I have long believed that ComCom have been subverted by the anti business loony left. Like most Govt departments staff have been there too long and have become inbred.
Time for a clean out.
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Well I decided to bail today (purchased again in early June). This confirms that any form of nuclear option (even a subtle one like presently proposed) is still subject to the whim of a bunch of bureaucrats. I wasn’t really expecting that their new products would be subject to that scrutiny. It seems like a crap shoot to me with the comcom involved at every step.
Will wait for good news (if any!).
Ditto except on Monday if the new products get slammed I think the price will drop IMHO I don't believe that bad news is currently priced in , the comcom will be out to stick the knife in again especially if they know the FPP is going to go in CNUs favour which of course they may?
We'll, I don't blame anyone for selling but I'm just going to keep on holding. I'm hoping that the new Chorus wholesale plans will dramatically increase demand for UFB over the next 1-2 years and copper, at least regulated copper, will become less relevant. I see Slingshot is moving to upgrade everyone of it UFB customers, free of charge, to the 100/20 product which Chorus sells for $40 per month. Ok, Slingshot is not a big player and, even with its purchase of Orcon, it's tiny compared to VF and Spark. But VF and Spark will follow soon enough and if 100/20 is the new entry level, fewer and fewer people will be happier staying with silly old ADSL. For just $10 more they could have speeds 8-10 times faster down and a whopping 40 times faster up. Who wouldn't want that with Lightbox and Netflix just around the corner?
By the end of the year 400,000 New Zealanders will have access to UFB which is wholesaled by Chorus. At some point, and I don't know when, having UFB will be as common as having a TV. Fibre is the Future :)
Yes in the future ...the next 10 years fibre communications will be huge with applications we haven't thought of yet..This Tech revolution is getting faster and accelerating....just have to think 10 years ago we had this new product from Telecom called Jetstream 256kb/s download speed with 1 GB cap or was it 700mb cap?
List of Countries with the fastest internet speeds NZ just below OECD average...(NZ is well ahead of Aussi :))
List of Countries in order with the lowest pricing NZ still 60% more expensive than the OECD average (NZ cheaper than Aussi :))
Statistics from Ookla speed test results
Test your speed and see how you rate within NZ and Globally here
Here's mine Orcon 30/10 fibre plan.. no data caps...voip phone free national calling etc.. $99/month...
Of interest...My fibre to the gate details (Note: the date!!!!)
http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq306/Hoop_1/aa.png
Early last year I rang Vodafone saying I wanted to upgrade fibre connection. "We don't do fibre as there's no demand as you like others don't have fibre services to the gate yet" ..I said I have had it for over 15 months now and they said I was wrong..Sick of exceeding data caps resulting in dialup speed and paying $150 /month (doubled up data) I shifted to Orcon..
http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/q...st07072014.png
Cool. I think Orcon/Slingshot are moving to default, free of charge, 100/20 plans
Edit: here's the promise Slingshot made:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU140...ibre-plans.htm
http://business.scoop.co.nz/2014/07/...us-regulation/
"At a workshop the commission held on June 20, industry participants were concerned the proposed changes to the UBA services were unclear and may adversely impact consumers, the regulator said in a statement."
I wonder who the "industry participants" were. Would this mean Telcos?