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| Thread ID: 77578 | 2007-03-14 08:24:00 | Sunday TV One Its about Broadband Again | Hitech (9024) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 532980 | 2007-03-16 02:22:00 | All Telecom's spare cash has been invested in Ozz to them good broadband and phone service.. We don't matter here.. Good to see we are well informed. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 532981 | 2007-03-16 02:30:00 | Well, with unbundling they now have no incentive to invest. Instead of just telecom investing in it, all the providers who take avantage of the unbundled network will need to invest in it. eg Vodafone/ihug will need to invest those promised 10s of millions. Really the government should also be investing in it, or an althernative cable network. Relying on private companies to provide a public infrastructure is never a good idea, and often the government have to bail them out. eg The railway, air nz, power. Strange that, aye! Mind you, they had no incentive to invest previously and duly took that option. By that I mean investment in building infrastructure for the present and future, rather than the odd tack on upgrade to allow them to market shiny new "BROADBAND" on a clapped out old tech system, as they did. Industry pundits claim that that has put NZ back at least a decade and it will take billions to put it right and enable us the catch up rather than 100s of millions. I agree that there is a role for the guvvment (national & local) to play in this, though I believe that should be more one of initiation and coordination than digging trenches and rolling out a nationwide fibre backbone. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 532982 | 2007-03-16 02:32:00 | Good to see we are ill informed. Fixed that for you Cici. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 532983 | 2007-03-16 02:34:00 | Fixed that for you Cici. Well seen Murr,no flys on you. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 532984 | 2007-03-16 04:01:00 | Well seen Murr,no flys on you. Indeed. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 532985 | 2007-03-16 23:40:00 | All Telecom's spare cash has been invested in Ozz to them good broadband and phone service.. We don't matter here.. They bought AAPT in oz for $1.5b which was a disaster and they are now investing $350m in a 20% stake+upgrades to 3G mobiles to an asian owned company in oz. Which may I add is in a few million debt already :annoyed: |
trinsic (6945) | ||
| 532986 | 2007-03-16 23:57:00 | They bought AAPT in oz for $1.5b which was a disaster and they are now investing $350m in a 20% stake+upgrades to 3G mobiles to an asian owned company in oz. Which may I add is in a few million debt already :annoyed: To survive and grow in the telco market, they do need to get into the Australian market, as the NZ market is too small, and their income will decrease from unbundling, unless they produce new products or look at other markets. That said, unbundling is only going to benefit people who live in high population areas as these areas are the only places that will economical for other ISPs to install and maintain their own equipment. Low population areas telecom will continue to be the soleprovider of equipment, which will mean that they will need to put their prices up in those areas, to offset the small margins in hgh population areas. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 532987 | 2007-03-17 00:06:00 | Strange that, aye! Mind you, they had no incentive to invest previously and duly took that option . By that I mean investment in building infrastructure for the present and future, rather than the odd tack on upgrade to allow them to market shiny new "BROADBAND" on a clapped out old tech system, as they did . Industry pundits claim that that has put NZ back at least a decade and it will take billions to put it right and enable us the catch up rather than 100s of millions . I agree that there is a role for the guvvment (national & local) to play in this, though I believe that should be more one of initiation and coordination than digging trenches and rolling out a nationwide fibre backbone . You could say the same about tranz rail with their zero investment in new rolling stock and rail infrastructure . Although at least telecom have been keeping their systems relatively up to date, and most people can now get reasonable standard broadband at an affordable price . This is good considering our tiny population and how spread out the population is . This shows that telecom have been investing in equipment, however they are not likely to over invest in redundent hardware, they are more likely to install hardware as demand requires it, which has led to problems with people having to wait for exchanges to be upgraded . The government think unbundling is the golden bullet, but their are at least 8 years too late, and many people (especially in rural areas)may end up paying more for services . The government should be looking at wireless technologies such as wimax which eliminate telecom from the equation . |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 532988 | 2007-03-18 09:03:00 | Well, yet once again the TV media are unable to grasp just why Telecoms' Go Large plan was/is so slow. No mention of the traffic management problems. Back to the congestion excuse again. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 532989 | 2007-03-18 09:13:00 | If any one missed the story on NZ Broadband on “Sunday” I record it & I will be putting it online, in about an hour or two. | stu161204 (123) | ||
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