Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts
The Government's $1.5 billion plan for a fibre-optic network connecting most homes and businesses to super-fast broadband has sparked debate over the merits of a spend-up to deliver high-speed internet to the suburbs.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10561187
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10561187
In a rare show of unity Telecom NZ, TelstraClear and Vodafone have commissioned a joint study that is highly critical of the government's $NZ1.5b plan to deliver fibre to 75 percent of New Zealand within six years. TUANZ has branded the study as "backward-looking, negative and self serving."
Stuart Corner writes about a study which was missioned from Castalia, a French company that says "For New Zealand consumers to gain substantial benefits from fibre to the home, they must be willing to pay access prices that reflect the cost of rolling out fibre to the home, and in many cases will have to invest in upgrades to their home wiring and equipment...There is considerable uncertainty about how much demand for high speed broadband there will be in the future, and when this will emerge. This uncertainty is behind the current, low, level of investment in fibre to the home."
Stuart Corner writes about a study which was missioned from Castalia, a French company that says "For New Zealand consumers to gain substantial benefits from fibre to the home, they must be willing to pay access prices that reflect the cost of rolling out fibre to the home, and in many cases will have to invest in upgrades to their home wiring and equipment...There is considerable uncertainty about how much demand for high speed broadband there will be in the future, and when this will emerge. This uncertainty is behind the current, low, level of investment in fibre to the home."
A fibre-to-the-premises broadband network built from scratch is likely to cost more than $5 billion, a study conducted by InternetNZ has concluded, and government may have to invest 75 percent of the cost for the operator to get payback.
The report investigates the investment required under differing scenarios to introduce high-speed broadband of at least 100Mbit/s for domestic users and 1Gbit/s for commercial users for 75 percent of the population within 10 years.
A more realistic scenario than a from-scratch build for FttH, the report finds, would be to use the infrastructure of utility companies such as electricity lines companies.
The report's author, Network Strategies, calculates the cost of such a network as a little over $3 billion, with about half the investment met by government.
For full story see Computerworld.
The report investigates the investment required under differing scenarios to introduce high-speed broadband of at least 100Mbit/s for domestic users and 1Gbit/s for commercial users for 75 percent of the population within 10 years.
A more realistic scenario than a from-scratch build for FttH, the report finds, would be to use the infrastructure of utility companies such as electricity lines companies.
The report's author, Network Strategies, calculates the cost of such a network as a little over $3 billion, with about half the investment met by government.
For full story see Computerworld.
New Zealand now has an super cool map of broadband coverage and suppliers.
There is also my own FTTH Communities map which includes New Zealand.
Good times are coming to New Zealand. The National Party won last weekend's elections, so now the NZD 1.5bn plan to bring FTTH to 75% within 6 years is likely to become a reality. Unlike the Australian NBN, at least the National Party of New Zealand recognised they could not cover the last 15-25% of the population economically with Fibre. Sure this will create a "digital divide" between the city and the country, but as I have been saying for some time, its not about the "digital divide" on a national basis, but a "digital divide" on a global scale. People in New Zealand will be at least one of the "haves", but Australia with our pathetic 12Mbps FTTN will certainly be in the "have nots".
The government will help to put together PPPs (public/private partnerships) to build an open access multi-layered network, in order to have maximum competition and "avoid excessive duplication of infrastructure".
To quote National's spokesman (and possibly the new Minister of ICT in John Key's cabinet) Maurice Williamson:
"... the government builds a road and everyone has the right to drive on it. Fibre optic is the road system of the 21st century". (Another politian using a quote from my presentations)
The rollout of fibre to the home will require several partnerships. According to Williamson, many different stakeholders have expressed their interest in National's proposed project. TelecomNZ has expressed "serious interest" in the project, but Williamson stressed that "they will not be a special player and they will not be the only provider" involved.
The government will help to put together PPPs (public/private partnerships) to build an open access multi-layered network, in order to have maximum competition and "avoid excessive duplication of infrastructure".
