I totally agree. Thanks Tony.
I say this becasue today we spend billions on stuffing Telecom NZ's and TelstraClear's pockets.....and the profit alone on that service would build a kick-ass national network that would meet the infrastructural aims and goals I have in mind.
How on earth would you know what it cost's to build a national network ? Let alone a "kick ass" one. Don't confuse putting up a few wireless nodes or stringing up some fibres on power poles with building a "national network". To do that you need billion dollar investments in equipment and info-structure. You go try and price up digging a trench (and getting approval for it!) from Auckland to Wellington, then come back and tell us how cheap you think your "kick ass" network will be.
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