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| Thread ID: 43074 | 2004-03-02 12:52:00 | Fast Internet in NZ? | kiwi_in_Japan (5339) | Press F1 |
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| 219609 | 2004-03-02 12:52:00 | I must say that I am sad to see that NZ wont be getting high speed Internet anytime soon. I am currently living in Tokyo and using an ADSL connection rated at 26mbps. This is a Average rate here! the slowest you can buy is 1mbps. Most people use 26mbps. My friends down the road are using fibre optics, and don't pay much more. I only pay an equivalent of $50nzd per month for unlimited access and downloads. But the most amazing part about this, is that in Tokyo, all the phone lines are above ground on poles and the phone system is still Pulse dialing. Not tone dialing. If Japan can run High speed over these lines, then why cant NZ get up to date with their systems. I think that NZ consumers are being ripped off by Telecom. The really sad part is that I come back to NZ to live again, from this september... O how i will miss the speed.... |
kiwi_in_Japan (5339) | ||
| 219610 | 2004-03-02 12:57:00 | You poor thing,my heart pumps custerd. | metla (154) | ||
| 219611 | 2004-03-02 13:07:00 | Is it true it costs like twice as much just to get 56k over there, rather than broadband? What do you download for your 26mb/s? Are there servers around that supply pron, warez and mp3s at that speed? ;) 26mbps is something we can only dream about. I'd like to see a couple of big satellites in orbit above NZ to link every house and give them 1Gbit connections with unlimited data. Course to launch some satellites all we have to do is save the money by having no Maori television or maori funding for anything for a few years. We can live with that. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 219612 | 2004-03-02 13:25:00 | > If Japan can run High speed over these lines, then > why cant NZ get up to date with their systems . I > think that NZ consumers are being ripped off by > Telecom . Simple telecom have no competition therefore they don't give a toss about providing up-to-date technology or reasonable pricings . They are quite happy to sit back and post record profits for each quarter in the multi millions of dollars, then turn round and say that they must increase line rentals as they are going broke and then when that is done they give the CEO a nice pay rise of a quarter of a million dollars . The shareholders are happy and that's all that matters, consumers can go take a flying leap :D |
Odin (227) | ||
| 219613 | 2004-03-02 20:54:00 | ODIN Even tho we are on Telecom Xtra, I agree whole heartedly with what you say. I sometimes think about our old P & T & wonder if by now THEY would have got "Up to Speed" PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 219614 | 2004-03-02 21:11:00 | > You poor thing,my heart pumps custerd. Want fries with that? :D |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 219615 | 2004-03-02 21:22:00 | Yes please,due to their price structering it doesn't make sence not to get the fries,even if not needed. | metla (154) | ||
| 219616 | 2004-03-02 22:03:00 | New Zealand - population hit 4 million last year. How many of them paying monthly internet connection fee? ...I don't know... Tokyo - population hit record high of 12.38 million last week. How many paying for internet connection?...I don't know... Japan - population 126.9 million. How many....ditto....ditto... A lot of people living on top of each other makes for cheaper wires & cables. Here we pay for a lot of empty space ( and the scenery they come here to look at) Just a thought... |
Laura (43) | ||
| 219617 | 2004-03-02 22:08:00 | I wonder how many people who actually sign up for jetstream/jetstart actually stay on it,i was in cash coverters yesterday and they had multiple asdl modems for sale. and i had to laugh,all they have all the ram sitting directly on top of each other(loose) in a wire container.... |
metla (154) | ||
| 219618 | 2004-03-02 22:09:00 | And an afterthought... Kiwi in Japan - What does a decent-sized steak cost you in Tokyo? |
Laura (43) | ||
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