broadband Quality found.
The report, released today, said the maximum DSL (that is, copper line) broadband speed increased from 5.5Mbit/s in July to 6.5Mbit/s in December.
Coming fibre connections will boost download speeds to up to 100Mbit/s.
Telecom’s Chorus division is close to completing a major fibre to the node/roadside cabinet upgrade, which has brought fibre closer to homes, and reduced the amount of distance covered by slower copper wires. The roll-out’s aim is to bring 10Mbit/s or faster DSL connections to 80% of the country. All indications are that that’s the case – at least on a technical level. Not everybody is willing to shell out for the most expensive broadband plans. Congestion at peak times is another problem.
Click to enlarge. And once again, the commission reported miserable speed for international content.
Without caching (storing some frequently-accessed files locally to speed access) average international web browsing speed to the commission’s test site was around 0.5Mbit/s.
With caching, international web browsing speed was around 2Mbit/s.
School's out = slow internet
overloading has nothing to do with copper or fibre. It's a simple provisioning issue at points of traffic concentration.
Our street just got upgraded to ADSL2+. I'm currently connected at just under 24Mbps. Over copper.
Yet another reason why fibre to the home is a waste of money (especially before dealing to international capacity and data cost issues). fibre to the cabinet can still deliver 100Mbps to the home over copper, and is a lot cheaper.
[Copper connections degrade with distance, so those living closer to a cabinet, or exchange, can get much faster speeds. Fibre connections don't degrade with distance, and can also offer full speed up, and down. Crown Fibre contracts also call for a "committed information rate" or guaranteed minimum speed that's many times faster than today's DSL committed information rate, which is close to dial-up speed - CK]
Same old crap - just another report telling us what we already know = New Zealand "Broadband" is crap.
Roll on Pacific Fibre - more competition is the International Data sector, will "hopefully" result in cheaper Broadband & possibly larger Data caps, hopefully on par with Australia.
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Today Skeptic Magazine published my article, “Religion in Harry Potter,” for its weekly online newsletter. I review the themes of immortality, Christ-like love, free will, and faith. As readers of my book know, I recognize important religious themes in the Potter novels but don’t think they play a very large role in motivating the characters.
Last week, Boulder Weekly published my article, Harry Potter explores life’s big questions.” It begins, “Parents who take their children to see the Harry Potter films enjoy a fun family night. But unless they dig deeper into the stories, parents miss a great opportunity to explore life’s biggest issues with their children.” I touch on the psychology, politics, and basic values of the novels.
I conclude that piece, “The stories offer thrilling literature alive with dragons and magical duels. But readers miss a great deal if they ignore the rich themes of psychology, politics and philosophy. Harry never had parents able to share these discussions. Your children do.”
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