Posts by Juha Saarinen
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Neither of the cellular broadband offerings are designed to replace a fixed-line service. Think of it as very fast indeed dial-up that you're actively discouraged from using a lot (check the T&Cs...). Both have much higher latency than say DSL, but they are more responsive than Woosh.
The Vodem comes with crap software, so if you go with that, make sure you upgrade to the full VMC 7 client.
Telecom's T3G is actually pretty good, IMO. Make sure you get the new Sierra Wireless card though, that supports Rev A even if your area is still on Rev 0. Since T3G runs in the 800MHz spectrum, it reaches further than Vodafone's 2.1GHz service, and has better building penetration. Later this year, Vodafone will come out with 900MHz HSDPA service that'll offer the same performance, but I don't know if it will arrive in towns, or just rural/provincial areas.
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(Type 58008 into a calculator. Turn calculator upside down.)
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Elite. N00b. LRN2133TSP33K. LOLZROFFLECOPTERS!!!~~~~
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NoS!
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Man, this really is the Internet... there are some nastily prurient people in here!
I like it.
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Oh, before I forget: one missed opportunity for NZ was that we (us, the state, etc) didn't build the Southern Cross Cable entirely or partly. It's making money, so it would've been a self-financing investment.
Unfortunately, it didn't happen because of ideological reasons.
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Maybe Sam thinks it's about Internet PERLing...
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/me quickly Adblocks Andrew's Gravatar in FF to speed up loading of PA System.
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While competition in general is good, the Internet is a collaborative and cooperative environment and as such a special case.
Telcos often try not to collaborate and cooperate with competitors (see the US Peering Wars for examples) on purpose. The idea is to munt the experience for competitors' customers in the hope that they'll switch allegiance... but, that ignores what makes the Internet so useful, namely free and fast access to every part of it.
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I think Telecom was mostly upset that TelstraClear got the money and used it to extend its fibre network so that it goes by some large, high-value customers now. Like the CRIs and universities.
In the past, only Telecom could service those...