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Starlink’s growing pains
WEB20 hours ago — Starlink passed the 4 million customer milestone at the end of September. SpaceX’s low earth orbit satellite broadband network added a million customers or 33 percent in around 4 months. In December 2022 the service had one million subscribers. There are now 6,426 satellites. And reports from the ...
Rural users switch as low cost Starlink plan take off - Bill Bennett
WEBStarlink makes waves in rural New Zealand. Three weeks after it launched, (Download Weekly March 15) Starlink’s low-cost satellite broadband plan is making waves with frustrated rural telecoms users.Starlink describes its $79 plan as a ‘deprioritised service’. It means that, should the network be congested, customers on the plan will be behind those who pay full price ($179) in the queue ...
Five more years of fibre regulation - Bill Bennett
WEBComCom passes on fibre deregulation; for now. Telecommunications Commissioner, Tristan Gilbertson is reluctant for the Commerce Commission telecoms team to investigate fibre deregulation at this time.. He says we are just three years into the new regulatory regime and there is “not enough competitive constraint on fibre for there to be any serious question of deregulation at this time”.
What is this site about and who is Bill Bennett?
WEBThis is Bill Bennett’s technology and telecommunications news, opinion and analysis site. It examines the subject from a New Zealand perspective and includes a weekly newsletter published every Friday.
Rural expansion, resilience in Chorus capex plan
WEBChorus capex plans rural expansion, resilience investment. Moving faster on copper withdrawal. Data traffic peaks. 2degrees mobile momentum.
Telecom competition: 2degrees merger, rural connectivity and …
WEBA review of New Zealand's telecommunications regulatory challenges. Recently the Download Weekly sat down with Telecommunications Commissioner Tristan Gilbertson and members of the Commerce Commission team overseeing industry regulation to get a better idea of the watchdog's thinking on key issues.
New Zealand tech slipping behind - billbennett.co.nz
WEBJun 10, 2022 — Aotearoa’s Digital Priorities in 2022, a report from Tuanz, sponsored and promoted by Vodafone, suggests New Zealand is at a “tipping point” and “slipping behind the world on key measures of digital economic performance”. The report pulls on data from the Portulans Institute Network Readiness Index which benchmarks and ranks nations on a range of technology measures.
Sky cost cutting delivers profit upgrade - billbennett.co.nz
WEBDec 10, 2021 — Sky cost cutting delivers profit upgrade. Sky doubled its profit guidance for the 2022 financial year. The broadcaster, and now broadband service provider, says it has found significant cost savings that won’t impact on the service it provides.
Download Weekly - New Zealand telecommunications. - Bill Bennett
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