To quote National's spokesman (and possibly the new Minister of ICT in John Key's cabinet) Maurice Williamson:
"... the government builds a road and everyone has the right to drive on it. Fibre optic is the road system of the 21st century". (Another politian using a quote from my presentations)
The rollout of fibre to the home will require several partnerships. According to Williamson, many different stakeholders have expressed their interest in National's proposed project. TelecomNZ has expressed "serious interest" in the project, but Williamson stressed that "they will not be a special player and they will not be the only provider" involved.
A project that I have provided some assistance on from time to time has finally come to fruision in New Zealand.
Residents of Gracefield Living community resort in Stoke (Nelson) have become the first in New Zealand to enjoy a future-proofed broadband network capable of lightning-fast 1Gb (1000Mbps) speed.
Duncan Campbell of Netguide has written a full article on the project.
Residents of Gracefield Living community resort in Stoke (Nelson) have become the first in New Zealand to enjoy a future-proofed broadband network capable of lightning-fast 1Gb (1000Mbps) speed.
Duncan Campbell of Netguide has written a full article on the project.
New Zealand has a chance to be a world leader in ultra fast technology if the National Party gains power at the next election.
According to an article published by Computerworld NZ, John Keys - the leader of the Nationals - was speaking at the CIO Conference in Auckland on Tuesday and said that "globalisation and the brain drain were threatening the local economy. We lost 81,000 people last year, 45,000 to Australia. We had the highest brain drain per capita of any country in the OECD for tertiary qualified people.”
Keys further added, "Three areas where New Zealand has a comparative advantage are food production, tourism and in service-based industries where companies offer a niche service that can be globally connected to the world.”
“If we get it right, you’re going to see businesses able to locate themselves in New Zealand", he said. This is not new information and has been quoted by many broadband advisory groups around the world. The Global Digital Economy is exactly about business which can operate "virtually" anywhere in the world and therefore it comes down to a lifestyle choice - and New Zealand is certainly a nice place to live.
Capital investment typically flows to the locations which are best serviced with the right infrastructure and operating costs. India and its call centres and software development houses are prime examples of that economic movement. Without Fibre to the Home, New Zealand will be very much the last choice for investors in the Digital Economy, and if that investment is being made else where, the "Brain Drain" will only get worse.
Currently New Zealand sits at number 35 out of 42 in the recently released Broadband Quality study, and will fall further behind as China and India increase their deployment of Fibre to the Home.
Key says the Nationals want to invest more than $1 billion into rolling out fibre to 75% of homes throughout New Zealand, as well as business districts and schools. But this proposal has seen a lot of criticism from the current government and some carriers with a vested interest in their existing infrastructure.
According to an article published by Computerworld NZ, John Keys - the leader of the Nationals - was speaking at the CIO Conference in Auckland on Tuesday and said that "globalisation and the brain drain were threatening the local economy. We lost 81,000 people last year, 45,000 to Australia. We had the highest brain drain per capita of any country in the OECD for tertiary qualified people.”
Keys further added, "Three areas where New Zealand has a comparative advantage are food production, tourism and in service-based industries where companies offer a niche service that can be globally connected to the world.”
“If we get it right, you’re going to see businesses able to locate themselves in New Zealand", he said. This is not new information and has been quoted by many broadband advisory groups around the world. The Global Digital Economy is exactly about business which can operate "virtually" anywhere in the world and therefore it comes down to a lifestyle choice - and New Zealand is certainly a nice place to live.
Capital investment typically flows to the locations which are best serviced with the right infrastructure and operating costs. India and its call centres and software development houses are prime examples of that economic movement. Without Fibre to the Home, New Zealand will be very much the last choice for investors in the Digital Economy, and if that investment is being made else where, the "Brain Drain" will only get worse.
Currently New Zealand sits at number 35 out of 42 in the recently released Broadband Quality study, and will fall further behind as China and India increase their deployment of Fibre to the Home.
Key says the Nationals want to invest more than $1 billion into rolling out fibre to 75% of homes throughout New Zealand, as well as business districts and schools. But this proposal has seen a lot of criticism from the current government and some carriers with a vested interest in their existing infrastructure.
In a remarkable statement coming from alternative operator, TelstraClear in New Zealand, the main result of faster broadband links to the home may be more downloads of pornography and movies rather than improvements to productivity.
