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| Thread ID: 66652 | 2006-03-02 20:38:00 | Auckland to get alternative network? | xmojo1 (4630) | PC World Chat |
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| 435091 | 2006-03-02 20:38:00 | Article in Thursday's NZ Herald, stating that the local councils in Auckland are thinking about "building a broadband network in Auckland to take on Telecom. They want to ensure Auckland businesses and residents have access to high-speed, affordable broadband. The first competition could come on the North Shore, where the council and power company Vector are looking to use spare fibre optic capacity on the Vector network to provide broadband. Auckland City councillor Richard Simpson said that to be internationally competitive, Auckland needed to match cities such as Stockholm and be committed to 1000 megabits-per-second broadband by the year 2010. At present, Telecom's jetstream dawdled along at less than 10 megabits, he said. " Read the full article here: Councils keen to fight telco (www.nzherald.co.nz) |
xmojo1 (4630) | ||
| 435092 | 2006-03-02 20:45:00 | Surely it should be a government project, that way the rest of us can contribute to the cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Muhahahahahah . . . . |
Metla (12) | ||
| 435093 | 2006-03-02 23:05:00 | If it forces Telecom to upgrade their whole network, I don't think many people would mind all the money going to Auckland. | Greven (91) | ||
| 435094 | 2006-03-02 23:08:00 | If it forces Telecom to upgrade their whole network, I don't think many people would mind all the money going to Auckland.Which it won't Wellington has CityLink and Cable, have Telecom responded? |
ninja (1671) | ||
| 435095 | 2006-03-02 23:15:00 | I'm an optimist at the moment. I'm hoping the Auckland network will be the straw that breaks telecom's back. | Greven (91) | ||
| 435096 | 2006-03-02 23:31:00 | The sad thing is there is a good chance that south Auckland won’t get this :( | stu161204 (123) | ||
| 435097 | 2006-03-02 23:35:00 | Considering that you are in Invercargill what good would an Auckland network do you? Citylink started with fibre suspended from the trolleybus overhead and Telstra's cable is mostly overhead. There is a lot of opposition to overhead wiring now, will Auckland's councils underground their network? |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 435098 | 2006-03-03 00:40:00 | A fair amount of South Auckland has done undergrounding. They did Papatoetoe a few years back down Shirley Road, Rangitoto Road and surounding areas and BOY did it make a difference! | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 435099 | 2006-03-03 02:01:00 | So they are thinking about it. Right, every hold their breath. And you can bet if they ever do more than think it will get added to the rates. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 435100 | 2006-03-03 02:06:00 | So we won't have to pay to improve the Auckland roads. Everyone can work at home. :thumbs: | Graham L (2) | ||
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