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Thread ID: 51817 2004-11-30 19:31:00 Telecom's G3 - Blah or Ya ?? Steve_L (763) Press F1
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298343 2004-12-01 02:14:00 With T3G can we have video to video conversations on the phones yet? Otherwsie WTF is the point? To get 2mbits/sec at $10 a MB? E|im (87)
298344 2004-12-01 04:56:00 Was offered a T3G plan at 300mb for $56 pm which I though was reasonalbe compared to previoous offerings... falvrez (390)
298345 2004-12-01 06:52:00 > Coke machines have been modem enabled since the late 90's or earlier.

I met the man who invented this and set up the business. Cannot recall his name but I think his company was 'Marconi', located just outside of Masterton (where I live). I believe he sold his company or the guts of it, around a year or two ago.
Steve_L (763)
298346 2004-12-01 07:11:00 I would love to be able to surf the Internet on my laptop from anywhere, but the prices would have to be a lot lower than they are now. Until the data charges drop, I'm quite happy using WiFi.

I agree with those who say that ringtones, online info, etc. are a total waste of money. But, as they say, there's one born every minute.
Alasta (1420)
298347 2004-12-01 07:30:00 The guy who started the whole modem connected coke machine is indeed from Masterton. He still operates there and the business manufactures electronic devices for data telemetry over the internet. His name is Peter Munn and the company is Harvest Electronics (http://www.harvest.com/). If you are in the horticulture industry you should consider one of his frost alarm systems very nice tech, my company owns several. Sb0h (3744)
298348 2004-12-02 09:58:00 > ...apparently Vodafone NZ was not included in this
> expenditure. They probably figured, rightly, that
> Kiwis would not pay for G3 crapola, and wanted
> Telecom to sink their ship by getting onto G3. My
> opinion, anyhow.

Actually Steve_L, Vodafone NZ has sunk way more into their 3G network than Telecom NZ has so far. Telecom: $40 million; Vodafone NZ: $400 million. Check out this (www.nzherald.co.nz) article for more info and this (www.vodafone.co.nz) press release from Vodafone with all of their wonderful marketing fluff.
stevie_boy (478)
298349 2004-12-02 19:19:00 Don't want to be picky but.. It's 3G not G3. paulw (1826)
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