Congratulations to Orcon
I must say Orcon have done well with the new page for members checking their data usage etc. It looks good and provides information I need. So well done. Also I wonder if they have solved the quickflix...
View ArticleThrottling at 500KB/s
I have noticed recently that my downloads have been slow. I usually get 1.2MB/s consistently but I now notice that it's often at exactly 500KB/s. I can fix it by restarting my router and off I go back...
View ArticleMoving to Genius phone service - unexpected outage
I am a bit bemused at what is happening when moving from Telecom with Orcon for tolls and Internet to a Genius plan. As far as I can see there is nothing on the Orcon website that explains that there...
View ArticleDo you want to get into trouble with Baycorp? Join Orcon then!
I am having trouble with them about their 30 day notice period policy.I am prepared to talk to Target or Fair Go about this, after watching this Target show...
View ArticleWhy would I move to Orcon from Telecom?
Orcon are offering a deal via Mercury Energy that seems like a good one. Question is, is the quality of line, broadband, up time, blar blar any good or will it be a nightmare? Cheers motorwayne
View ArticleChange from Orcon home to Genius200 - My experience
I was contemplating moving from Orcon to Telecom to get a better plan and price. Telecom $120gb looked pretty good and Orcon have been WAY to slow with better non-Genius plans.I have been very happy...
View ArticleCurrent Orcon Customer and UFB
Should i try to get UFB or will it be too hard? Been an Orcon customer for years. We have a Chorus Fibre running through the front of our Rural property in the Waikato. Its one of two feeds to our...
View ArticleUFB 100/50 speedtests?
Anyone on Orcon UFB 100/50mbit/s able to give me any real-world examples of being able to get close to 100mbps down? I download from http://games.orcon.net.nz/files/ubuntu/ at around ~34 mbit/s (4.3...
View Articlegoogle sites very slow tonight on orcon
Google search, gmail etc... all seem to be very slow tonight for some reason? Im having to access through a proxy on my nz hosted vps and they all work fine.
View ArticleOrcon Outage?
My Orcon Genius Internet and phone service is down at home. ADSL sync is up, so my line to the Chorus cabinet is ok, presumably. Orcon's Tech Support line is also down - "Call cannot be completed at...
View ArticleiServe down
All my iServe hosted websites are currently offline. I must say that ever since Orcon bought iServe the service has gone down hill...
View Articleiserve email storage space size?
Can anyone please confirm to me what the diskspace size is for iserve hosted email accounts? TIA
View ArticleOrcon Genius Third party SIP device
Hey just wondering if i copy the sip settings from the modem if i can use it on a client on my pc? can I have sip devices connected at once like sip client on pc and modem itself or just one device at...
View ArticleOrcon !! You done it to me AGAIN !!
i need to vent my business has been without phones. internet and eftpos for 2 nights running which equates to absolute loss of income - zilch - cost approx $1500 per evening. Get to work 4.30pm monday...
View ArticleSetting up SPA122 for Orcon VoIP
Hi Everyone, So I have been googling and read like mad over the last few days trying to figure out the settings to make my orcon VoIP work through my SPA122 so I can retain my modem and network setup...
View ArticleWhat would be the cause of the slow down...
Good morning :D We have gone from a steady 15mbps down to as low as 3mbps... seems to swing up and down .. but norm now around 5 or 6 mbps now.. What would cause this ?? its obviously not the house...
View ArticleXbox live unmetered on Orcon
HI. Not to sure how many of you use xbox live. toss a comment on this if you would like orcon to have some kind of caching system for xbox live like they do with steam. Would be cool to have some...
View ArticleTo change to orcon or not?
I'm with xnet at the moment on their fusion plan, and i'm happy with them at the moment but I've been thinking about changing to Orcon genius, to save a few dollars. My only concern with orcon was the...
View ArticleSlow down to dial up connection when you reach your limit?
I just wonder if we can choose to slow down our internet connection when it reach the monthly limit?I know they have the email alert option but I would prefer to set it slow down automatically so I...
View Articleorcon static ip addresses
Just read on the orcon site they dont allow static ip addresses on residential connections? Ive got a static ip address in the range 60.234 and have had it for years. I'll be going onto UFB soon when...
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