This (http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3246317a13,00.html) article
appeared as the lead article on the front of The Press' business
section today.

Sachio's comments are well timed. Hopefully, this kind of continued
comment will lead to:

1. competition in the market
2. lower prices for everyone

Given the toothless nature of the NZ telecoms regulator we might be
waiting quite a while before this happens.

Rant Mode On

I used to think that $69.95 for my 2Mbps/192kbps/10GB was good value
until I compared my plan to that of a friends in Oz. His plan costs
98NZD but he gets 1.5MBps/512kbps/14GB(peak)/14GB(off-peak). His cost
per GB is half that on mine. ANd he gets a static IP address whereas I
don't.

And now, Telecom have downgraded all plans with a 192kbps upload speed
down to a 128kbps upload speed to ensure compatibility with the UBS
product.

What we need is to get Telecom's controlling hand out the local loop
and into someone we can trust to ensure fair access for all. The
current situation is dreadful and even with ADSL in the pipeline I am
sure that competiton would have got us there faster.

And the one thing I really hate about the current plans is how you get
$10 off a plan if your toll calling is with Telecom. This is
cross-subsidy and is not allowed in most countries. Telecom is using
it as a way to beat up its competitors. If we had LLU this would NOT
happen.

Rant Mode Off

Regards,

Gordon

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