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Thread ID: 83331 2007-09-27 21:22:00 NZ Broadband tardiness runs $4b risk Morpheus1 (186) Press F1
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595799 2007-09-27 21:22:00 New Zealand risks losing up to $4 billion a year in economic benefits if it doesn't move immediately to a fibre-based broadband network, says a report released this week. The study by business think-tank the New Zealand Institute investigates the economic benefits of broadband, determines the speeds needed to capture that value and the pace of change required to move to a fibre-based network.

www.nzherald.co.nz
5:00AM Friday September 28, 2007

Skilling said with some countries having entry-level residential broadband packages offering 25 Mb/s - most urban New Zealand households would get broadband at speeds of between 1 and 4 Mb/s - some companies and industries would bypass New Zealand without improved bandwidth.

:waughh: and we wait for the government's response to this :(
Morpheus1 (186)
595800 2007-09-27 21:23:00 Yeah, good luck with that! SolMiester (139)
595801 2007-09-27 21:59:00 The day the NZ government actually realizes that a good fiber infrastructure throughout ALL of NZ would be beneficial and helpful will probably be the same day that Hitler rises from the dead and becomes Americas next president. Bozo (8540)
595802 2007-09-28 00:45:00 The day the NZ government actually realizes that a good fiber infrastructure throughout ALL of NZ would be beneficial and helpful will probably be the same day that Hitler rises from the dead and becomes Americas next president.

Isn't he already there?? PJ
Poppa John (284)
595803 2007-09-28 00:49:00 Isn't he already there?? PJ
Lol, pretty much! :(
Bozo (8540)
595804 2007-09-28 01:49:00 New Zealand risks losing up to $4 billion a year in economic benefits if it doesn't move immediately to a fibre-based broadband network, says a report released this week . The study by business think-tank the New Zealand Institute investigates the economic benefits of broadband, determines the speeds needed to capture that value and the pace of change required to move to a fibre-based network .

. nzherald . co . nz/section/story . cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10466425&ref=rss" target="_blank">www . nzherald . co . nz
5:00AM Friday September 28, 2007

Skilling said with some countries having entry-level residential broadband packages offering 25 Mb/s - most urban New Zealand households would get broadband at speeds of between 1 and 4 Mb/s - some companies and industries would bypass New Zealand without improved bandwidth .

:waughh: and we wait for the government's response to this :(

It is solely up to the government to act . Private companes are not going to build it for us, as the cost benefits don't add up . Apparently the governmnet may be buying telecoms copper network for around 3 billion , although that isn't going to help us for the future, as fibre is the best soluton .
robbyp (2751)
595805 2007-09-28 06:44:00 Companies are going to pass irregardless of the state of our BB network, all it means is that the numbers doing so will rise. beeswax34 (63)
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