Three broadband stories
February 25th, 2006 at 11:14 am by David FarrarThe debate is well underway. First of all there is a scathing Computerworld article which fisks the Business NZ broadband report and finds it seriously lacking. In summary the report:
* has outdated or inaccurate information in 21 of the 30 countries listed;
* ignores that 15 of the 30 countries now offer uncapped services;
* only looks at incumbent telcos’ plans, not new offerings
* doesn’t include ADSL 2+ plans, only first generation ADSL
Then we have a column by InternetNZ which the Dominion Post kindly ran in response to the column by the Business Roundtable.
Finally the Greens have come out and strongly endorsed the reform proposals put up by InternetNZ. This wasn’t solicited but is very welcome, and what is very graffitying is that Nandor has caught on to the fact we want to move the debate beyond local loop unbundling. Indeed we do. LLU is I suspect almost inevitable now – it’s what else do you do on top of that (and also making sure that LLU is done in such a way as to be most effective).
February 25th, 2006 at 6:24 pm
In the UK, broadband accounts for 64% of all internet connections. “Broadband is increasingly becoming an attractive proposition, with many internet providers upgrading customers to faster speeds of 1Mbps (megabits per second) and 2Mbps for no extra cost.” Read more here.
Vote:February 25th, 2006 at 7:46 pm
Class de-bunking from Colin Jackson. (You didn’t advise him with a few blogger tips as he was writing it DPF?)
Still my only objection is that the outcome could cripple NZ Telecom inasmuch as we we may well be right to open the local market to competition, esp from the Aussie Clear, but at the same time Telecom has found the Aus market so anti-competitive (for other reasons) that it is being forced to pull out from there.
Vote:February 27th, 2006 at 9:15 am
What is all this bullshit fuss about broadband. How many people really need it? We have got so obsessed with instant everything that one day we will start experiencing slow-rage, where we will fly into a furious anger because things don’t come to us, when we want it. That will make for a nice society.
Vote:February 27th, 2006 at 2:48 pm
DPF As a layperson (Oh so PC) and a staunch defender of freedom and property rights wont Telecoms monopoly take care of its self in the not to distant future with wireless.Can you or another informed person say when and if etc wireless will overcome Telecom and what does or could the governemnt do to ease the way forward for such providers.Is there regulatory restrictions etc or is it a dollar problem we are dealing with
Vote:February 27th, 2006 at 3:21 pm
GD yes over time the copper local loop will not be the major provider of broadband. However the experts I talk to say it will remain highly dominant for at least 15 years and maybe as much as 30 years.
Wireless is great but latency and other issues limit its use as a replacement technology. Fibre to the Home is what will make the difference and one of the things we have asked the Govt to do is to at least start costing what this would be.
Vote:February 28th, 2006 at 1:24 am
As a resident of Tokyo Japan I can only look on pityingly at the pathetic state of the NZ Broadband market. 100Mps FTTH (Fibre Optic) upload and download speeds with no data cap costs JPY 3,255 per month (currently about NZD$40)for an apartment installation. This is due to LLU allowing cutthroat competition over all the BB options. Don’t swallow the the shit NZ Telecom wants to feed you, demand cheap and fast BB now.
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