New Zealand internet f'ing sucks [Archive]

sil3nt

15th April 2011, 10:10

Fatt Max

15th April 2011, 10:17

Oh fuck.....

That's not the one of me, you, the rubber gloves, a box of kleenex, those two goats and the tall chubby guy called Derek, is it....???

sil3nt

15th April 2011, 10:25

Oh fuck.....

That's not the one of me, you, the rubber gloves, a box of kleenex, those two goats and the tall chubby guy called Derek, is it....???:facepalm: Snapped.

avgas

15th April 2011, 10:50

Is Derek a goat whisperer/gardener with a cold?

BoristheBiter

15th April 2011, 11:25

Trying to upload a 300mb video to youtube. Going to take 10 hours. :angry:

It appears there are no decent options for symmetrical broadband that do not involve the use of wireless.

This is ridiculous .

I know what you mean.
I tried to upload direct once and now i upload direct from my editing software, takes half the time but it is still 2 hours for 10 min worth of vid WTF?

sil3nt

15th April 2011, 11:27

I know what you mean.
I tried to upload direct once and now i upload direct from my editing software, takes half the time but it is still 2 hours for 10 min worth of vid WTF?I can upload directly from Sony Vegas but i have no idea what the size or quality the video is going to be.

oneofsix

15th April 2011, 11:29

I know what you mean.
I tried to upload direct once and now i upload direct from my editing software, takes half the time but it is still 2 hours for 10 min worth of vid WTF?

UFB will fix everything :drinkup: :shutup:
Whilst it is assumed we in NZ will only ever download and upstream only needs to support the http requests we are going to lead the world as a web economy :yes:

sil3nt

15th April 2011, 11:32

http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/business/4877293/Ultra-fast-broadband-is-close/

No help to me as i am not in any of those areas. I live across the road from Waikato Uni. You know the birthplace of NZs internet. Last place to get decent internet.....

ducatilover

15th April 2011, 11:42

Oh fuck.....

That's not the one of me, you, the rubber gloves, a box of kleenex, those two goats and the tall chubby guy called Derek, is it....???

Black Goat Moan where I make and appearance and shifty eyed tiny twacker Doug?

Grumph

15th April 2011, 11:42

Claim you're a dairy farmer....they get preference around here

I don't even try to view videos on KB - I don't have that much time left.....

Paul in NZ

15th April 2011, 12:11

Oh fuck.....

That's not the one of me, you, the rubber gloves, a box of kleenex, those two goats and the tall chubby guy called Derek, is it....???

No - unfortunately its the kinky one....

This broadband upload thing is really stifling the amatuer porn industry in this country - I think you should conplain to an MP, I'd suggest Shane Jones or Darren Hughes....

Whynot

15th April 2011, 12:20

New Zealand internet f'ing sucks

Armenia's is worse ...

Paul in NZ

15th April 2011, 12:52

Armenia's is worse ...

Which explains why their porn industry is not performing. Afterall - I think armenia, I think goats...

Brian d marge

15th April 2011, 13:08

bungbung

15th April 2011, 13:09

You could always move to an area with Telstra cable, no problems uploading giant files - 2Mbit upload http://www.speedtest.net/result/1252687853.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

ducatilover

15th April 2011, 13:22

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1252698240.png

Hmmm I have crap upload... But this is wireless, the wired connection is prob better.

sil3nt

15th April 2011, 13:31

My results would look similar to Ducatilovers.

Sadly i don't feel like moving to Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch for cable just yet.

I might see how fast the upload is at WINTEC :whistle:

imdying

15th April 2011, 14:02

Just checked my Snap connection, it's 18Mbps down, and only 0.83 up :(

imdying

15th April 2011, 14:06

Ahhahaaha, just checked my other connection.... 3.4Mbps down, but 18.6 up :facepalm:

oneofsix

15th April 2011, 14:11

Ahhahaaha, just checked my other connection.... 3.4Mbps down, but 18.6 up :facepalm:

:yes:NZ is a consumer of the internet not a supplier, well at least thats the way your ISPs see it.

george formby

15th April 2011, 14:26

Pfffft, you've got problems?

I own an interweb cafe & spend a lot of time with grumpy faced traveler's trying to upload Gb's of photos & video to facebook etc. I don't have a lot of sympathy really, they don't cull their photos, re-size, edit etc, they are just being lazy, the net is a convenience store for them but the speed can be glacial at times & I'm one of the fastest in town...

