I only have a faint memory of NZ broadband speed after 2 weeks of European broadband (all I remember is that it was, well, like dial up in the rest of the world… That may be an exaggeration, but it is definitely slower). Today I was delighted though to read a report that for the first time there is more broadband in New Zealand than dial-up. Have a look here. There you will also find a report about internet use and speeds in New Zealand by Statistics New Zealand. Very useful!
The beautiful islands in the Pacific urgently need to sort out their broadband speeds. Fast internet is a pre-requisite for using a huge number of websites that are essential today. The slow speeds in New Zealand have become a big obstacle to businesses in the past few years, and there is a government initiative going to get Kiwi-broadband up to speed. Hope this happens sooner rather than later.
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we are just a small island with simple folk who don’t know what to make of this new fangle dangle inter-whatsit.
just gimmie a plough, a field, and a homestead, and i’ll be happy shootin’ possums the resta ma days…
Yeah, seriously though, we should petition Vodafone and Telecom to stop sucking so much.
I agree. I have been away from my high speed boradband for a few days and I have been using dial up, and it is hard to tell the difference! Which means either the dial up is really good, or the broadband is REALLY slow…when it works.