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Thread ID: 113334 2010-10-15 03:42:00 The joy of dial up. Cicero (40) PC World Chat
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1144995 2010-10-15 07:59:00 goodiesguy .... you obviously don't understand how much NZ relies on the $$$$$ rural sector industries make to keep this country going ... not a great deal of GDP is made from us "townies" SP8's (9836)
1144996 2010-10-15 08:00:00 Out here (Hawkes bay properties) we are lucky enough to get satellite BB. no cable around waipukurau! The Error Guy (14052)
1144997 2010-10-15 09:41:00 Those people in remote area's are just unfortunate. If they needed fast internet for their job, they should of found somewhere where they can access fast internet. Not so either, its not just the rural areas that cant get High speed when they want it.

I have a customer who lives in Riverstone Terraces (maps.google.com) - top /middle of that map - new subdivision a few years back, and still expanding - Look where it is in relation to Upper Hutt, which has both Telstra and Telecom services. They cant get ANYTHING from telecom, or Telstra over the last few years.


From the Customer:

Telecom -- theres a waiting list to get even the phone on ,let alone internet, -WHY - because theres no numbers left at the exchange, so the only way to get anything telecom is to wait till someone moves out of the area, then their line becomes available.

Telstra - To small an area currently, the Telstra coverage stops at the river, and Riverstone is on the other side.

The ONLY option they have is Vodafone Wireless for phone and Internet, which is slow as a wet week, not much faster than dialup.
wainuitech (129)
1144998 2010-10-15 09:57:00 are they in 2degrees' native coverage area?

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nedkelly (9059)
1144999 2010-10-15 09:59:00 so its POTS holding everything back? SoniKalien (792)
1145000 2010-10-15 10:04:00 Those people in remote area's are just unfortunate. If they needed fast internet for their job, they should of found somewhere where they can access fast internet.

Riiiight....

Good luck setting up a farm in the 'burbs. A real farm.
ubergeek85 (131)
1145001 2010-10-15 10:06:00 I don't want to be on a farm. goodiesguy (15316)
1145002 2010-10-15 10:15:00 I disagree with Karameadave, although he has a point.

I think that if we are paying for so called "Fast Broadband" as its advertised, we should be getting fast speeds that are up to play with the rest of the world.

Those people in remote area's are just unfortunate. If they needed fast internet for their job, they should of found somewhere where they can access fast internet.


So if I have a Farm in Timbuctu I simply move the Farm to Auckland or Wellington?

What a good idea but maybe a little difficult I would suspect. I take it that I can't move a Farm to your place.
Snorkbox (15764)
1145003 2010-10-15 10:21:00 There was a story on the news a while ago about a group of farms that pooled some money together and had a line from tje exchange run to the closest farm then installed some gear in a barn which enabled the farms to get broadband

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nedkelly (9059)
1145004 2010-10-15 10:44:00 A working Internet connection is better than no connection, I guess. Renmoo (66)
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