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    Quote Originally Posted by TheDemonLord View Post
    It's interesting that yourself and James both have similar experiences, and from the same time period (Late 80s, early 90s) which is well before my time in the Industry (2006-2010 I think)
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    Other things that had an impact was Telstra Clear's HFC network in Christchurch, Kapiti and Wellington - HFC looked, for a brief moment, to be the next 'thing' - but the density of Subscribers in NZ (ironic!) was very high, compared to internationally - and without it being introduced to Auckland, it never really went nationwide - and then the investors for Telstra wanted a return on their investment instead of re-investing which really killed the only semi-competition that Telecom had.
    I had some involvement with (what became) TelstraClear, too. Via a stupid Telecom decision. Even though Kapiti was in the 04 toll free dialing area, Telecom decided to charge for calls between Kapiti and Wellington. The result was a startup called Kapiti Cable, they had the big satellite dish just north of Paraparaumu, offering toll free calls to Wellington, plus overseas TV content. They also served movies via a room full of VHS players, and subscribers would call in and book a movie to be streamed to their home. That morphed into Saturn communications, based out of a building on Petone foreshore They had their own fibre line running over the Paekakariki hill road to connect the two sites. My part in all this is was the IBM System 36 and peripherals that their billing system ran on. They started the HFC rollout through Wellington and the Hutt Valley, and some time later became Telstra Saturn, then Telstra Clear. The cable was starting to get in Christchurch when as you say the investors wanted return, and killed it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pete376403 View Post
    They had their own fibre line running over the Paekakariki hill road to connect the two sites.
    that was a cunt for a decent ride over the hill, a fucking zig zag in the middle of the road, hope you didn't say it was a good idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jellywrestler View Post
    that was a cunt for a decent ride over the hill, a fucking zig zag in the middle of the road, hope you didn't say it was a good idea.
    I had no input at all into what they did. Didnt even work for that company, just did the maintenance on the S36
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    Right, That's it. My Local takeaway has put their prices up - up $2 from last year: $14.90 going to $16.90.

    Shit is getting serious.
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    That's a big scoop of chips.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Berries View Post
    That's a big scoop of chips.
    That was for their Chinese menu - however, the point remains - not amused.
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    The material I built the bench tops in my kitchen (Acacia laminate sheet, 2.2 x .6, made in Vietnam) has increased from $98 /sheet to $119 in less than a year at Bunnings, about 22%
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    There is No cost of living crisis....

    What we have now is a clear adoption of equality and sustainability. As per govts Genless advertising you will get used to living with less energy, consuming less. That’s thevonly way people will consume less is tax them out of an activity or devalue their currency.
    And that leads us into equality, we will all be equal when we have nothing.
    By the way nothing means no food or no heating too
    By starving or freezing to death you are being a good citizen and helping your country be sustainable....
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    Quote Originally Posted by R650R View Post
    There is No cost of living crisis....

    What we have now is a clear adoption of equality and sustainability. As per govts Genless advertising you will get used to living with less energy, consuming less. That’s thevonly way people will consume less is tax them out of an activity or devalue their currency.
    And that leads us into equality, we will all be equal when we have nothing.
    By the way nothing means no food or no heating too
    By starving or freezing to death you are being a good citizen and helping your country be sustainable....
    How is the Government going to tax (their source of income) non-earning, no asset dead people?
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    Quote Originally Posted by pete376403 View Post
    How is the Government going to tax (their source of income) non-earning, no asset dead people?
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    Quote Originally Posted by pete376403 View Post
    How is the Government going to tax (their source of income) non-earning, no asset dead people?
    They don’t kill off everyone just say anywhere from 60-96% of population....
    Consult the history section of your local library for previous examples of communist genocide....
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    Meanwhile on the other side of the big slippery ball that is earth, the UK have a white woman and a black man undertaking huge tax cuts for middle class in what’s billed as a risky experiment to get economy going. Time will tell how it all lands but what’s wrong with letting people keep more of their OWN money be they rich or poor....

    https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/world...-pound-plunges
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    Quote Originally Posted by R650R View Post
    Meanwhile on the other side of the big slippery ball that is earth, the UK have a white woman and a black man undertaking huge tax cuts for middle class in what’s billed as a risky experiment to get economy going. Time will tell how it all lands but what’s wrong with letting people keep more of their OWN money be they rich or poor....

    https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/world...-pound-plunges
    Problem is the rich always end up keeping even more of their money and the poor end up keeping even less of their money. Trickle down doesn't work and never has worked, but politicians who favour it are always on the rich side of the ledger.
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