$50M boost for rural broadband welcomed by wireless ISPs
An extra $50 million of investment is on its way for rural broadband services, infrastructure minister Shane Jones and communications minister Kris Faafoi announced today.
An extra $50 million of investment is on its way for rural broadband services, infrastructure minister Shane Jones and communications minister Kris Faafoi announced today.
The Commerce Commission has penalised internet service provider MyRepublic for failing to provide information needed to calculate its share of the Telecommunications Development Levy.
Telco Vocus, operator of the Orcon, Slingshot and Stuff Fibre brands, is labelling Chorus’ fibre price rises as "cynical, money grabbing and unwarranted".
UFB network company Chorus is moving ahead with a trial of super-fast 10Gbit/s technology in limited areas.
“As the IoT gateway market emerges, Internet Service Providers will be the early winners in the battle for the home gateway."
A flurry of activity will follow the plan from U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler to reclassify broadband as a regulated public utility as the foundation for new net neutrality rules.
Net neutrality is about more than individual consumers' rights to stream video over the Web without paying extra for it. Partitioning the Internet into haves and have-nots will give big companies yet another advantage over smaller, more disruptive firms.