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| Thread ID: 62594 | 2005-10-12 21:15:00 | Finally, is the promised land of broadband paradise in sight? | xmojo1 (4630) | Press F1 |
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| 395641 | 2005-10-12 21:15:00 | This article in today's Herald: Internet faster, cheaper by Xmas (www.nzherald.co.nz) I won't believe it until it actually happens. Remember a few years back when the telco watchdog was going to recommend to the govt that LLU was going to be necessary, only to do an about face after eleventh-hour lobbying by Telecom? You can bet top dollar that Telecom's going to be fighting this latest recommendation all the way as well. Let's hope this ruling by the CC actually has bite this time around. |
xmojo1 (4630) | ||
| 395642 | 2005-10-12 23:00:00 | I won't believe it until it actually happens. I am in the same boat as you on this, but I think this time it may have bite or if this does not happen something may happen in the next year to 12 months..... |
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| 395643 | 2005-10-12 23:05:00 | I am in the same boat as you on this, but I think this time it may have bite or if this does not happen something may happen in the next year to 12 months..... Next year also has 12 months stu |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 395644 | 2005-10-12 23:06:00 | Lol. :D | Metla (12) | ||
| 395645 | 2005-10-13 08:15:00 | Looks weak once more... for example, nothing about increasing the upload speed to something actually useful. | gibler (49) | ||
| 395646 | 2005-10-13 20:16:00 | Now now safari, I think he meant 365 days.... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 395647 | 2005-10-13 20:42:00 | Next year also has 12 months stu Very good,wished I had noticed that. :) |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 395648 | 2005-10-13 21:06:00 | Looks weak once more... for example, nothing about increasing the upload speed to something actually useful. whats a useful upload speed? paradise cable is 512kb and I'm about to have 1024kb upload from the 24 of this month |
plod (107) | ||
| 395649 | 2005-10-13 22:33:00 | so, what's the use of faster broadband? It's not going to make web pages load much faster.... in other words you get a site with a slow server it's still going to load slowly. Might be good for downloading streaming music/movies if I was into that. For me the 'promised land' would have to be lower cost and higher caps. My feeling is that if things were more deregulated the ISPs would be looking to make more profit ad not passing it on to the lowly consumer. |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 395650 | 2005-10-13 22:57:00 | Dont hold your breath that this is going to happen, have a read of this From Stuff . co . nz - . stuff . co . nz/stuff/0,2106,3442898a28,00 . html" target="_blank">www . stuff . co . nz Hopes for cheap fast net might not be met 14 October 2005 Internet service providers are warning that hopes for faster and cheaper internet services could be scuttled by a technicality . The Commerce Commission issued a consultation document that would lower wholesale prices and remove speed throttles Telecom imposes on resellers, thus clearing the way for better product differentiation and true competition . But the ISPs say a key detail of the proposed ruling, issued in response to an application for better wholesale terms by TelstraClear, is fundamentally flawed because of the way it will handle heavy internet usage . The speed at which users connect to the internet is governed by several factors, chief of which is the number of other users online at any given time � the more there are, the slower the connection for everyone . Telecom's present network allows for 50 users to share a single pipeline, which the ISPs say is far from ideal but manageable . But under the terms of the proposal, the new set-up would be changed to include a larger overall average of users . At peak usage times, this could slow even the fastest connections down to worse than dial-up . "The product is unmarketable . We wouldn't offer it to our customers on this basis as it will simply drive customer frustration and complaints at peak times," said Slingshot founder Annette Presley . The commission's final determination, which industry observers expect by the end of the year, will apply only to TelstraClear . David DiProse, president of the Internet Service Providers Association and general manager regulatory for iHug, said the ISPs would ask Telecom for a similar commercial offering, except that it would be based on the present 50-to-1 network set-up or better . If Telecom does not offer those terms, DiProse expects to get the commission to force them to, since such provisions have been made in its consultation statement . :( |
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