Broadband disconnect
Two headlines from the herald today:
Now reading these two articles there seems to be a real disconnect.
The article states that 50% of all connected households have “broadband” (if you can call what we have in NZ broadband!) And Telecom says that it will cost $1.5B to enable 90% of NZ to get 5mb broadband.
1.5 BILLION DOLLARS ???? Are the putting fibre to every door ? This doesn’t make any sense at all. (They’re acting like the big tobacco companies who sponsor “research” on the benefits of tobacco!) We can really trust Telecom to tell the truth about the cost. I mean they’re spending $1m per month on Ferrit, so they’re really are how to use their money wisely 😉
As an online business, we are frustrated at the lack of speed and high costs of hosting in NZ. Low cost, high-speed infrastructure opens the door to a new range of services, eg. streaming tv, integrated telephony. (I need more bandwidth for Joost)
So how about it Telecom, why not make the internet better for all NZ?!?! Spend your Yellow pages bounty on something worthwhile!
Update:Rod has run the numbers and has estimated it will cost $270M a year to build and maintain the broadband network. Food for thought.