Poor old Telecom

[Paul in NZ]

Copper is technology that was used int he 70's + your ont he Kapiti coast ... which means your not in "New Zealand" aka Auckland where we have alternate connections other than just crappy copper lines.

Exactly my point.

No one is going to run fibre through Gore are they?

[Smorg]

Exactly my point.

No one is going to run fibre through Gore are they?

Gore???????

[Lou Girardin]

The Gummint screwed the pooch when they privatised Telescam, this lot are just fixing National's stuff up 16 years later.
Besides, if most other OECD countries can have cheaper, faster internet, why can't we?

[The_Dover]

The rural thing is a cop out.

My old man lives in the Shetland Islands for fucks sake and he still has a 2Mbit DSL connection, uncapped, for a reasonable price.

[Swoop]

Gore???????

You mean gorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrre.

Isn't that part of stewart island?

[Swoop]

Share price has dropped from approx $5.54 to around $5.00 flat in less than 24 hours

What a shame........

[Lou Girardin]

What a shame........

It would be if one had shares in it.
Then again, if you didn't see this particular writing on the wall 4 months ago, you deserve a hit.

[Scouse]

Roger Kerr thinks it's a bad thing.
But then he would, wouldn't he?

Thats because he has a large shareholding in Telecom not cause he's worried about whats best for the country

[Mental Trousers]

Anyone got shares in Telstra Clear?? I've would've bought some if I had any money ........ but if I had that much money I'd buy another bike ........ so meh

[Paul in NZ]

The rural thing is a cop out.

My old man lives in the Shetland Islands for fucks sake and he still has a 2Mbit DSL connection, uncapped, for a reasonable price.

No it's not because you have not said how that was paid for and who built it and why. There are 22,000 people on the island which is a lot bigger than a lot of our rural areas. Add in that they are close to the UK and BT can order billions of dollars woth of equipment and get good prices.

I've built systems into a lot of these places and it's a freaking nightmare. You can do anything but the costs are very high. One of the biggest problem in NZ is the distance most rural people live from the exchange. DSLAMs have a certain range and most of them live a long way past whatever that is. So we build little roadside cabinets and drop fibre into the ground for maybe 10 customers?

Oh I dunno... Lets wait and see, I'm just a dumb cunt that spent too many years sitting on top of mountains in the rain relaying emergency calls or sitting in damp ditches at 3am while plonkers told me how soft I had it and how i was ripping them off.

[Scouse]

but if I had that much money I'd buy another bike ........ so meh

In your case that would be an investment but then again maybe you should hold on to the YZF cos it must be classed as a antique by now

[Mental Trousers]

In your case that would be an investment but then again maybe you should hold on to the YZF cos it must be classed as a antique by now

She'll still go right around the outside of you Nana Steve

[Scouse]

She'll still go right around the outside of you Nana Steve

yeh right whatever Shane tell me when was the last time that happened

[Jonty]

Exactly my point.

No one is going to run fibre through Gore are they?

Easy tiger - I think you'll find that the net wealth of people living in and around the Gore district with level of dairying at present will see a fibre optic cable there before you find one in any other rural area. My folks already have satellite broadband with a computerised shed run from my dad's palm pilot. They're not hicks anymore!! Although it is definatley fulla bogans

[Smorg]

You mean gorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrre.

Isn't that part of stewart island?

i thought it was some sort of bladder