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06/06/2011 Posted in Business 39 Comments

Is There a Case for Ultrafast Broadband?

By Ben Kepes

Ever since I was asked to present to the joint Australian, South Korean and New Zealand KANZ Broadband Governmental summit a month ago I’ve been ruminating  about the justification for Governments spending huge sums on rolling out ultrafast broadband in a country. A post I was alerted to by my

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06/08/2008 Posted in Business, Economic Development, Efficiency, IT, New Zealand, Society, Strategy 5 Comments

Build the use case – coverage or speed?

By Ben Kepes

I’ve been taking part lately in a broadband strategy group looking to improve Internet access in North Canterbury – it’s an important discussion that I’m happy to be part of. I’ve got pretty annoyed however about the hollow platitudes that get thrown about things like “broadband would give this country

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10/07/2008 Posted in Business, Efficiency, IT, Society, Strategy Leave a comment

Broadband uptake survey

By Ben Kepes

GigaOm pointed out a couple of new pieces of research about broadband penetration, speeds and consumer demand in the US. It’s a pretty interesting report but there are a couple of parts that stand out for me; Low income broadband uptake dropping Closely linked to the current economic downturn, and

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01/07/2008 Posted in Design, Economic Development, Efficiency, IT, New Zealand, Society, Strategy 3 Comments

Finland and New Zealand, a comparison…

By Ben Kepes

It would be an understatement to say that broadband in NZ is a topical issue.  Most of what I read isn’t objective or well thought out. I’ve said before the stated goal of the government to “get us into the top half of the OECD” is a nonsense without thinking

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26/06/2008 Posted in Business, Design, Economic Development, IT, New Zealand, Strategy 1 Comment

A neutral perspective on broadband in NZ

By Ben Kepes

At the recent telcon9 conference in Auckland, Michael Cranna, managing director of Epitiro Technologies had some interesting things to say about our broadband. Epitiro is a global provider of broadband benchmarking data and hence is apparently as neutral as they come. While Cranna admitted that we’re a work in progress,

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07/05/2008 Posted in Economic Development, Efficiency, IT, New Zealand, Society, Strategy 2 Comments

How does our broadband really stack up?

By Ben Kepes

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) think tank from the States has compiled a report ranking 30 countries broadband offerings by a composite measure based on three indicators: household broadband penetration, average speed weighted by percentage of subscribership (Mbps), and lowest available price per Mbps. The graph is interesting

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17/04/2008 Posted in Economic Development, Efficiency, IT, New Zealand, Society, Strategy 3 Comments

Asset grab no solution for internet infrastructure

By davidware

Editors note – the following is a reprint from The Independent Financial Review – It is an interesting counterpoint to the current broadband discussion taking place in New Zealand There has been more baloney than usual in the media lately about New Zealand’s internet infrastructure – or the lack of

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09/04/2008 Posted in Economic Development, IT, New Zealand, Society, Strategy 2 Comments

No One solution

By The Unreasonablemen

Last week I wrote the post “Isn’t the answer mobile?” which created a great deal of interest, commentary & thought provoking questions. Thanks to those who commented, some of what you wrote provides the basis for this post, as well as comments on Rod Drury’s blog post about FibreCo. I

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01/04/2008 Posted in IT, New Zealand, Society, Strategy 11 Comments

Isn’t the answer mobile?

By The Unreasonablemen

Before I start, let me just say I’m not an engineer, so if I get some of the technical bits wrong, forgive me. But I genuinely think I’ve got the ramifications correct! There’s been a fair amount of debate about how NZ gets better faster broadband. This isn’t a simple

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Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben

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