Now here’s a brave, brave man. We’ve all been hearing recently of the step change that broadband will bring to New Zealand – it seems to be one of the big election issues with both main parties coming to it from different angles. Both of these angles have however main
Good to see TC CEO Allan Freeth out and tearing at the dogma that comes from the broadband ideologues – his point seems to be forget fibre to the home (FTTH) concentrate on Fibre to the node or Fibre to the business. I gotta say I agree – I’ve had
Interesting to read this Wired article which laments the patchy roll out of fibre in the US. The article talks abut the fact that fibre roll out in the US is concentrated to areas that Verizon services and local government supported projects. Interestingly the ld chestnut that has been hotly
I got an email this afternoon from Velocity Networks up in Hamilton. Velocity is a partnership between local government and tertiary institutes which aims to put in place fibre infrastructure for the Hamilton metro area. In their own words; the combined fibre networks span the city, providing ultra-high speed broadband
Everyone will by now have seen National’s plans unveiled yesterday for a $1.5b investment in FTTH. John Key’s announcement is below; Lots of commentary about this already, Rod is pretty positive as it reasonably neatly dovetails with the work the NZI has done (and which Rod was involved in). Now
Editors note – the following is a reprint from The Independent Financial Review – It is an interesting counterpoint to the current broadband discussion taking place in New Zealand There has been more baloney than usual in the media lately about New Zealand’s internet infrastructure – or the lack of
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