Category Archives: Broadband

Why we need NBN, UFB and Pacific Fibre

Posted on June 12, 2011 by

Ben Kepes stirs the pot over at Diversity, questioning why we need fibre the home. It seems he’s happy with 1 Mbit/s. He questions the benefits of broadband, and references the MOTU report, without referencing the considerable body of work … Continue reading →

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YouTube Instant

Posted on September 11, 2010 by

Yet another classic Stanford undergraduate story. Google releases Google Instant, and so Feross Aboukhadijeh creates YouTube instant. Try it. Very shortly afterward Feross received a tweet from YouTube CEO Chad Hurley offering him a job. That’s smart – other students … Continue reading →

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Unleash those cabinets please

Posted on May 3, 2010 by

A surprising puff piece from Chris Keall in the NBR sings the praises of Telecom’s Chorus Division’s cabinet roll out: The Telecom division is now half way through its government-mandated project to roll-out 3600 roadside fibre optic cable cabinets around … Continue reading →

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Spend the $900,000 Telecom – you cheap sods

Posted on May 6, 2009 by

Sigh. And there I was praising Telecom the other day – praise it seems that was all too soon. I am concerned that recent behavior is indicating that Telecom is back to its old monopolist ways. I write of course … Continue reading →

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Praise, yes praise, for Telecom

Posted on April 29, 2009 by

This really is a stunning piece of work – even made this cynic think twice. Well done Telecom. It’s important because it shows that Telecom increasingly gets it – they are getting that it is about delivering the right service … Continue reading →

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Amazon is failing to be the iTunes of book world – so far

Posted on April 18, 2009 by

I’m warming on the idea of the Kindle – Amazon’s ebook reader. I like it for mass reduction, especially when travelling – it sharply reduces mass that you need to cart around on an airplane or  motorcycle. I like it … Continue reading →

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Final Ferrit: The governance failure

Posted on January 26, 2009 by

Part four of  a four part take on the end of Ferrit. We started with Market Space, then  site idea and execution, and business economics. This is hopefully the last Ferrit post, but the most important in this series The … Continue reading →

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Final Ferrit: The business economics

Posted on January 25, 2009 by

Part three of  a four part take on the end of Ferrit. We started with Market Space, then  site idea and execution, and governance failure will finish things off. The economics The business result had to be razor thin commissions, … Continue reading →

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Final Ferrit: The site idea and execution

Posted on January 24, 2009 by

Part two of  a four part take on the end of Ferrit. We started with Market Space, and business economics and governance failure are next. The idea of the Ferrit site So while there was a space, the proposed way … Continue reading →

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How to do great web usability – iinet example

Posted on December 23, 2008 by

iinet have a fantastic new website for new customers. Try it –  go through the process to sign up for a service (use 6160 for Fremantle’s postcode). The front page is simplicity itself. Then it’s straight into questions that you can … Continue reading →

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Would you let Telecom design your website?

Posted on March 25, 2008 by

Telecom is launching something – I’m not really sure what it is, but apparently it will be some sort of Business Oriented Internet plan/ISP – where you get bundled internet access, hosting and things like Xero. Business broadband plans will … Continue reading →

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Why intervention is needed for Telecom and not for Auckland

Posted on March 6, 2008 by

Falafulu Fisi asks an excellent question to the previous post on Auckland Airport: “Aren’t both Auckland Airport & Telecom private companies? Why would you want to say that the government is an interventionist regarding the CPPIB attempt to buying shares … Continue reading →

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Set WiFi free

Posted on January 17, 2008 by

Over on Kiwiblog DPF guiltily confesses to using someone elses open Wireless connection for some internet time, and a trivial amount of data. There are several things wrong with this picture: 1: It isn’t normal to find open wireless connections … Continue reading →

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Feeding the Apple swag addiction

Posted on January 17, 2008 by

The master speaks, and Lance reaches for his wallet to feed his insatiable addiction for all things Apple. At least it is a better addiction than Methadone/P/ice or other ilicit drugs. Probably just as expensive though. MacBook air: ordered, but … Continue reading →

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The advance of VOIP

Posted on December 14, 2007 by

Via the economist this chart and shows VOIP taking about 20% of all international call minutes for 2006. Amazingly though regular international phone calls grew 10% between 2005 and 2006. I wonder how much was driven by falling prices, in … Continue reading →

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