As I understand things, It'll still be a couple of years until we see the full effects of this. (Legislation needs to be finalised and passed). Also, will the current infrastructure handle this? My flat is currently getting a max of about 300kb (small 'b') on our 2mb connection - because our exchange is overloaded and due to be upgraded by telecom "sometime in the future". And that 300kb is only when our net works at all... Our ISP says they've had many complaints about this, ever since Telecom started upgrading to 3.5mb. Still, looks like what many of us have been waiting for, for quite a long time. Joseph. On 5/3/06, Gavin Denby <redhat(a)ihug.co.nz> wrote:
David Goodwin wrote:
Well, this all looks like a step in the right direction. I could do with some form of higher speed Internet (56k isn't really good enough for my purposes) but I am not exactly willing to pay $40/month for a data cap that I will exceed in a day.
So, I wonder how long until the effects of this decision become visible in *DSL speeds and prices....
Aye !!! and there is the rub.
I won't be holding my breath. WI-FI - Big Cities only. Satellite (not till we get a local one) Fibre again Big Cities only ... and then we are out of options
At least they mention a rural package. Now we just need to find a technology that sees over hills and into gully's ... G3 Cellphone data systems ?????
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