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Written by John Allen
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Wednesday, 13 October 2010 10:24 |
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Telecom is working hard behind the scenes to ensure that it can be a part of the UFB fibre roll-out. With 25,000km of fibre in the ground, Telecom needs to be part of the UFB. It is an economic nonsense for it not to be. To be a part of the UFB, Telecom is having to go through the struggles of separating its lines access business unit (Chorus) from the rest of the company. It is doing this because the government require it as a part of its regulation of the telecommunications industry. Rural Connect says that such regulation is not only ott but also counter-productive to the government making timely progress in its stated aim of creating a step-change in the provision of broadband services. Read the NZ Herald article that backgrounds this issue here... |
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Written by John Allen
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Wednesday, 13 October 2010 10:10 |
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About 70 per cent of Australian organisations think the NBN will better enable their business, particularly in the areas of video conferencing, virtual desktops and IT as a service, according to IDC research. |
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Written by John Allen
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Thursday, 07 October 2010 11:20 |
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The Ministry of Economic Development (MED) have released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for pilot projects under their Deployment Standards Initiative. This is an important part of the urban UFB and rural RBI fibre programs aimed at determining those fibre roll-out techniques that will shorten roll-out times and minimize costs. The locations covered by the selected Proposals will have fibre cable access no later than January 31st 2011. Enterprise Franklin are considering tendering a Proposal in conjunction with Counties Power for one or more locations within the Franklin District and the northern Waikato District. The locations selected will need to conform to the MED's specifications, one of which is a required connection density of 50 connections per 1,000 metres. Which may mean that rural locations do not get considered as a part of this program. Read the full MED Press Release here... |
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Written by John Allen
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Friday, 01 October 2010 10:40 |
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The only reason that Telecom are precluded from being a part of the UFB program is because the government decided that UFB bidders not be allowed to also have a retail arm. This decision seems to be based on Treasury advice concerning competition issues. The competition (ie NZRFG members) have shown that they can compete on price because they already have a lot of fibre in the ground. Telecom is subject to a lot of regulation to minimize anti-competitive behaviours. So there is no need to exclude Telecom from UFB consideration. Changing the UFB rules to allow Telecom to participate will avoid further delays to the UFB rollout. It would also enable a sensible coordination of resources for the rural RBI rollout as well as cooperation between the two competitors to best utilise the fibre already in the ground. Read the ComputerWorld article here. |
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Written by John Allen
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Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:32 |
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Read this NZ Herald article here about how high speed broadband enables telecommuting and has environmental benefits. |
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