Speaking out against the National Party’s proposal for a NZD1.5 billion national fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network, the CEO of TelstraClear said "At the moment we don't believe that putting fibre into every home is economic or necessary" instead "government should focus on providing improved connections for business users rather than private consumers."
Orginal article by Communications Breakdown.
Speaking out against the National Party’s proposal for a NZD1.5 billion national fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network, the CEO of TelstraClear said "At the moment we don't believe that putting fibre into every home is economic or necessary" instead "government should focus on providing improved connections for business users rather than private consumers."
Orginal article by Communications Breakdown.
In an article by Ken Lewis posted on IT Brief, Communications minister David Cunliffe has promised that New Zealand will rank among the top half of OECD countries for broadband uptake, speed and coverage within two years. Furthermore a strategy has been put in place to ensure by 2018 80% of connections will be via Fibre to the Premise, delivering a promosed connection speed of 100Mbps.
The undertaking is one of several new targets announced on the 28th of August with the launch of the government's updated digital blueprint, Digital Strategy 2.0.
The undertaking is one of several new targets announced on the 28th of August with the launch of the government's updated digital blueprint, Digital Strategy 2.0.
Telecom Wholesale and WorldxChange launched their first Fibre-to-the-Home service at Kensington Park – an upmarket master-planned community in Orewa - this week.
For only NZ$99 a month residents can enjoy high definition voice and broadband that delivers speeds up to 30Mbps. WorldxChange CEO Cecil Alexander stressed that "although it’s a 30Mbps connection it really depends on the backhaul capability as to what speed users will actually receive".
Speaking at the launch, Telecom Wholesale CEO Matt Crockett said "it was the fastest [residential] connection speed in the country" and "this [estate] will become an open access fibre connection". Telecom will wholesale the fibre access to multiple retail operators as a layer 2 service in a similar way to their existing UBA copper product. Commencing next year, a residential 100Mbit/s symmetrical service will be available to all retail service providers.
This is the fastest residential Internet connection in New Zealand, exceeding the 10Mbit/s FTTH service offered by TelstraClear in PegasusTown new Christchurch.
WorldxChange director Paul Clarkin performed a live demonstration showing how the new high speed product could deliver video security. Another WorldxChange employee walked around the room speaking on a video phone with a colleague at his office.
Kensington Properties owner Patrick Fontein - the developer of the estate - had been very careful not to promote the fibre network too much because they weren’t 100% sure what it could deliver until now. I met Patrick back in 2004 and demonstrated FTTH and what it could do for residential communities at Bright Telecom in Perth.
For only NZ$99 a month residents can enjoy high definition voice and broadband that delivers speeds up to 30Mbps. WorldxChange CEO Cecil Alexander stressed that "although it’s a 30Mbps connection it really depends on the backhaul capability as to what speed users will actually receive".
Speaking at the launch, Telecom Wholesale CEO Matt Crockett said "it was the fastest [residential] connection speed in the country" and "this [estate] will become an open access fibre connection". Telecom will wholesale the fibre access to multiple retail operators as a layer 2 service in a similar way to their existing UBA copper product. Commencing next year, a residential 100Mbit/s symmetrical service will be available to all retail service providers.
This is the fastest residential Internet connection in New Zealand, exceeding the 10Mbit/s FTTH service offered by TelstraClear in PegasusTown new Christchurch.
WorldxChange director Paul Clarkin performed a live demonstration showing how the new high speed product could deliver video security. Another WorldxChange employee walked around the room speaking on a video phone with a colleague at his office.
Kensington Properties owner Patrick Fontein - the developer of the estate - had been very careful not to promote the fibre network too much because they weren’t 100% sure what it could deliver until now. I met Patrick back in 2004 and demonstrated FTTH and what it could do for residential communities at Bright Telecom in Perth.
In conjunction with TelecomWholesale, WorldxChange Communications is the company behind the delivery of FTTH to 11 new housing estates in New Zealand. Covering both the North and South Islands, the estates include:
Delamain, Little Oaks, Marsden Valley, Perriam Cove, Silverdale, Long Bay, Riverside Park, Peninsula Bay, Karaka Ridge, Jacks Point and Preston Downs. You can find details of these estates at the Australian and New Zealand FTTH Communities Map
Quoting from their web site:
"Our network has been developed over the past five years with a vision that some day customers would be able to shed the limitations of the old copper network and benefit from New Zealand's inevitable entry into the modern world."
