On 8/9/07, Ross Drummond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:35, Roger Searle wrote: > > > the hardest part of resolving it was having to wait for at least 45 > > minutes every time i needed to call paradise, 4 or 5 times in total over > > some weeks while they went through the preliminaries then did some > > logging then had telecom do their part. hope your isp is better :-)
You can e-mail them you know. :-) > There is an article in todays NZ Herald[1] that says that Telstra Clear is an > unprofitable distraction its owners, Telstra in Australia. > > Despite having a modern network in two of NZ's largest cities which simply > blows away the incumbents (Telecoms) capabilities, it is becoming obvious > that Telstra Clear is withering on the vine. > > I think that Telstra Clear should be sold to someone who is able to leaverage > the comparative technological superiority of their network into an attractive > customer experience. > [1] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/3/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10456629 I heard that we were used as lab rats to see how well a fibre Cable network would work out economically in this part of the world, before deploying similar in Aust. My informant told me that they were very disappointed that Cable-TV didn't take off as they had hoped, but were absolutely amazed that the Internet connections are as popular as they are. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