I come here & post silly things to keep myself sane

The speed of my network fluctuates massively over the course of a working day & as far as Telecon is concerned the problem is with me not them.:angry:

Whynot

15th April 2011, 14:31

they don't cull their photos, re-size, edit etc

That's probably because where they come from you don't have to

onearmedbandit

15th April 2011, 14:34

I uploaded a video for a friend of mine the other day, 273mb, took just over an hour. On xtra with wireless.

george formby

15th April 2011, 14:54

That's probably because where they come from you don't have to

Granted.
They don't take as many photos & videos at home either. Tis a steep learning curve for the travellers getting to grips with NZ interwebbery.

avgas

15th April 2011, 15:38

Well speaking from the country that has the fasted internet in the world ( sort off )
I can say its bullsh,,,,,,
We have unlimited usage at an advertised 1000 Mbps ( yes you read that right )
We actually get 89 Mbps ......
When u complain , you get told its best effort , or you live too far away from the server
( its across the road !!!)

NZ actually ( in the main centres , from what I remember ) wasnt too bad you got a genuine 3 mbps international ( I or was getting I havent measured it lately ) 1.6 mbps
You also had a lot of wifi hotspots ( they are quite backward here with wifi,,it is getting better though )

Stephen
Yeah but they have to have fast internet there.

You can by soiled undies, porn, girls and more porn down at the 711.

Over here telecom can screw us, because we have to get our porn from the dodgey indian dairy owner. And the only dirty knickers here are from a fat chick named "Rowana" from Kaikohe.

george formby

15th April 2011, 16:00

Yeah but they have to have fast internet there.

You can by soiled undies, porn, girls and more porn down at the 711.

Over here telecom can screw us, because we have to get our porn from the dodgey indian dairy owner. And the only dirty knickers here are from a fat chick named "Rowana" from Kaikohe.

:woohoo:That's just up the road. Got any details?

Big Dave

15th April 2011, 16:12

Works for me.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1252846347.png

sil3nt

15th April 2011, 16:19

Works for me.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1252846347.png0.88mbps up isn't what i would call working! I would glady trade download speed for upload. 2mbps down and 2mbps up would be fine. But no im stuck with 4 down and less than 1 up.

robo555

15th April 2011, 16:45

Well speaking from the country that has the fasted internet in the world ( sort off )
I can say its bullsh,,,,,,
We have unlimited usage at an advertised 1000 Mbps ( yes you read that right )
We actually get 89 Mbps ......
When u complain , you get told its best effort , or you live too far away from the server
( its across the road !!!)

NZ actually ( in the main centres , from what I remember ) wasnt too bad you got a genuine 3 mbps international ( I or was getting I havent measured it lately ) 1.6 mbps
You also had a lot of wifi hotspots ( they are quite backward here with wifi,,it is getting better though )

Stephen

I wish I get to complain about my 89Mbps connection...

Big Dave

15th April 2011, 17:08

I don't care about upload speed. Just put it in a separate browser window and run it overnight, makes no difference.
It uploads magazine print .pdfs OK too.

Watching 720 video without spooling is the bit that works just fine.

Brian d marge

15th April 2011, 18:11

I wish I get to complain about my 89Mbps connection...
its not the 89 I am pissed about its the blatent lie about the 1000 mbps, I mean its still good , just dont like getting lied to

They throttle the Iphone here, rang them up to find out why , Oh its your phone

Muggins here thought it was , reinstalled everything , nice girl down shop helped.

no difference

then after a week of speed checks I noticed a pattern, 4pm till 10 the speed dropped ... Sooo back on the phone with evidence, and ,,,, yes we throttle ( he didnt exactly say it , but you get the point )

If the wheel is black just tell me , dont tell me its white but sometimes may not be

Another on my list to shoot come the revolution

Stephen

Big Dave

15th April 2011, 18:48

I used to work on a 14.4 modem and bike talk was only on usenet.

We all used to work at night too cause it was 3 times faster than during business hours.

Video? Looksury.

JATZ

15th April 2011, 20:27

FFS....
My computer tells me I have a 42 kb/s connection speed at the moment. Been on a "port waiting list" for a bit over 2 yrs now :facepalm:

Stop your bitchin

DrunkenMistake

15th April 2011, 20:42

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1253076579.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Used to be far worse when I was with Telecom, im now with Slingshot on their unlimited all you can eat plan, without to much of a hassle, just mud upload haha

[Wireless connection]

DrunkenMistake

15th April 2011, 20:46

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1253082243.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

weird.. lmao wtf

davebullet

16th April 2011, 07:00

0.88mbps up isn't what i would call working! I would glady trade download speed for upload. 2mbps down and 2mbps up would be fine. But no im stuck with 4 down and less than 1 up.

I prefer 1 up over 2 up myself.

Max Preload

16th April 2011, 14:05

Wow. 10 hours to upload a 300MB file. That's like 65kbps. Fantastic! That's almost double dial-up upload speed!

NighthawkNZ

16th April 2011, 14:09

Trying to upload a 300mb video to youtube. Going to take 10 hours. :angry:

It appears there are no decent options for symmetrical broadband that do not involve the use of wireless.

This is ridiculous .

I uploaded a 500mb video to Youtube and it only took a couple of minutes... (10 at the most) :blink: I not wireless...