"Now that fibre has begun to be installed into some New Zealand homes that day has arrived."
"With the implementation of fibre to the home, you now have access to this next generation in telecommunications technology."
"Xnet Fusion is by definition a combined voice, data and media product that is delivered over a single line; eliminating the need for separate voice and Internet access service. In Fibre connected homes, the true power of Xnet Fusion will be brought to life. Subscribers will enjoy faster speeds, more reliability and as products become available, more services than ever before!"
Pricing is a fixed $199 installation fee and a choice of either NZ$45 per month for the basic Internet and Phone or NZ$99 per month for High Speed Internet and Phone. There is no further definition of what basic Internet actually means, but on their Xnet Brochure the high speed service is up to 30Mbps down/6 Mbps up. Much better than the 10Mbps offered in Pegasus Town by TelstraClear.
Delamain, Little Oaks, Marsden Valley, Perriam Cove, Silverdale, Long Bay, Riverside Park, Peninsula Bay, Karaka Ridge, Jacks Point and Preston Downs. You can find details of these estates at the Australian and New Zealand FTTH Communities Map
Quoting from their web site:
"Our network has been developed over the past five years with a vision that some day customers would be able to shed the limitations of the old copper network and benefit from New Zealand's inevitable entry into the modern world."
"Now that fibre has begun to be installed into some New Zealand homes that day has arrived."
"With the implementation of fibre to the home, you now have access to this next generation in telecommunications technology."
"Xnet Fusion is by definition a combined voice, data and media product that is delivered over a single line; eliminating the need for separate voice and Internet access service. In Fibre connected homes, the true power of Xnet Fusion will be brought to life. Subscribers will enjoy faster speeds, more reliability and as products become available, more services than ever before!"
Pricing is a fixed $199 installation fee and a choice of either NZ$45 per month for the basic Internet and Phone or NZ$99 per month for High Speed Internet and Phone. There is no further definition of what basic Internet actually means, but on their Xnet Brochure the high speed service is up to 30Mbps down/6 Mbps up. Much better than the 10Mbps offered in Pegasus Town by TelstraClear.
In responce to the National party's $1.5billion FTTH plan for New Zealand, the Government has announced a $500 million-plus investment in broadband over the next five years, in what if calls the first downpayment on a 10-year plan.
Two articles from NZ papers discuss the recent funding annoucements in the budget, which has been described as underwhelming by Telecommunications Users' Association (TUANZ) boss Ernie Newman.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/9FFB13E44114C323CC25745100115E8E
http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/griffins-tech-blog/2008/5/22/lack-vision-labours-broadband-plans/?c_id=5
NZ Government rules out publicly funded National Fibre Network
0 comments Posted Thursday, May 08, 2008New Zealand Communications Minister David Cunliffe, at keynote speech to the TUANZ Telecommunications Day conference in Wellington on Thursday, reinforced the government's view that spending NZ$1.5 billion on an open-access fibre-to-the-home network was a "rubbish deal" that would only reinforce Telecom's monopolistic hold on the country's telecommunication infrastructure. However he did reveal that Labour is soon to announce an "amitious plan" that shall lay the groundwork for a national fibre network.
During his speech he said "I profoundly disagree on a recently proposed mechanism for achieving that goal [of FTTH]".
And on the matter of who would do it, "No one is willing to undertake a widespread Fibre to the home investment in competition with Telecom's services" and "Why would anyone make Telecom invest billions of dollars to over build their existing infrastructure?"
Mr Cunliffe, you like the government in Australia, totally miss the point on overbuilds. In most other OECD countries throughout the world there are two networks from which customers can choose their services; the incumbant's copper network and either an HFC or FTTH network. The advantage this creates is market driven competition, rather than heavy handed regulation that only fills the pockets of lawyers.
