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Is There a Case for Ultrafast Broadband?

June 6, 2011

Business

broadband, Crown Fibre Holdings, government, nbn, New Zealand, Pacific Fibre, Sam Morgan, ufb, YouTube

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…

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Build the use case – coverage or speed?

August 6, 2008

Business, Economic Development, Efficiency, IT, New Zealand, Society, Strategy

broadband

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…

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Broadband uptake survey

July 10, 2008

Business, Efficiency, IT, Society, Strategy

broadband

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…

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Finland and New Zealand, a comparison…

July 1, 2008

Design, Economic Development, Efficiency, IT, New Zealand, Society, Strategy

broadband, finland, New Zealand

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…

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A neutral perspective on broadband in NZ

June 26, 2008

Business, Design, Economic Development, IT, New Zealand, Strategy

broadband, epitiro

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…

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How does our broadband really stack up?

May 7, 2008

Economic Development, Efficiency, IT, New Zealand, Society, Strategy

broadband

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…

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Asset grab no solution for internet infrastructure

April 17, 2008

Economic Development, Efficiency, IT, New Zealand, Society, Strategy

broadband, ftth, nzi

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…

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No One solution

April 9, 2008

Economic Development, IT, New Zealand, Society, Strategy

adsl, broadband, fibre, mobile, Telecom

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…

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Isn’t the answer mobile?

April 1, 2008

IT, New Zealand, Society, Strategy

broadband, llu, mobile, Telecom

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…

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Blog Archives

Is There a Case for Ultrafast Broadband?

Build the use case – coverage or speed?

Broadband uptake survey

Finland and New Zealand, a comparison…

A neutral perspective on broadband in NZ

How does our broadband really stack up?

Asset grab no solution for internet infrastructure

No One solution

Isn’t the answer mobile?

Papers