Jonathan Pickard wrote:
> We as tax payers via the government are supporting this monopoly.
> "We" pay Telecom a subsidy to supply a service to all New Zealanders,
> this is clearly not happening. I think it is reasonable to expect a
> similar service to all New Zealand householders and that includes
> High Speed broadband (128k is not high speed broadband).

Yes, interesting enough, the 1 and 2M DSL plans (which are as the
commissioner says entry-level overseas) rate as broadband only in one
direction - not that I like the term "broadband" but anyway.

> I would like to see the commissioner put a 5 year network and service
> development plan in place that Telecom need to commit to, the
> penalties of non compliance need to be severe enough to ensure that
> the plan is adhered to. This is not to much to expect. Telecom
> provide a mission critical service that should be closely regulated
> by the government as there are no market forces in place to guide
> Telecom.

There is no provision under the current Telco Act to do any of the
above. No monitoring, no enforcement, nothing.

> I do not think we need more competition, two monopolies in a market
> is far worse than one - we just need stricter rules for Telecom to
> abide by. Transparency is a good place to start

Two 800lb gorillas dividing things between themselves you mean? Bit like
Vodafone and Telecom in the mobile market.

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Juha
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