On Tuesday 25 April 2006 00:26, Malcolm Locke wrote: > I have one semi OT question, what is the broadband situation like in > Chch at present? 2 main providers, all the others 'retail' Telecom's offering.
2Mhz up and down is considered 'broadband'. All the providers offer variations on the theme. > Anyone have any recommendations / condemnations? Telstra Cable is what I have been using for a while, but note that it's not universal over the whole of the City ( such as it is ). Nice and fast, fibre to the gate. Variety of speeds and volume caps. http://www.telstra.co.nz Telecom provide an ADSL service in most of the main towns and centres, but not in rural areas. I'm told it works. http://www.xtra.co.nz -- CS
