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Thread ID: 135882	2013-12-22 22:02:00	Our phone and broadbank packages are still high v OECD	Digby (677)	PC World Chat

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1363337	2013-12-22 22:02:00	They say our prices have come down in the last year or so, but they are still 30% higher than the average OECD. Looks like that forced Chorus reduction is sorely needed. www.nzherald.co.nz I suppose they will say that it is due to our low population and our rugged terrain (which could both be true)	Digby (677)
1363338	2013-12-22 22:36:00	They say our prices have come down in the last year or so, but they are still 30% higher than the average OECD. Looks like that forced Chorus reduction is sorely needed The forced Chorus reduction will just increase ISP profits. I doubt that it will make very much difference to the end consumer.	CliveM (6007)
1363339	2013-12-23 08:28:00	I suppose they will say that it is due to our low population and our rugged terrain (which could both be true) And they'd be right. Any rational study on our telecommunication costs would also compare roading and electricity costs. NZ contains a tiny percentage of the global population (and long may that continue). We are scattered across long distances in not one but two islands. Cook Strait is one of the most vigorous straits in the world which translates into the North Island and the South Island being sort of separate countries in terms of connecting technology. More importantly NZ is a mountainous country: microwave signals barely see each other. Considering all that, it is a modern miracle that a copper wire not much bigger than a human hair can connect all of us to the entire world. For $70-100/month. Our grandparents would have been speechless.	Winston001 (3612)
1363340	2013-12-23 19:55:00	And they'd be right. Any rational study on our telecommunication costs would also compare roading and electricity costs. NZ contains a tiny percentage of the global population (and long may that continue). We are scattered across long distances in not one but two islands. Cook Strait is one of the most vigorous straits in the world which translates into the North Island and the South Island being sort of separate countries in terms of connecting technology. More importantly NZ is a mountainous country: microwave signals barely see each other. Considering all that, it is a modern miracle that a copper wire not much bigger than a human hair can connect all of us to the entire world. For $70-100/month. Our grandparents would have been speechless. Telecom manage to carry on that tradition for their users quite often, but thanks to technology and indifference they can now stop their mail too. Grandma didn't get that unless both branches of the P&T cooperated ;)	R2x1 (4628)
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