Could Broadband availability affect the price of your house or your rent?

[p.dath]

Interesting story about some people living in Auckland's CBD told they have to wait a year before they can get Broadband access:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10681539

I like the last comment - they wouldn't have shifted if they had know they couldn't get broadband.

I'm the same. I wouldn't rent a house - or buy a house - in an area with no Broadband. So effectively, the availability of the Internet should be starting to affect these prices.

What do you think? Would you shift into a new house where there was no broadband?

[GOONR]

Interesting story about some people living in Auckland's CBD told they have to wait a year before they can get Broadband access:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10681539

I like the last comment - they wouldn't have shifted if they had know they couldn't get broadband.

I'm the same. I wouldn't rent a house - or buy a house - in an area with no Broadband. So effectively, the availability of the Internet should be starting to affect these prices.

What do you think? Would you shift into a new house where there was no broadband?

I shifted to a house that doesn't have fixed line broadband, I knew that before I moved in, it's more to do with the distance to the exchange though. I've got mobile broadband from Vodafone, same with the house phone, all over the Vodafone network. I't obviously not as fast and I don't get a massive data allowance but it suites my needs fine.

[MisterD]

I think the "need" to have broadband has some way to go before the effect on prices is noticable alongside school zones, nice houses and being close to a nice beach...

[Dadpole]

I moved into the sticks where the only option is satellite broadband. :facepalm:

[Rosie]

What do you think? Would you shift into a new house where there was no broadband?

If having no broadband meant the rent was lower, it would give me more money for booze, men and motorsport :woohoo:

But seriously, why don't they just get mobile broadband? Or do they not have that in Central Auckland either :shutup:

[Ronin]

We just moved somewhere there is:

A: no Cell coverage
B: Not enough landlines to make a call everytime you want
C: Therefore no adsl

However... We are getting wireless put in up the Valley. I shit you not the LOS goes like this

2 k's down road
Landowners chook shed
Tree number one
Tree number two
our house after passing through line of trees after a severe pruning.

Having said that I don't miss it that much but I do need to have it for work and to stop the kids being strangled lol

[p.dath]

If having no broadband meant the rent was lower, it would give me more money for booze, men and motorsport :woohoo:

But seriously, why don't they just get mobile broadband? Or do they not have that in Central Auckland either :shutup:

So you don't "shop" for your men online? :lol:

Mobile Broadband does not suit the needs of everyone because of the smaller data caps.

[-df-]

I'd never move to a place that couldn't get ADSL

[Bald Eagle]

I'll never again move to a place that doesn't support access to more than 1 Telco.

[Latte]

We just moved somewhere there is:

A: no Cell coverage
B: Not enough landlines to make a call everytime you want
C: Therefore no adsl

However... We are getting wireless put in up the Valley. I shit you not the LOS goes like this

2 k's down road
Landowners chook shed
Tree number one
Tree number two
our house after passing through line of trees after a severe pruning.

Having said that I don't miss it that much but I do need to have it for work and to stop the kids being strangled lol

We had similar at my bosses place, Wired Country connection from warkworth (to just out of Helensville), then bounced it down to my bosses house through a gap cut out of a shelter belt, then back to the neighbours house (free internet for cutting his shelter belt - and free internet for the house on the hill that did the 1st hop).

I spent a couple of hours each month tweaking antenna to keep it all operational. After about 3 months Telecom provisioned another dslam so it all got pulled out. Was fun setting it all up though.

[DarkLord]

Nope. It's become an important part of my life. If I was looking at a place but knew that it couldn't get broadband, I wouldn't move in.

[Usarka]

$90+ per just to use the internet and one or two phone calls per month is fucking nuts. Take the bloody thing off me and stick it, I'll swap for your beach house with no ADSL anyday.

I can live without pr0n, all you need is a hamster and some duct tape.

[SMOKEU]

NZ has to be the worst, if not one of the worst 'developed' countries for internet access.

[Gremlin]

definitely need broadband as well as mobile reception...

[SS90]

definitely need broadband as well as mobile reception...

I have to say, NZ is bloody joke for Cell phone and Internet.

I am fully aware of population Based pricing, but I have unlimited Internet Broadband, 72 TV channels, 2000 minutes free cellphone (for the entire EU incl landline), and 2000 free SMS all with Tmobile Austria for the "extreme" price of €32 per month.

There is only 6 million people in Austria.

Oh, and I can call NZ or Aussie from my cell phone for 45 cents a minute.

[pete376403]

After having Saturn cable I wouldn't even consider moving to where ADSL was the only option.

[gammaguy]

NZ has to be the worst, if not one of the worst 'developed' countries for internet access.

here in singapore i get a mobile phone with free TV streaming,12gb of data(and the phone was free,a Samsung Galaxy S)also Cable TV in the home with god knows how many channels,including a Mysky type box we can record progs on,and a home telephone and internet.Oh,and the internet is Capless.and fast.And everywhere,theres superb coverage here.The cost?less than $100 a month for the lot.

Sadly,New Zealanders are being ass raped by those greedy telcos,and theyre getting away with it.

[wysper]

avoiding the 'nz internet sucks debate' (especially because there should be no debate - it sucks, we get ripped, someone seems to be making shitloads)

to the OP, no I wouldn't move to a place with no broadband, the current place we are in is a RD area, we still get broadband, slow even by NZ standards, but broadband, I can stream youtube, downloads aren't too slow. But we wouldn't rent here if there was no broadband.

We skype our overseas rellies (with video), we don't have tv so if there are any shows we want to catch it is online, there are many sites that stream live sports so I can get my fix of those, sure it is small and the quality is not great but I am ok with that.

I don't give a rats arse about mobile phones or coverage, but do like my interdweeb.

[ckai]

We changed mobile providers because we couldn't get coverage where we lived.

Now speaking as an ex-valuer, having no fixed line broadband access is a matter of choice not value. It affects peoples decisions NOT to rent a property and it would affect businesses owners to MAYBE not purchase a property. Very few people would not buy a house because of broadband access (or lack of).

Put it this way, what value would you put on broadband access? The cost difference between fixed and mobile and set plans? Over what period of time? Generally NZers stay in their homes for 7 years so do you push it out that far? Technology would say that in several years everyone should have access to "reasonable, affordable" broadband access. So a 7 years cost assessment is inaccurate.

So basically to put a value on a single service that isn't a necessity would be unrealistic. It's one of the buyers/renters many choices to selecting a property.

..."this one I like the view, but doesn't have broadband. This one looks over a dodgy old ladies place but has awesome broadband."
"Porn it is!" :woohoo:

[wysper]

..."this one I like the view, but doesn't have broadband. This one looks over a dodgy old ladies place "
"Porn it is!" :woohoo:

well if dodgy old ladies do it for you..... I suppose in the right light they MIGHT look like hashies :shutup:

[doc]

Could Broadband availability affect the price of your house or your rent?


This is the sort of question that invites all the criticism that those living there get. :blink:

[ckai]

well if dodgy old ladies do it for you..... I suppose in the right light they MIGHT look like hashies :shutup:

Exactly, especially those ones from Florida that have sit in the sun for too long.

Think There's Something About Mary ;)