Comments on: 7.6 Mb/s in November http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/06/76_mbs_in_november.html DPF's Kiwiblog - Fomenting Happy Mischief since 2003 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:59:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/06/76_mbs_in_november.html#comment-184906 Paul Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:25:20 +0000 http://kiwiblog-test.inspire.net.nz/wordpress/?p=14403#comment-184906 As I understand it, the ruling says the service must be unconstrained... ie, only technical limits imposed, no commercial ones. So say goodbye to no fixed IP address, aggregate billing caps, P2P packet shaping, imposed lag and all the rest UNLESS your ISP wants to do those things. As to the distance from the exchange, all DSL works in this manner. The further from the exchange (or roadside cabinet) you are, the slower the speed of service. This was Telecom's big stick in its negotiations: unconstrained bitstream for all means farmers will get slower internet connections. It neatly avoids the point that Telecom has been offering this service itself for years (since 1999) albeit with atrocious traffic limits (400MB for the first service, if I recall correctly, with 20c/MB after that. We regularly received emails from parents whose kids had discovered Napster and chalked up a first-month bill of several thousand dollars). As I understand it, the ruling says the service must be unconstrained… ie, only technical limits imposed, no commercial ones.

So say goodbye to no fixed IP address, aggregate billing caps, P2P packet shaping, imposed lag and all the rest UNLESS your ISP wants to do those things.

As to the distance from the exchange, all DSL works in this manner. The further from the exchange (or roadside cabinet) you are, the slower the speed of service.

This was Telecom’s big stick in its negotiations: unconstrained bitstream for all means farmers will get slower internet connections.

It neatly avoids the point that Telecom has been offering this service itself for years (since 1999) albeit with atrocious traffic limits (400MB for the first service, if I recall correctly, with 20c/MB after that. We regularly received emails from parents whose kids had discovered Napster and chalked up a first-month bill of several thousand dollars).

]]> By: legod http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/06/76_mbs_in_november.html#comment-184905 legod Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:14:14 +0000 http://kiwiblog-test.inspire.net.nz/wordpress/?p=14403#comment-184905 Data caps will make this a joke for the inevitable extra price. Data caps will make this a joke for the inevitable extra price.

]]> By: Mt Edenite http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/06/76_mbs_in_november.html#comment-184904 Mt Edenite Thu, 22 Jun 2006 02:49:34 +0000 http://kiwiblog-test.inspire.net.nz/wordpress/?p=14403#comment-184904 How do you work out how far from an exchange you are? I can find no reference to the location of Telecom's exchanges on the web. How do you work out how far from an exchange you are? I can find no reference to the location of Telecom’s exchanges on the web.

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