Comments on: That explains it http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/06/that_explains_it.html DPF's Kiwiblog - Fomenting Happy Mischief since 2003 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:45:55 +1300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anne http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/06/that_explains_it.html#comment-184912 Anne Tue, 15 May 2007 10:25:49 +0000 http://kiwiblog-test.inspire.net.nz/wordpress/?p=14404#comment-184912 pantera13 pantera13

]]> By: Alex http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/06/that_explains_it.html#comment-184911 Alex Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:35:11 +0000 http://kiwiblog-test.inspire.net.nz/wordpress/?p=14404#comment-184911 works works

]]> By: Nik http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/06/that_explains_it.html#comment-184910 Nik Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:35:35 +0000 http://kiwiblog-test.inspire.net.nz/wordpress/?p=14404#comment-184910 The reason for the increase could be that the take-up by customers of above-average priced 3584/128 plans has outweighed the take-up by customers of the below-average priced Basic plan. This would pull the overall average up. There are no plans which have increased in price or which have more restrictive data caps than their corresponding previous plan. The reason for the increase could be that the take-up by customers of above-average priced 3584/128 plans has outweighed the take-up by customers of the below-average priced Basic plan. This would pull the overall average up.

There are no plans which have increased in price or which have more restrictive data caps than their corresponding previous plan.

]]> By: Juha http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/06/that_explains_it.html#comment-184909 Juha Fri, 23 Jun 2006 04:27:36 +0000 http://kiwiblog-test.inspire.net.nz/wordpress/?p=14404#comment-184909 Working out the wholesale price relies on a convoluted formula - the weighted average retail price of Telecom's Jetstream plans with 128kbit/s upstream, basically. The ComCom works it out, and then the access seeker gets a 16% discount on that. The plans are the Xtra: Basic Go Explorer Adventure with the older Discover and Navigate plans added because some customers are still on them. Then the Commission gets the number of customers on each plan (Telecom supplies these) and works out what percentage of the total this is. The percentage is then used for the weighting. This is a new formula apparently and you can't check on it because the Commission has removed the data used in the public version of the determination. Callplus and Ihug expected the prices to be lower, calculated according to the same methodology as in the TCL determination: <i>The Applicants submit that the Commission Working out the wholesale price relies on a convoluted formula – the weighted average retail price of Telecom’s Jetstream plans with 128kbit/s upstream, basically. The ComCom works it out, and then the access seeker gets a 16% discount on that.

The plans are the Xtra:
Basic
Go
Explorer
Adventure

with the older Discover and Navigate plans added because some customers are still on them. Then the Commission gets the number of customers on each plan (Telecom supplies these) and works out what percentage of the total this is. The percentage is then used for the weighting. This is a new formula apparently and you can’t check on it because the Commission has removed the data used in the public version of the determination.

Callplus and Ihug expected the prices to be lower, calculated according to the same methodology as in the TCL determination:

The Applicants submit that the Commission

]]> By: Russell Brown http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/06/that_explains_it.html#comment-184908 Russell Brown Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:58:42 +0000 http://kiwiblog-test.inspire.net.nz/wordpress/?p=14404#comment-184908 This is amazing! It actually bears out every criticism of Telecom's new "cheaper" plans. Confusion as marketing tool, anyone? Cheers, RB This is amazing!

It actually bears out every criticism of Telecom’s new “cheaper” plans.

Confusion as marketing tool, anyone?

Cheers,
RB

]]> By: anonymouse http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/06/that_explains_it.html#comment-184907 anonymouse Thu, 22 Jun 2006 22:10:57 +0000 http://kiwiblog-test.inspire.net.nz/wordpress/?p=14404#comment-184907 So does that mean that that the Commerce commission believes that the service offered by "cheaper faster" telecom have deterioriated and you got better value for money when they were, "more expensive and slower"- bit of a damning indictment on Telecom really. So does that mean that that the Commerce commission believes that the service offered by “cheaper faster” telecom have deterioriated and you got better value for money when they were, “more expensive and slower”- bit of a damning indictment on Telecom really.

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