At 07:48 p.m. 9/02/2004 +1300, James White wrote:
Where does this idea that 256K is broadband come from?
I thought it was something set by Telecom?
who ever "set" it is crazy. Its anything above 2mbps. Before "broadband", you could get a 2mbps cct, so for the "new" thing it has to be better. Hence 2+ mbps, and in my thinking only really kicks in around 30mbps. As a few may know I can get a little passionate about higher speeds and why we need them. Its not about bits and bytes, but about the economic development of our country. People who would give us pathetic speeds when they can deliver a better product are damaging our economy. To my thinking this is close to treason. Michael Newberry can you find a dictionary definition to back me up ?? So maybe instead of arguing about bit rates we should just get a few treason trials going featuring Theresa Gattung and Rosemary Howard for starters. After a few executions, we might start getting broadband. Seriously - it is economic development and its at least scandalous that a company (or companies) can hold back the economy of a country in this way. Thats why CityLink was started, and why we keep having to visit Councils and explain the effect it has had. I know of 3 businesses that moved out of the Hutt to Wgtn because of the cost of networking. So use economic development in your argument for better rates and watch the political force build behind you. And yes the NZNOG videos are coming. Theres 8.9GBytes of them, so I didn't use my "broadband" dsl connection, as it would bankrupt me. Despite being in AKL today, I took a firewire disk into work and the files are copying at the moment. Thats a very good example of how dsl and its pricing is holding back NZ business. rich