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| Thread ID: 108022 | 2010-03-11 02:32:00 | Entrepreneurs announce $900m fast broadband plan | Trev (427) | PC World Chat |
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| 865989 | 2010-03-11 06:27:00 | Sounds good. We will have to wait and see. :) I am all for progress, so good on them and I wish them luck. Why should Telecom's notwork have it all their way! LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 865990 | 2010-03-11 06:33:00 | All those who want superfast broadband should be investing in this. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 865991 | 2010-03-11 07:08:00 | Great idea, hope it comes to fruition, just so long as the taxpayer under no circumstances is asked to bail them out. Market forces will ensure that a price is set that is acceptable, competitive and sustainable |
KenESmith (6287) | ||
| 865992 | 2010-03-11 07:17:00 | This is brilliant news (provided it goes ahead) The Southern Cross cable with their monopoly to Hawaii is what has been keeping prices up and speeds down. |
decibel (11645) | ||
| 865993 | 2010-03-11 07:21:00 | for big commercial uses who can connect directly to it, it will be great. but for home uses it won't mean anything. no point having a big fat pipe is your connected to it via old twisted wire. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 865994 | 2010-03-11 07:55:00 | Very cool stuff, though the current capacity of the SCC is nowhere near maxed, I think its more the per-GB cost that's the issue? I'm not fully educated however so don't take that as gospel ... Yea correct however Telecom(sorry I mean Southern Cross cables Ltd lol) have been raping us with excessive international data charges for years, as they are dam near a monopoly or have something like 90% of NZ capacity. Think your missing the point of why this is a good thing if it gets to market. Add the residential government funded fibre network and finally NZ can rid of telecraps smoke and mirrors monopoly. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 865995 | 2010-03-11 09:27:00 | According to One News, the new cable has "5 times more power". How interesting :p |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 865996 | 2010-03-11 10:09:00 | I hope its not a fibre optic cable then; with being so powerfully light it will float, and people will pinch bits of it for making Xmas tree ornaments. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 865997 | 2010-03-12 07:40:00 | for big commercial uses who can connect directly to it, it will be great. but for home uses it won't mean anything. no point having a big fat pipe is your connected to it via old twisted wire. Well my piece of twisted wire is giving me 12Mb/s line rate and if I could get that speed downloading from overseas, I would be extremely happy ! |
decibel (11645) | ||
| 865998 | 2010-03-12 08:05:00 | Looks interesting, but what use is it if my Internet connection is only 2Mbit? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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