2012-04-17 09:21:12 // Idealog
Chorus and Network Tasman have been named as the successful bidders in the government's remote rural broadband contract worth $14.4 million.
2012-03-20 17:17:35 // Anthony Doesburg
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Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, get that broadband rollin’. The contracts have been awarded and now the rollout begins under New Zealand’s Rural Broadband Initiative. What is the view from the land? Depends on who you ask, says Anthony Doesburg.
2012-03-20 17:09:40 // Anthony Doesburg
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The fact it is even called rural broadband smacks of a “watered down” version of what the urban dwellers will receive. Is it true? Does it matter? Anthony Doesburg explains.
2012-03-07 10:36:43 // Idealog
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Orcon has come out with the first retail pricing plans for UFB, starting at $75 a month for households and $169 for business connections.
2012-02-22 10:13:47 // Esther Goh
The first batch of new cell sites under the Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) have been switched on by Vodafone, with more to come by the end of June.
2012-02-21 10:13:25 // Esther Goh
The business case for UFB in New Zealand has just gotten a boost in the form of an Alcatel-Lucent study placing the economic benefits of high-speed broadband at $32.8 billion over 20 years.
2012-02-20 10:38:21 // Esther Goh
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Actor and prolific tweeter Stephen Fry has let loose in a rant about the speed of Kiwi broadband, calling it "probably the worst" he's ever encountered.
2012-02-17 09:11:53 // Idealog
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Kiwi telcos have written to communications minister Amy Adams slamming Crown Fibre and calling for it to be disestablished, a letter leaked to the Dominion Post shows.
2012-02-09 13:50:22 // Siobhan Leathley
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The vast majority of Kiwis say they're willing to pay a little extra for faster broadband, but businesses aren't as open to shelling out more for the privilege.
2012-01-24 10:27:19 // Idealog
The health sector could see big benefits from the introduction of UFB, which will also open up opportunities for "innovative" methods of teaching.
2012-01-18 09:52:33 // Idealog
Cable company Southern Cross has announced a price reduction of up to 44 percent. Nonetheless, it's unlikely punters will benefit any time soon.
2012-01-11 13:03:14 // Idealog
Vodafone has stolen the lead in DSL browsing speed, marking a turnaround from slowest provider in the country to the fastest.
2011-11-29 09:58:28 // Idealog
It's a good time to be a TelstraClear user this weekend – the telco is switching off its meters from 6pm on Friday December 2 until midnight on Sunday.
2011-11-14 13:42:20 // Idealog
An internet infrastructure mapping network and and two wireless broadband projects have scored close to $50,000 in funding from InternetNZ thanks to its Community Projects Funding Round.
2011-09-19 16:56:23 // Esther Goh
Kiwi users have historically paid higher prices for broadband than our Aussie counterparts, and although costs continue to decline, we're still stuck playing catchup.
2011-09-06 10:39:29 // Idealog
A group of four Northland schools is the first in the country to log onto the government's ultrafast broadband initiative, with a fifth set to be connected in the weeks ahead.
2011-08-30 10:20:12 // Idealog
The government today approved Telecom’s plan for dividing its assets after its planned structural separation – the first major step in the company’s proposed demerger process.
2011-08-25 14:24:01 // Idealog
Not content with merely helping consumers get the best deal on electricity with Powerswitch, Consumer NZ has launched a telecommunications comparison website to cut through the maze of packages on offer.
2011-08-03 12:00:37 // Idealog
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While six Kiwi upstarts are pushing ahead with their bid to build a fibre-optic internet cable linking New Zealand, Australia and the US, a coalition of 29 American universities is throwing its weight behind a not dissimilar plan to build ultra-high-speed computer networks in their communities.
2011-07-28 11:11:25 // Esther Goh
The Commerce Commission has released its final determination of unbundled bitstream access (UBA) pricing, which would result in a small decrease in Telecom's wholesale prices.
2011-07-27 09:47:27 // Idealog
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Bringing Australian ISP iiNet onboard as a second foundation customer brings Pacific Fibre another step closer to delivering its international internet cable linking New Zealand to the US.
2011-07-22 12:10:15 // Idealog
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A Northland-based UFB provider has released pricing for its new fibre plans which it says are "unrivalled" anywhere else in the country.
2011-07-15 09:17:41 // Idealog
Increased competition has improved broadband quality, with TelstraClear's cable service consistently providing the best performance, a report released by the Commerce Commission yesterday shows.