Many reading this article will say we are not like the rest of the world and our population is much smaller; none of these reasons are valid excuses. Take Telstra who makes $20b per year revenue with an enormous profit. They are the 12 largest telecommunications carrier in the world, and Australia has one of the smallest populations of the OECD nations. Having a competitive and modern infrastructure will generate investment and competition that will benefit the economy, the people and the country.
Several months ago Cunliffe also gave the thumbs down to the New Zealand Institute's FibreCo plan. However he seems to be afflicted with political schizophrenia; on one hand he is effectively saying it is unviable to build a fibre optic network on a national level, but on the other he agrees NZ needs such as network. What is so confusing about the government's position is they only just spent NZ$670million (about half the NZ$1.5m) buy back the railways.
The second half of his speech explained how government policies and regulation (there's that word again) have been put in place to support the operation of a fibre network. Their soon to be announced policy would enable the building of that network. We wait with baited breath.
During his speech he said "I profoundly disagree on a recently proposed mechanism for achieving that goal [of FTTH]".
And on the matter of who would do it, "No one is willing to undertake a widespread Fibre to the home investment in competition with Telecom's services" and "Why would anyone make Telecom invest billions of dollars to over build their existing infrastructure?"
Mr Cunliffe, you like the government in Australia, totally miss the point on overbuilds. In most other OECD countries throughout the world there are two networks from which customers can choose their services; the incumbant's copper network and either an HFC or FTTH network. The advantage this creates is market driven competition, rather than heavy handed regulation that only fills the pockets of lawyers.
Many reading this article will say we are not like the rest of the world and our population is much smaller; none of these reasons are valid excuses. Take Telstra who makes $20b per year revenue with an enormous profit. They are the 12 largest telecommunications carrier in the world, and Australia has one of the smallest populations of the OECD nations. Having a competitive and modern infrastructure will generate investment and competition that will benefit the economy, the people and the country.
Several months ago Cunliffe also gave the thumbs down to the New Zealand Institute's FibreCo plan. However he seems to be afflicted with political schizophrenia; on one hand he is effectively saying it is unviable to build a fibre optic network on a national level, but on the other he agrees NZ needs such as network. What is so confusing about the government's position is they only just spent NZ$670million (about half the NZ$1.5m) buy back the railways.
The second half of his speech explained how government policies and regulation (there's that word again) have been put in place to support the operation of a fibre network. Their soon to be announced policy would enable the building of that network. We wait with baited breath.
The Telecom Wholesale (NZ) annouced in April the formally trial of a wholesale Broadband over Fibre product.
According to their wholesale product roadmap dated April 08: "This project develops the capability to offer broadband services over fibre optics, in particular, to ensure that the requirements of new fibre-only subdivisions can be met. The service is in development and we have commenced a pilot of broadband over fibre products."
The service is planned to be piloted from April 2008 with product available for wholesale customers in late 2008. Details of the product are yet to be released.
Back in February, Tim Pegler, Broadband Portfolio Manager, was the keynote presenter at one of Telecom Wholesale's regular breakfast briefings. A video of his presentation on their FTTH plan is available at http://www.telecomwholesale.co.nz/n184.html.
Currently Telecom Wholesale have 4850 lots across the country under contract to be deployed over the next 5 years. Details of these development can be viewed at the FTTH Communities Map
Thank-you to Stephen Abbot for point me to the information
According to their wholesale product roadmap dated April 08: "This project develops the capability to offer broadband services over fibre optics, in particular, to ensure that the requirements of new fibre-only subdivisions can be met. The service is in development and we have commenced a pilot of broadband over fibre products."
The service is planned to be piloted from April 2008 with product available for wholesale customers in late 2008. Details of the product are yet to be released.
Back in February, Tim Pegler, Broadband Portfolio Manager, was the keynote presenter at one of Telecom Wholesale's regular breakfast briefings. A video of his presentation on their FTTH plan is available at http://www.telecomwholesale.co.nz/n184.html.
