What to do with Spam Emails
Hi, Some feedback and then a dumb question for a Friday afternoon. I've changed my spam blocking settings to just tag messages that are suspected spam emails and threshold is set to 10 high. So far its...
View ArticleRant about Orcon plan changeover policy
Just a rant, because my mind's literally quite blown by the response I got from twitter.. I have signed up to Orcon's new plan, 200GB. I put forward the order of new $99/200GB plan via Orcon's website...
View ArticleIssue with Orcon Wireless Broadband
Posting out of frustration... We have a customer whose Orcon Wireless (Kordia Extend) service has been down for almost 2 weeks now. Sequence of events: 1. 2 weeks ago end user called Orcon to complain...
View ArticleOrcon want IP space back
Hey guys, Looks like Orcon is running a bit short on IPv4 space as they have asked us to tell them what we are doing with our space and want us to give some back! We currently have quite a bit: 2x...
View ArticleChanging my international calling zone
This is not going to be so much a rant but a query of "is there anything else I can do ?" I have been with Orcon for over 7 years using a plan that was called "orcon platinum" . It gave me the phone...
View ArticleMove to Orcon Genius
I've been with xnet for a couple of years now, on the torrential data plan (75gb 2-8am per month + $1.28 per gig otherwise) with fusion. Normally we spend about $100/month for our usage, although once...
View ArticleAny sign of new Orcon rates on extra GB?
The FYX pricing is looking quite good for heavy use, but I'd like to stick with Orcon if there's any sign they're meeting the (new) market on this. Any clues?
View ArticleStreaming SpaceX anyone else?
Hi all, I have no idea how these CDNs work, but I think I'm streaming from orcon cache? IP is 60.234.55.90, and only 4 hops to that IP. The thing is, it disconnects every minute.. and I had to refresh...
View ArticleOrcon Genius and phone not connecting
My mother in law has recently moved to Mission Bay. We all thought that this would be a good time for her to move up to Broadband as sehe was probably the second to last person on the planet still on...
View ArticleSpeeds seem a little low....
Never had the best speeds.. but should I not be getting a far better speed than this ? :S It has been slowing right down @ night to .. this speed test was taken @ 8:30 in the morning Noise Margin =...
View ArticleMoving Business Customers away from Orcon
I am in the process of moving 6 customers away from Hosted Exchange with Orcon: 1) No Weekend or After hours support 2) Very limited backups 3) 10 days to investigate an email issue is a joke. 4)...
View ArticleStill no 200GB on 23rd May ???
Hi Orcon,It is 23rd May, why I still in 30GB plan on my Genius plan?Where is my 200GB ?
View ArticleOrcon Webmail
Has anyone been running into problems with orcon mail this weekend ? Im having no luck logging in
View ArticleOrcon Genius and Draytek Vigor120
I've been thinking about swapping over to from Slingshot to the 200GB Orcon Genius plan as it'll give me double the data amount for only a couple dollars more a month. However, I have a few questions...
View Articlegaming latency with orcon internet
Hi guys I've been having a few issues with orcon in regards to playing games and hope someone can shed some insight Heres the background, I'm flatting (or studio'ing with other people) in Dunedin, and...
View ArticleOrcon Charges more Mysterious by the month
Just received the latest orcon account and it has gone from an average of $100 per month to almost $200. I asked them to go on the new Genius Broadband plan (previously on old Genius plan) and the...
View ArticleMoving locally - Orcon cannot guarantee I will keep my number - ideas?
Hi. In a few weeks I will move about 3km to a location with the same area code. I rang Orcon to arrange this and was told they cannot assure me that I will keep the same number. I am on an LLU POTS and...
View ArticleHad Orcon UFB installed today...
I've got the 100/50 plan with Orcon. Heres the speedtest:
View ArticleGenius Modem Firmware Upgrade for Fibre - Lose Port 4
Orcon plan to roll out a firmware upgrade to all Genius customers that will disable port 4 on the modem for general use. This is scheduled to happen in the next few weeks. There is no opt out option. I...
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