Is Telecom NZ a good corporate citizen?

, posted: 29-Mar-2006 09:44

The Australian's IT section talks about Telstra being quizzed by a parliamentary committe on if it's a good corporate citizen, which is intriguing. Over there, Telstra hasn't got anywhere near the dominant position that Telecom enjoys in (read the entire post)...



TelstraClear increases data caps and lowers usage charges on its cable network

, posted: 28-Mar-2006 09:53

I see that TelstraClear has bumped up data caps and lowered excess usage charges on its cable service in Wellington and Christchurch.

Here are the new plans:

HighSpeed 1G 2 Mb/s 2 Mb/s 1G * $2.95 per 250MB
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Xtra to introduce port 25 filtering

, posted: 27-Mar-2006 12:56

Quite a few overseas ISPs already do it in an effort to filter out spam and worm traffic from their customers, but NZ's largest ISP, Telecom Xtra, has resisted blocking traffic on TCP 25, or the port used for SMTP.

The filtering will c (read the entire post)...



WiMAX versus ADSL2+?

, posted: 25-Mar-2006 10:35

"The technologies behind WiMAX should allow for wireless data speeds of up to 40 Mbit/s over
a distance of 10 kilometres using relatively inexpensive equipment. These same technologies could also
offer faster data transfers to mobile device (read the entire post)...



Kodak pours in pixels to tempt camera buyers

, posted: 16-Jul-2004 23:40

The digital camera megapixel war rages on, with photography giant Kodak releasing two new models with high-resolution image sensors. The new LS753 and DX7630 cameras come with Kodak's EasyShare system for printing and sharing pictures easily. We (read the entire post)...



Palmerston North broadband speeds past others

, posted: 13-Jul-2004 23:39

While most New Zealand's broadband customers consider themselves lucky to get connection speeds in the hundreds of kilobit per second range, Palmerston North's business district can network at 10 and 100 megabit per second thanks to a local i (read the entire post)...



Nice phone - pity about that screen though

, posted: 25-Jun-2004 23:36

Is it a phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA)? That's the first question that pops up when you see the PalmOne Treo 600, which manages both functions, and does so rather well.

PalmOne has got the dimensions pretty much right with (read the entire post)...



Decision on telcos slammed

, posted: 22-Jun-2004 23:32

A scathing peer review commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Development says the Commerce Commission erred in under-estimating the net benefits of local loop unbundling and drew conclusions not supported by even its own analysis.

Local (read the entire post)...



Lobby rejects anti-spam laws

, posted: 15-Jun-2004 23:29

The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) has come out against anti-spam legislation. DMA head Keith Norris says it is not needed and it may have "potentially sinister side-effects" for direct marketing and telemarketing.

"I'm concerned (read the entire post)...



Telecom 'subsidy' hits rivals

, posted: 8-Jun-2004 23:26

Hopes for rural broadband competition have been dealt another blow with Telecom revealing it is using its Project Probe funding from the Government to slash the price of its wireless broadband services.

The result is, in effect, a subsidy. (read the entire post)...





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