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| Thread ID: 67433 | 2006-03-27 12:59:00 | Broadband petition | eef2 (1904) | Press F1 |
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| 441265 | 2006-03-27 12:59:00 | Hi , Check this page if you're unhappy with broadband speeds when they should be up to 24mb/s www.ihug.co.nz Go down to "What can i do to Help" Download the ‘better broadband for NZ' letter and forward it to David Cunliffe at dcunliffe@ministers.govt.nz. tip:-try Googles' cache. That way you can cut and paste the letter from HTML to a word processor and from there cut and paste to an email. Or use Firefox's "view in HTML" accessory. Don't forget to update the letter with the date as well as your name and contact details. Every letter counts. |
eef2 (1904) | ||
| 441266 | 2006-03-28 00:43:00 | I have all ready voted on the ihug poll ( & I voted yes) :) | stu161204 (123) | ||
| 441267 | 2006-03-28 03:51:00 | What a cheek: "Breaking News From April 3rd we'll be able to offer 3.5 Mb broadband as a stop-gap measure, while we wait for the outcome of our application to the Commerce Commission for speeds of up to 7.5 Mb. " They are able to offer this because of Telecom, not in spite of. I think they should all contribute to the cost of the new infrastructure instead of just sitting their whinging and behaving like parasites. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 441268 | 2006-03-28 03:58:00 | What a cheek: "Breaking News From April 3rd we'll be able to offer 3.5 Mb broadband as a stop-gap measure, while we wait for the outcome of our application to the Commerce Commission for speeds of up to 7.5 Mb. " They are able to offer this because of Telecom, not in spite of. I think they should all contribute to the cost of the new infrastructure instead of just sitting their whinging and behaving like parasites. Yeah I absolutely agree. I mean sheesh, it's beginning to sound like NZ'ers are a bunch of whinging Poms. :groan: (bold mine) |
Greg (193) | ||
| 441269 | 2006-03-28 04:52:00 | I mean sheesh, it's beginning to sound like NZ'ers are a bunch of whinging Poms. :groan: I think you will fine we are all ready are a bunch of whinging Poms. Do a search of PressF1 / Aardvark Forums / telescum forums / nzdsl forums & you will fine people whinging about these new plans. |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 441270 | 2006-03-28 05:29:00 | Yeah mate. But can't it end somewhere when we do actually get better service/prices/speed? Sure, keep up the pressure to obtain the best service etc that we can get. I've got no problem with that. But when we expect it all for free then it starts sounding silly. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 441271 | 2006-03-28 05:52:00 | Yeah mate. But can't it end somewhere when we do actually get better service/prices/speed? I don’t think it will never end, just take a look over at Australia they are saying they have bad Broadband :groan:, but compared to us they have it good. |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 441272 | 2006-03-28 06:29:00 | Yeah mate. But can't it end somewhere when we do actually get better service/prices/speed? I don’t think it will never end Well that's partially true. If we go back to the "original" DSL plans (the one I remember is 128kbps upstream and downstream with a 5GB international data cap) - we were whinging then. Span to ~3 years later and I've been bumped onto several other plans through that process, firstly when they got rid of "Jetstart" (or whatever they called that 5GB international plan) and put me onto some other plan which didn't really see the light of day before I now ended up on the 10GB 2mbps connection. My question is what's wrong with 2mbps for now? Granted it's not the best and we could do up to ~8mbps (probably 7 if you take into account line conditions and tcp headers) with the current ADSL systems in place. But it's a definite improvement on 128kbps. I mean I do get brassed off with downloads taking their time, but for the most of the day my router just sits at home, connected at its 2mbps doing nothing, and so for that, do I really need an 8mbps connection?! There's also the argument that once we are given 8mbps, where do we go from there? We've reached the limit of our current ADSL technology and will have to wait until ADSL 2 is deployed - which will probably mean shelling out ~$150 for an ADSL2 compatible router. Don't get me wrong - I'm not saying we shouldn't be aiming for better, I'm just saying maybe we should also be grateful for what we currently have. |
SilentNight (10027) | ||
| 441273 | 2006-03-28 07:19:00 | last writer asks: My question is what's wrong with 2mbps for now? I ask What's wrong with Telecom defending it's corporate relationship with Sky TV? Think about it..... eef2 |
eef2 (1904) | ||
| 441274 | 2006-03-28 09:01:00 | What a cheek: "Breaking News From April 3rd we'll be able to offer 3.5 Mb broadband as a stop-gap measure, while we wait for the outcome of our application to the Commerce Commission for speeds of up to 7.5 Mb. " They are able to offer this because of Telecom, not in spite of. I think they should all contribute to the cost of the new infrastructure instead of just sitting their whinging and behaving like parasites. They are. Try reading the news some time. They are paying extra because they took out the petition to try and get the goverment to force them to give us what we should already be having. At least they are doing something about it and not relying on Telecom to drip feed what it thinks it can get away with. If it was up to them we would still have brick phones and pay mega bucks for each call. |
Big John (551) | ||
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