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After much humming and haring.
ive decided to get xtra broadband, ive weigh the pros and cons of this
decision

My question is if i bought a Billion 7100s 1port ADSL Router, would it be
compatitble with jetstream??

i was thinking about getting the 2mb connection. hate the idea of the 10gib
cap but dnt really like the idea of going 256 and having to suffer all the
negitive effects xtra are forcing on orcon

cheers

Krazy BoB wrote:
> After much humming and haring.
> ive decided to get xtra broadband, ive weigh the pros and cons of this
> decision
>
> My question is if i bought a Billion 7100s 1port ADSL Router, would it be
> compatitble with jetstream??
>
> i was thinking about getting the 2mb connection. hate the idea of the 10gib
> cap but dnt really like the idea of going 256 and having to suffer all the
> negitive effects xtra are forcing on orcon
>
> cheers
>
>
The router should be compatible, are you buying it in New Zealand? Also
check that it has a telepermit or telecom might throw a tantrum if
something goes wrong/if they come round to install it.

10gig goes quick at that speed, clicking on links to big files is so
tempting when you can get them in a few minutes .

Krazy BoB wrote:
> My question is if i bought a Billion 7100s 1port ADSL Router, would it be
> compatitble with jetstream??

if it is being sold in NZ as a DSL model, then yeah, it should work fine.

> i was thinking about getting the 2mb connection. hate the idea of the 10gib
> cap but dnt really like the idea of going 256 and having to suffer all the
> negitive effects xtra are forcing on orcon

Telecom, not Xtra... and no-one forced Orcon to offer UBS... they chose
to, knowing that it would have worse latency than traditional DSL services.

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Krazy BoB wrote:
> After much humming and haring.
> ive decided to get xtra broadband, ive weigh the pros and cons of this
> decision
>
> My question is if i bought a Billion 7100s 1port ADSL Router, would it be
> compatitble with jetstream??
>
> i was thinking about getting the 2mb connection. hate the idea of the 10gib
> cap but dnt really like the idea of going 256 and having to suffer all the
> negitive effects xtra are forcing on orcon

Well if you count the actual people complaining it's only a small number
really, don't let the noisy minority put you off something.
I'm with Orcon and have seen no negative effects and I use a lot of
latency sensitive applications like gaming and voip.

Yes the billion routers work fine and are a great router.

>
> cheers
>
>

"David" <daviddl.no-circulars-> wrote in
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> Krazy BoB wrote:
>> After much humming and haring.
>> ive decided to get xtra broadband, ive weigh the pros and cons of this
>> decision
>>
>> My question is if i bought a Billion 7100s 1port ADSL Router, would it be
>> compatitble with jetstream??
>>
>> i was thinking about getting the 2mb connection. hate the idea of the
>> 10gib cap but dnt really like the idea of going 256 and having to suffer
>> all the negitive effects xtra are forcing on orcon
>>
>> cheers
> The router should be compatible, are you buying it in New Zealand? Also
> check that it has a telepermit or telecom might throw a tantrum if
> something goes wrong/if they come round to install it.

Yes i am buying it in new zealand, will look to see if it has a telepermit
>
> 10gig goes quick at that speed, clicking on links to big files is so
> tempting when you can get them in a few minutes .

Ive have fears that 10GB will go fast, then its back to dial up speed ARRGH.

"Dave - Dave.net.nz" <> wrote in message
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> Krazy BoB wrote:
>> My question is if i bought a Billion 7100s 1port ADSL Router, would it be
>> compatitble with jetstream??
>
> if it is being sold in NZ as a DSL model, then yeah, it should work fine.
>
>> i was thinking about getting the 2mb connection. hate the idea of the
>> 10gib cap but dnt really like the idea of going 256 and having to suffer
>> all the negitive effects xtra are forcing on orcon
>
> Telecom, not Xtra... and no-one forced Orcon to offer UBS... they chose
> to, knowing that it would have worse latency than traditional DSL
> services.

Is this latency bad for gamming??

>
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"nova" <> wrote in message news:41aaf409$1_2@127.0.0.1...
> Krazy BoB wrote:
>> After much humming and haring.
>> ive decided to get xtra broadband, ive weigh the pros and cons of this
>> decision
>>
>> My question is if i bought a Billion 7100s 1port ADSL Router, would it be
>> compatitble with jetstream??
>>
>> i was thinking about getting the 2mb connection. hate the idea of the
>> 10gib cap but dnt really like the idea of going 256 and having to suffer
>> all the negitive effects xtra are forcing on orcon
>
> Well if you count the actual people complaining it's only a small number
> really, don't let the noisy minority put you off something.
> I'm with Orcon and have seen no negative effects and I use a lot of
> latency sensitive applications like gaming and voip.
>
What is your ping times on servers??
Do you use the local servers or international one's

> Yes the billion routers work fine and are a great router.
>
>>
>> cheers

"Dave - Dave.net.nz" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Krazy BoB wrote:
>> My question is if i bought a Billion 7100s 1port ADSL Router, would it be
>> compatitble with jetstream??
>
> if it is being sold in NZ as a DSL model, then yeah, it should work fine.
>
>> i was thinking about getting the 2mb connection. hate the idea of the
>> 10gib cap but dnt really like the idea of going 256 and having to suffer
>> all the negitive effects xtra are forcing on orcon
>
> Telecom, not Xtra... and no-one forced Orcon to offer UBS... they chose
> to, knowing that it would have worse latency than traditional DSL
> services.
>

I wonder if this latency the same between all providers? I go through Xtra,
so would I get lower latency connections under UBS?

Krazy BoB wrote:
>>Telecom, not Xtra... and no-one forced Orcon to offer UBS... they chose
>>to, knowing that it would have worse latency than traditional DSL
>>services.

> Is this latency bad for gamming??

usually yeah.
the latency according to the telecom specs for UBS should be ~30ms worse
than retail DSL.

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JedMeister wrote:
>>Telecom, not Xtra... and no-one forced Orcon to offer UBS... they chose
>>to, knowing that it would have worse latency than traditional DSL
>>services.

> I wonder if this latency the same between all providers? I go through Xtra,
> so would I get lower latency connections under UBS?

nope, it's technology based... it's all in how they limit the speeds.


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