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| Thread ID: 78930 | 2007-05-02 22:49:00 | Telecom announces huge profit, but coy on broadband investment | Chris Keall (10417) | Press F1 |
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| 546463 | 2007-05-04 06:27:00 | People who need large bandwidth can get it, at affordable prices. They don't buy it retail. There is the KAREN gigahertz network in NZ for the academic community, and that will doubless get international bandwidth when it is necessary. There's the post service; that's always been a very high bandwidth medium. I used to have the highest computer data bandwidth in the Christchurch area whenever I was driving a van carrying a number of magnetic tapes. ;) Anything done at the retail level, which is the demand from some PressF1 members, will have no effect on those who need big bandwidth. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 546464 | 2007-05-04 07:12:00 | Perhaps you're taking a too limited view, Roger. ;) This thread has broadened to other "assets" we once owned. I agree Telecom do essential maintenance and some upgrading. Some people think they should be spending 10-20 times the "hundreds of millions" on upgrading alone. Toll obviously decided that maintenance of the tracks (bought for next to nothing by "Sir" Fay) was too expensive for them. :groan: Hundred of millions is much more than any other company could afford to spend. I remember ihug (before they were sold to vodafone) promisied to spend 10million dollars on the network if telecom was unbundled. Telecom replied saying that they spend that much every few weeks, and ihugs investment wouldn't go anywhere. I suspect that ihugs promises now don't apply due to them now being taken over by another company. The problem with NZs infrastructure in general, is that there is no planning at all for the future, and it is more of an "ambulance at the bottom of the cliff" situation when something needs doing. |
rogerp (6864) | ||
| 546465 | 2007-05-05 23:16:00 | Hundred of millions is much more than any other company could afford to spend. I remember ihug (before they were sold to vodafone) promisied to spend 10million dollars on the network if telecom was unbundled. Telecom replied saying that they spend that much every few weeks, and ihugs investment wouldn't go anywhere. I suspect that ihugs promises now don't apply due to them now being taken over by another company. The problem with NZs infrastructure in general, is that there is no planning at all for the future, and it is more of an "ambulance at the bottom of the cliff" situation when something needs doing. I do recall in a press release, Vodafone said they support ihug's investment plans. You may also be interested in an email i recieved from Ihug PR and Communications regarding the investment. This email dates back to may of last year. "Hi Jeremy, thanks for your email! It's still a little unclear at this stage, Telecom talks a lot of hype about it’s NGN (Next Generation Network), but as yet very few facts have surfaced. The modeling for our ADSL 2+ deployment showed that assuming that Telecom’s NGN doesn’t impact 70% of the NZ population, then an initial investment of $20m (for 39 telephone exchanges) from ihug would provide 100,000 homes speeds of up to 24Mb. An advanced fibre rollout from Telecom may mean that the ADSL2+ equipment is place in roadside cabinets instead of larger telephone exchanges. This is likely to add an incremental cost but it shouldn’t materially change the business case. Thanks again for your query. Regards, Bel |
jermsie (6820) | ||
| 546466 | 2007-05-07 10:46:00 | No, the government sold the assets to a private company for what was at the time a fair market price. You can't get something back after you have sold it. *cough*cough*waitangi tribunal*cough* |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 546467 | 2007-05-07 10:49:00 | *cough*cough*waitangi tribunal*cough* You need a different set of whanau for that.:p |
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