[AusNOG] Complexity is not an excuse for an industry-wide cop-out (was Re: Conroy quit.)

[Chris Hurley]

Saw the same here with Commendico in the early days of ADSL.

From:  AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net> on behalf of Davey Goode
<davey at vibecommunications.co.nz>
Date:  Tuesday, 20 September 2016 10:44 AM
To:  Tony Wicks <tony at wicks.co.nz>, 'Robert Hudson' <hudrob at gmail.com>,
"ausnog at ausnog.net" <ausnog at ausnog.net>
Subject:  Re: [AusNOG] Complexity is not an excuse for an industry-wide
cop-out (was Re: Conroy quit.)

Also to add to that, a few providers like the one mentioned before is also
bundling power with it, so they are actually making more money from the
power than the ISP side, but has caused race to the bottom for the rest of
the ISP industry.
 
 
 
 

From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Tony
Wicks
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To: 'Robert Hudson' <hudrob at gmail.com>; ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Complexity is not an excuse for an industry-wide
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On 19 September 2016 at 19:59, Jared Brown <ausftth at mail.com> wrote:
> 
>   Excluding overseas bandwidth, is there some reason New Zealand can't have
> good broadband for $55 per month? Several north European countries with
> similar land and population sizes seem to manage.

 

European countries that are neither surrounded by vast oceans nor half a
world away from major global population centres...
 
Actually the fixed cost of the copper or fibre last mile is the biggest
portion of the cost by far (i.e $41.19/month for basic dsl)
http://www.comcom.govt.nz/the-commission/media-centre/media-releases/detail/
2015/commission-releases-final-decision-on-wholesale-broadband-prices
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