Currently Telecom Wholesale have 4850 lots across the country under contract to be deployed over the next 5 years. Details of these development can be viewed at the FTTH Communities Map
Thank-you to Stephen Abbot for point me to the information
New Zealand’s opposition National Party says it plans to invest NZD1.5 billion (USD1.2 billion) of public money on deploying an open access fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network if it is elected later this year. The party’s strategy sees a fibre connection to almost every home in the country, with more rural areas connected via satellite and mobile solutions. The first phase of the deployment would take six years and would concentrate on businesses, schools and health facilities, Dow Jones reports.
The deployment would be worth at least NZD2.7 billion annually in increased productivity, the National Party says. The ruling Labour Party says the proposals lack credibility, however, and would go against recent regulatory changes which are intended to improve competition in broadband markets. Communications Minister David Cunliffe said in a statement: ‘If this extravagant subsidy is ever rolled out all of the good work the government, industry, and business have done in dismantling Telecom's monopoly position will be lost.’
The full details of the announcement can be found here: http://www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?ArticleID=12141
The deployment would be worth at least NZD2.7 billion annually in increased productivity, the National Party says. The ruling Labour Party says the proposals lack credibility, however, and would go against recent regulatory changes which are intended to improve competition in broadband markets. Communications Minister David Cunliffe said in a statement: ‘If this extravagant subsidy is ever rolled out all of the good work the government, industry, and business have done in dismantling Telecom's monopoly position will be lost.’
The full details of the announcement can be found here: http://www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?ArticleID=12141
Media Release – 4 April 2008
InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) calls for thorough debate on a report from the New Zealand Institute proposing a public/private monopoly fibre entity.
In its report, released earlier this week, the New Zealand Institute suggests the establishment of a “price-regulated investment vehicle” referred to as FibreCo.
Under the New Zealand Institute proposal, FibreCo would retain a monopoly over New Zealand’s national fibre access network and give all providers equal access to the network. It would be required to deploy fibre connections to 75 percent of New Zealand premises within 10 years.
InternetNZ agrees with the New Zealand Institute that a fast and efficient national path to the rollout of fibre is required. Whether establishing a monopoly investor in the form of FibreCo is the best method remains to be seen, says Executive Director Keith Davidson.
“The proposal provides a useful strawman model for debate, given the growing focus on options for open access to dark-fibre infrastructure. Planning for rapid roll-out of high speed broadband including fibre infrastructure and FTTH does need to be fast tracked,” he says.
“Despite the significant reforms to the regulatory framework applying to telecommunications which the government has made, and Telecom’s cabinetisation plans, New Zealand remains an international laggard in respect of broadband. The current reforms and rollout will stop us falling even further behind. Further action is required if New Zealand’s Digital Strategy desire of being in the top half of the OECD for broadband is to be realised.”
The Institute’s proposal touches on a range of important investment and infrastructure issues including ducting, back haul and last mile access.
InternetNZ is still considering the model and will be seeking more detail from the New Zealand Institute. InternetNZ will actively engage in the debate, to help develop consensus around a viable model for high speed broadband investment in New Zealand.
“Once a consensus or a viable plan emerges, the time for talk will be over, and action will need to follow – from the government and from the industry,” concludes Davidson.
InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) calls for thorough debate on a report from the New Zealand Institute proposing a public/private monopoly fibre entity.
In its report, released earlier this week, the New Zealand Institute suggests the establishment of a “price-regulated investment vehicle” referred to as FibreCo.
Under the New Zealand Institute proposal, FibreCo would retain a monopoly over New Zealand’s national fibre access network and give all providers equal access to the network. It would be required to deploy fibre connections to 75 percent of New Zealand premises within 10 years.
InternetNZ agrees with the New Zealand Institute that a fast and efficient national path to the rollout of fibre is required. Whether establishing a monopoly investor in the form of FibreCo is the best method remains to be seen, says Executive Director Keith Davidson.
“The proposal provides a useful strawman model for debate, given the growing focus on options for open access to dark-fibre infrastructure. Planning for rapid roll-out of high speed broadband including fibre infrastructure and FTTH does need to be fast tracked,” he says.
“Despite the significant reforms to the regulatory framework applying to telecommunications which the government has made, and Telecom’s cabinetisation plans, New Zealand remains an international laggard in respect of broadband. The current reforms and rollout will stop us falling even further behind. Further action is required if New Zealand’s Digital Strategy desire of being in the top half of the OECD for broadband is to be realised.”
