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| Thread ID: 75197 | 2006-12-19 22:09:00 | It's love in the slow lane - thanks to Telecom | mode3 (6544) | PC World Chat |
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| 508086 | 2006-12-19 22:09:00 | You've heard of speed dating . In New Zealand it's conducted in the slow lane, according to a British Internet dating executive . But it's not because we're too conservative to sign up, or because we're suffering a man drought . It's because New Zealand has the slowest Internet connections in the world, Dating Association chairman Robert Fathers says . The British Internet dating executive has complained to Telecom NZ that many of his association's member websites were losing millions each month because of slow connections . Telecom "stands out a mile as the clear winner of the worst Internet provider in the world", Mr Fathers said . Costly 2Mbit connections were delivering actual Internet speeds equivalent to a 28k modem, and contacting customer support was "like disappearing into a black hole" . Telecom spokesman Nick Brown said it was working with Mr Fathers to deal with his concerns . His claim that Telecom was one of the worst Internet providers worldwide appeared to be based on website loading times, which were influenced by a range of factors and not just the user's Internet connection speed, he said . |
mode3 (6544) | ||
| 508087 | 2006-12-19 22:33:00 | news link? | stu161204 (123) | ||
| 508088 | 2006-12-19 22:54:00 | Yes! News link please. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 508089 | 2006-12-20 00:16:00 | Telecom spokesman Nick Brown said it was working with Mr Fathers to deal with his concerns. Pay him to shut up? |
jermsie (6820) | ||
| 508090 | 2006-12-20 01:37:00 | www.stuff.co.nz | mode3 (6544) | ||
| 508091 | 2006-12-20 02:14:00 | I know we love to bash Telecom but doesn't it strike anybody else that this story is full of so much hot air it could lift a balloon? His clients are loosing millions because of Telecom? I don't think so Tim .... Sounds like a non-IT guy who has been spun a line by his tech guys about why the bloody sites are so slow no one uses them. |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 508092 | 2006-12-20 02:28:00 | I think its bollocks. How fast can you type? You think you might fancy someone and you dump them because your email or chat message didn't arrive fast enough? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 508093 | 2006-12-20 05:12:00 | Ta muchly mode3 :) | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 508094 | 2006-12-20 05:31:00 | I think its bollocks. How fast can you type? You think you might fancy someone and you dump them because your email or chat message didn't arrive fast enough? I always do it slowly... savour the experience so to speak :D |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 508095 | 2006-12-20 06:35:00 | . . . Sounds like a non-IT guy who has been spun a line by his tech guys about why the bloody sites are so slow no one uses them . Yes Mr manager, we'll need Gigabit internet connections to our home and office machines otherwise the company could lose millions! Oh and free donuts, coffee and vibrating lazyboys . |
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