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| Thread ID: 89837 | 2008-05-13 21:32:00 | Broadband providers ready to reduce prices | decibel (11645) | PC World Chat |
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| 669113 | 2008-05-13 21:32:00 | Where is Adrian Bathgate now ? Broadband providers ready to reduce prices FRIDAY , 05 MAY 2006 By ADRIAN BATHGATE High-speed internet for $10 a month complete with internet-based TV and video services are on the cards within two years, according to internet service providers . The Government's decision to regulate Telecom may have taken the industry by surprise, but many providers spent yesterday coming up with plans as to how they could attract more customers . Once they had unrestricted access to Telecom's network, they would immediately reduce prices for broadband and offer faster access speeds, some said . Allan Freeth, who heads Telecom's main rival, TelstraClear, said, "we're beginning to look at the next steps" . But he did not reveal specific plans, indicating only that things would be much better for consumers, with more services for less cost . However, many providers said they needed to see terms and conditions before they could say what prices for internet, phone or TV services might be . The Telecommunications Commissioner will be responsible for setting the price for which providers can access services from Telecom . For consumers, an entry-level broadband plan costs $29 . 95 if the customer has a phone line and tolls with the same company, and it has a connection speed of 256 kilobits a second . In a couple of years, a similar sort of plan could be 10 times faster at two to three megabits a second, as much as half the price, and not have the requirement to have all the phone services with the same company . Providers could also use their own equipment to provide even faster speeds, up to 24 megabits a second . With those speeds, internet-based voice services, digital TV over the internet and online video stores are all possible . Telecom would not comment about the Government's decision yesterday . Australia went down this road in 1999 with unbundling . The network operator there, Telstra, now has about 40 per cent share of the market, about half what Telecom has in NZ . |
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| 669114 | 2008-05-13 23:12:00 | Where is Adrian Bathgate now ? Chief billboard designer for Tui. |
manicminer (4219) | ||
| 669115 | 2008-05-13 23:14:00 | Thats exactly what I was going to say. <Insert Tui ad here> |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 669116 | 2008-05-14 03:11:00 | Hey look - pink pigs flying past my window :) And there's the Tooth Fairy as well................. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 669117 | 2008-05-14 04:45:00 | I don't believe this news The state how NZ broadband is at the moment .$10 a month?Who's gonna pay the rest to cover the cost |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 669118 | 2008-05-14 04:47:00 | Holy crap, I just saw a cow jump over the moon... | wratterus (105) | ||
| 669119 | 2008-05-14 04:56:00 | Chief billboard designer for Tui. :lol: - Excellent comeback :thumbs: |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 669120 | 2008-05-14 10:10:00 | How is/was Alan Bathgate ? | Digby (677) | ||
| 669121 | 2008-05-14 11:13:00 | How is/was Alan Bathgate ? Perhaps living out his days in a home for the permanently bewildered??? |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 669122 | 2008-05-14 11:34:00 | Pffft, you guys saw flying pigs and cows jumping over the moon? I just saw Helen Clark kissing a guy! | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
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