The Institute’s proposal touches on a range of important investment and infrastructure issues including ducting, back haul and last mile access.
InternetNZ is still considering the model and will be seeking more detail from the New Zealand Institute. InternetNZ will actively engage in the debate, to help develop consensus around a viable model for high speed broadband investment in New Zealand.
“Once a consensus or a viable plan emerges, the time for talk will be over, and action will need to follow – from the government and from the industry,” concludes Davidson.
Back in March last year Infinity Investment Group, the developer of a 2000 home estate 25Kms north of Christchuch, announced TelstraClear had won an exclusive contract to install telecommunications services to Pegasus Town.
TelstraClear Chief Executive Dr Allan Freeth said Pegasus Town is an exciting, uniquely innovative concept that will benefit from the company’s triple-play services. “It’s a one of a kind development that will deliver New Zealand’s best in home services, and we’re excited to be associated with a project of this standard. Pegasus Town represents cutting edge thinking, something that fits with the way we like to do things at TelstraClear,”
Investigations however have shown that the services delivered are only 10/2Mbps, slightly faster than the current ADSL1 based services offered by Telecom.
According to "The New Zealand Institute", an independent think tank, a new high-speed broadband network would generate additional economic benefit for the country of $2.7 billion to $4.4 billion a year, with additional gains possible through enabling innovation.
The institute believes New Zealand should aim for 75% population coverage using fibre to the home(FTTH) within 10 years. However, lack of investment in broadband due to its inadequate regulatory framework will condemn New Zealand to slow economic growth.
"The proposed investment pathway does not come close to positioning New Zealand to achieve the broadband aspiration in a timely manner. Significantly more investment is required," institute chief executive David Skilling said.
Full details of the report can be viewed here .
Finally after more than 100 hours of work I have finished the Australian and New Zealand FTTH communities map . I welcome any assistance in providing up to date information on sites, size, developer and service provider. Your assistance will ensure this map is maintained as the prime reference for FTTH communities in Australia. Rest assured only information which is public knowledge will be posted to this site.
The summary of statistics has been moved to the Blog article. A full report will be available in the coming months.
The summary of statistics has been moved to the Blog article. A full report will be available in the coming months.
Research and Markets has released its report 'New Zealand - Infrastructure - NGNs and FttH', in which it says the country trails behind most of the western world in the adoption of high-speed broadband access.
The report says "the introduction of ADSL2+ services, facilitated by the unbundling of the local loop (ULL), will allow for faster access of new services including VoIP and IPTV, which will also be critical for the growth of digital media services. However it will take a couple of years for these services to become widespread and it will not be until 2012 that Telecom New Zealand's Next Generation Network (NGN) network will have been completed."
Unbundling of the local loop occurred in most economically advanced nations years ago. The talk of deployment of ADSL2+ when most of the world is progressing rapidly to FTTH is just madness.
Furthermore the reticulation of free or pay television content via NGNs using IPTV will not occur until SkyNZ comes into the 21st century with their attitude towards modern technolgy and get over their aversion to IP based networks.
Peter Griffin, a reporter at the New Zealand Herald, also writes about his experiences in Amsterdam, and the development of "CityNet" a 40,000 home brownfield deployment of Fibre to the Home.
The report says "the introduction of ADSL2+ services, facilitated by the unbundling of the local loop (ULL), will allow for faster access of new services including VoIP and IPTV, which will also be critical for the growth of digital media services. However it will take a couple of years for these services to become widespread and it will not be until 2012 that Telecom New Zealand's Next Generation Network (NGN) network will have been completed."
Unbundling of the local loop occurred in most economically advanced nations years ago. The talk of deployment of ADSL2+ when most of the world is progressing rapidly to FTTH is just madness.
Furthermore the reticulation of free or pay television content via NGNs using IPTV will not occur until SkyNZ comes into the 21st century with their attitude towards modern technolgy and get over their aversion to IP based networks.
Peter Griffin, a reporter at the New Zealand Herald, also writes about his experiences in Amsterdam, and the development of "CityNet" a 40,000 home brownfield deployment of Fibre to the Home.
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