Interesting maybe Chorus doesn't really have a monopoly.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU170...ch-quarter.htm
I am unsure who the other fibre network providers are but imagine they will be rolling out their networks in the cities and most profitable areas.
Spark has obviously been successful with their bull**** wireless network marketing, quite a few people wouldn't even appreciate the difference between a wireless connection and a fibre one. Spark is their provider and if they are selling them a more reliable option people will tend to just go along with it.
Mind you that said the article is about broadband connections which I assume includes copper, fibre and wireless. I had better not say much more in case my ignorance is exposed.
I wonder how wireless gets on in cyclone conditions?