Kim Dotcom has raised an interesting idea – running a planet-wide data service from New Zealand. How scaleable is that and what are the downsides? This post is a TUANZ strawman so feel free to poke holes in it and knock it down, if you can.
Our own eccentric dotcom millionaire wants to reignite the Pacific Fibre project and build New Zealand a submarine cable. So what’s stopping us getting behind the project? What’s to stop a publicly funded project raising enough capital to get Pacific Fibre across the line?
Part two of Hayden Glass’s look at privacy laws in the time of the internet.
404, this link is lunked. Fear not, good people, the internet is still there.
PABX hacking is an old-school way to create havoc and mayhem, and there’s no sign of it going away just yet. Reports are coming in of businesses being stung to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. What can you do to make sure your business doesn’t go bust because of a phone bill?
Guest post from Hayden Glass – Privacy is one of the big issues of the digital age. What privacy do we have, or can we have, in an era where all data is recorded for all time and potentially stored under another country’s legal system?
Vodafone has been cleared to buy TelstraClear. Is this the culmination of Russell Stanner’s Big Hairy Audacious Goal, to be the number one telco in New Zealand?
We’re not likely to see fibre to the home for most New Zealand households until somewhere towards the end of the decade, so what are we going to do in the mean time? Hint: it’s already in place today. We just need to sort out the price point.
The Commerce Commission is due to announce its decision on the Vodafone/TelstraClear deal tomorrow. What does it mean for the industry?
Broadband Genie is a UK-based consumer advice website that takes a close look at telecommunications issues. This is a guest post about the state of broadband pricing in the UK. Short version: green with envy.
