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| Thread ID: 54637 | 2005-02-18 00:40:00 | Does anyone know anything about Indranet | d.murray (276) | PC World Chat |
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| 326032 | 2005-02-18 00:40:00 | Hi - just a thought. I have a copy of the Investment Statement for an Christchurch outfit called Indranet Technologies - they are trying to raise $5m in $1 shares for expansion. Query - has anyone any knowledge of this company whose aim is : To offer Real Broadband for all at affordable costs? They define Real Braodband as at least 2 Mb/s, always on, symetrical uploads and downloads, low latency and uncapped. They aim for a price of around 1/20th of current broadband. It seems too good and I'm not sure whether an investment would be of benefit or money down the drain. I have some diffficulty in understanding how it works (perhaps thats the intention) but they appear to concentrate on the "last 10 miles" and may well want to use the electric power lines for transmission as they can also use the technology for power network controlling. Anyway, has anyone any thoughts on this? Thanks D |
d.murray (276) | ||
| 326033 | 2005-02-18 00:44:00 | The transmission via power lines has proved in every example to be unworkable, The gear used worldwide is just not up to the task....so if that is their proposed delivery model it just won't work. That aside, I wouldn't trust em for a second, Claims are too exuberant. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 326034 | 2005-02-18 00:49:00 | Some articles: www.unlimited.net.nz idg.net.nz www.nzherald.co.nz There doesn't seem to have been much written about them recently, although there was lots of speculation about them several years ago. |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 326035 | 2005-02-18 01:35:00 | Firstly in response to Metla, there are a lot of problems with using electricity lines. But those problems are slowly being overcome. For instance, Meridian is working on this technology right now. Indranet. What can I say? They concentrate on data over "the last mile" which is an industry term for the hardest part of delivery to the customer.Easy to get data from one big machine to another, hard to then get it to 10,000 nearby consumers. I wouldn't and have not put a cent into it. My main objection is that in the pages of info this company puts out, there is very little about what they are actually doing. But there are contrary views. I suggest you read this thread on Sharetrader and make up your own mind. www.sharetrader.co.nz |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 326036 | 2005-02-18 01:44:00 | I'll have to look into it, Last i read on the subject was a Canadian effort and they pretty much said they would have to upgrade the entire network,every wire,every junction/power box to be able to send a signel from point to point at all,let alone at any reasonable speed. The study also pointed at that the gear they used it on while not cutting edge was newer then most installed systems worldwide. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 326037 | 2005-02-18 01:51:00 | Indranet. What can I say? They concentrate on data over "the last mile" which is an industry term for the hardest part of delivery to the customer.Easy to get data from one big machine to another, hard to then get it to 10,000 nearby consumers. I wouldn't and have not put a cent into it. My main objection is that in the pages of info this company puts out, there is very little about what they are actually doing. But there are contrary views. I suggest you read this thread on Sharetrader and make up your own mind. D =13764&SearchTerms=Indranet" target="_blank">www.sharetrader.co.nz Thanks for your views, all of you - I've just confined the prospectus to the trash. I had trouble, as you, trying to decipher from the masses of words what it is that they are trying to achieve. So I figure that if you have to be obscure about your intentions the I really haven't the time to be bothered. D |
d.murray (276) | ||
| 326038 | 2005-02-18 02:32:00 | Thanks for your views, all of you - I've just confined the prospectus to the trash. That's the best thing you could have done. They have been advertising for investors in newspapers for years. I remember answering this exact question years ago (not on this forum) and it was a load of hot air back then too. :2cents: |
andrew93 (249) | ||
| 326039 | 2005-02-20 09:45:00 | ahem. www.stuff.co.nz |
Metla (12) | ||
| 326040 | 2005-02-20 19:51:00 | This is the bit that I was referring to as "hot air" - the words may differ slightly from a few years ago but the meaning is the same : "autopoietic network system endowed with distributed artificial intelligence for the supply of high-volume, high-speed multimedia telesthesia, telemetry, telekinesis, telepresence, telemanagement, telecommunications, and data processing services" |
andrew93 (249) | ||
| 326041 | 2005-02-20 20:41:00 | Good one Metla. If anyone wants to take a punt on this company, it is possible to simply buy shares through stockbrokers instead of the latest share issue. This company is not listed on the stockexchange but sellers let their brokers know and other brokers can contact them for buyers. At one time the shares were being traded at $3 each but I suspect they will be a bit cheaper today. :D |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
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