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| Thread ID: 67156 | 2006-03-19 03:42:00 | Telecoms playing dirty and Running scared read this | technophobia (8565) | Press F1 |
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| 439218 | 2006-03-19 03:42:00 | Telecom is to start super-fast internet services as early as June, jumping the gun on rivals waiting for a government review of telco regulation . The new ADSL2 services will lift broadband download speeds from about 2 megabits a second to as much as 24mb/s . Upload speeds will increase from about 256 kilobits a second to around 1mb/s, four times as fast . The Sunday Star-Times understands Telecom has been installing equipment for up to a year . But the timing of its move may have implications for the regulatory review now before communications minister David Cunliffe . Since February 14, when prime minister Helen Clark named broadband internet as a priority for government intervention, the market has been bracing for a revamp of the telco sector . It is not clear whether Telecom's jump to ADSL2 is a bid to ward off regulation or a pre-emptive strike on the competition in the belief that intervention is inevitable . The market is gripped by uncertainty over Telecom's future, but some analysts believe local loop unbundling, which enables competitors to install their equipment in Telecom's exchanges, is the most likely outcome of the review . Internet provider ihug has been strongly promoting unbundling, pledging to invest $20 million in ADSL2 if Cunliffe's review decides in its favour . But CEO Mark Rushworth acknowledged Telecom would have the jump on ihug . Even if unbundling happened, it could be two years before rivals could offer their own services . "Of course it will make it harder," he said . "But by having access to that local loop it'll level the playing field . " AdvertisementAdvertisementOne analyst said Telecom had been wary of introducing ADSL2 . "In marketing terms, they weren't sure whether they would get away with offering it to metro areas, or certain parts of metro areas . But now that there is government pressure from the other end, Telecom is being pushed into a corner . " Telecom's move comes amid growing concern about the handling of the regulatory review . One market source says investors in New Zealand and overseas were "spooked" . "The feedback from pretty significant investors overseas is like `hold on, we thought your competition regulator settled all this years ago' . " The sense of risk has been acute since the prime minister announced an urgent review of "policy, legislative, and regulatory settings" of broadband internet services on February 14 . The next day, Ministry of Economic Development officials began meetings with market analysts, which did nothing to ease concerns . One analyst said the government's sudden urgency over broadband was hard to understand . "Do you think that New Zealand ranks 18th in GDP per capita (in the OECD) because of slow broadband speed? Or are we ranked 22nd in broadband penetration because of low GDP per capita? "There are more serious issues than broadband that this country needs to fix . " The government has several options to address the quality of broadband -separating Telecom into a network operator and a retailer, unbundling the local loop to allow competitors into Telecom exchanges, regulating unbundled bitstream services to force Telecom to wholesale unrestricted broadband services and variations on those themes . Investor reaction to various options was canvassed in private meetings with analysts, but the market was left none the wiser about government thinking . "By going out there to talk about these issues the perception is that they had a preconceived idea and they were looking for support from the financial community to justify that outcome," said a source close to the talks . Another well-placed source said the ministry's approach could easily have been misinterpreted . "It is clearly looking at operational/ structural separation," said a source, "but it is also looking at everything else under the sun . " Cunliffe would not give details of what was discussed in the meetings, saying the aim was to listen to various views . "The government is in the process of reviewing the telecommunications regulatory environment to ensure the best possible outcome for New Zealand . "We are listening to all the viewpoints and undertaking extensive research . " :waughh: |
technophobia (8565) | ||
| 439219 | 2006-03-19 03:44:00 | Me thinks you might be infringing on copyright material there by quoting the article out of this mornings Sunday paper word for word. | Big John (551) | ||
| 439220 | 2006-03-19 03:49:00 | This was pasted from a web site i visit daily im not the only one that does this. | technophobia (8565) | ||
| 439221 | 2006-03-19 03:59:00 | How will ADSL2 make any difference?, even with the curent tech we have exorbitant prices , kneecapped speed and criminal data caps. Now Telecom can offer us all that at even higher prices? I must be missing something, Its Telecoms packages that suck balls, not the tech. Upgrading the network will make no difference apart from the fact Telecom can advertise how awesome ther service is, Then sell it at exorbitant prices with kneecapped speed and criminal data-caps.... |
Metla (12) | ||
| 439222 | 2006-03-19 04:06:00 | I still disagree with telecoms newest offer as they are desperatly trying to avoid being unbundled by the government , so why do they say they can go faster in june but can only offer a tiny speed increase in april its clear to me we are being shafted by telecom and now they are playing games by telling us they do have faster speeds afterall.But now we can only wait and see if the price goes up even more. | technophobia (8565) | ||
| 439223 | 2006-03-19 05:35:00 | This was pasted from a web site i visit daily im not the only one that does this. But those people also include a link back to where they got the news from, so where did you get this form? Link? |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 439224 | 2006-03-19 05:42:00 | Great article and an interesting post, but you do need to put a link showing where it comes from . Its also good just to put 1 paragraph in, or the best points . Mind you I think we are just being pedantic, who will complain? |
netchicken (4843) | ||
| 439225 | 2006-03-19 05:45:00 | I got this from stuff.co.nz but i forgot to include the link while i was pasting as you can tell im not used to pasting im still learning the functions of my laptop and still havent quite the hang of using the mouse and other functions to paste properly but give me a break i'll get it right. | technophobia (8565) | ||
| 439226 | 2006-03-19 05:59:00 | Telecom has partnered with Alcatel to replace its existing telephone network with an IP based one. There have been press releases for over a year about bringing the network interface closer to customers while reducing the number of actual "exchanges". ADSL2+ may be part of this, especially if it is from remote cabinets. The various commentators seem fixated on internet services without looking at the bigger picture. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 439227 | 2006-03-19 08:34:00 | Jumping the gun? Running scared? Playing dirty? They had said ages ago that this year they would start the new infrastructure changes. How is that bad? The others can go ^&^%$#. They complain about everything. |
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