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| Thread ID: 112555 | 2010-09-11 04:50:00 | Telecom misses out on Fibre to the Home | Digby (677) | PC World Chat |
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| 1136473 | 2010-09-11 04:50:00 | Great news ! The new Fibre Optics to the home government agency has come up with three new partners for 3 areas to go with fibre optics, and guess what Telecom are not one of them. For years Telecom have ripped us off and fooled various governments with their new plans which they then took advantage of with new technology. Eg unbundling the local loop was going to be be great according to Telecom, but they built small cabinets so that none else could put anying in them! Now they will be spewing. For years I have hated Telecom and soon they will be irrelavant. Paul Reynolds (a ncie guy really) is begging for mercy, while taking 4 million a year for running what was a monopoly. The only sad thing is now they are a New Zealand company. The silly thing is uptil a few months ago they were still pushing copper wire! When even my mother knows that fibre is the way of the future. As does every other country in the world. Even Rwanda ! |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1136474 | 2010-09-11 04:59:00 | Saw that on the news last night - couldn't help laughing lol | SoniKalien (792) | ||
| 1136475 | 2010-09-11 05:04:00 | Well that should serve them right. Paying a bill every month for the past 20 years to a company that takes (took) all the profit offshore and reinvested nothing into the infrastructure does not invoke much goodwill. |
Fifthdawn (9467) | ||
| 1136476 | 2010-09-11 06:37:00 | Oh No !! I feel so sad :crying--- :clap Well that lasted all of a second.. Good job they lost out, been making to many promises over the years and cant actually deliver fully. Maybe this is the kind of knock down they need to get off the ivory tower they seem to have built. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1136477 | 2010-09-11 07:11:00 | The unfortunate thing is that the lines companies that have been awarded the three rural regions, are most likely going to hang fibre from power poles. You know what happens to power lines in the South Island when the freezing weather hits or when power poles get clobbered by the wind or a car.... The apparent aim of the government is to deliver fast and deliver cheap - this decision will provide that, but at the cost of service reliability. Although with recent events in the South Island, undergrounded fibre would probably be broken now anyway... Note also, that all Telecom has missed out on is the nationwide contract. They may still win the city regions.... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1136478 | 2010-09-11 07:28:00 | And I would not count Telecom out just yet. It's not all a done deal. | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1136479 | 2010-09-11 07:41:00 | Screw all suppliers. I live in an area with no aerial supply lines, so I can't see anyone wanting to invest in underground facilities :( |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1136480 | 2010-09-11 07:46:00 | Every one hates Telecom and love the power line companies who screw with power increases usually twice the % of inflation?? | paulw (1826) | ||
| 1136481 | 2010-09-11 22:10:00 | Some good points here guys. Yes overhead or underground ! ? And gouging power companies. And Telecom did not re-invest in its infrastructure. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1136482 | 2010-09-11 22:55:00 | Its a given that we will be screwed, due to the market size any company involved will keep prices high and services low in order to make a dollar. Personally Ive just had a total guts full of Telecom doing the screwing and trying to tell us how awesome they are, so if they are locked out of the entire process then I'm all for it. |
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