Anything can happen day
In the space of two hours we had three announcements with the potential to change the telco world as we know it.
Entries by tuanzadmin
Unbundling – the elephant in the room
Chorus’s fight to keep the wholesale price of copper high could trigger Telecom to do something I thought it would never do – unbundle Chorus’s network. But is that the right thing to do as we look to the future of fibre optic networks?
Get secret pricing deals off the table – Consumer, InternetNZ, TUANZ
A press release from Consumer, InternetNZ and TUANZ
Managing Expectations
I’m sitting at the Commerce Commission UBA conference so you don’t have to. Currently we’re hearing about why Chorus was so surprised by the draft price point.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes
Data, spooks, spies, black hat hackers, governments, high value targets and you – just what to make of the Prism, GCSB, Echelon and why it’s all important.
The government and the big corporation
Why do successive governments of New Zealand think that they need to pander to one telco over and above all the others? Can they not see the damage that causes?
Guest Post: Data vampires
John Allen, from Rural Connect, has allowed us to cross-post his excellent piece on broadband product disclosure.
Please let me give you money
It shouldn’t be so hard to give someone money, so why do the content rights holders make us criminals?
Will we see the return of the cosy duopoly?
The government will sell off management rights for the 700MHz spectrum later this year. Will they do it in a way that encourages competition or will they return us to the bad old days of the cosy duopoly?
Terms and Conditions apply
What information would you like to see listed when you’re buying a broadband connection. Do you know what goes in to making up the service you’re buying and what should the telcos be required to tell you before you plunk down your hard-earned cash?
