Bill Bennett - New Zealand telecoms and technology news
WEBHome of the Download Weekly, the New Zealand telecommunications newsletter – also covers personal productivity tools and local technology issues.
What is this site about and who is Bill Bennett?
WEBBill Bennett is a freelance New Zealand technology and business journalist. He started writing about technology in 1980 as staff writer on Practical Computing magazine. He left the UK in 1987 to work in Wellington on The Dominion as Computer Page editor. He spent a decade working in Sydney, Australia. There he was managing editor of two ...
New Zealand got lucky twice with fast broadband - Bill Bennett
WEBMost New Zealanders have world class broadband. Our UFB network proved its worth again since the Covid–19 forced large numbers to work from home.
Another Pacific cable for NZ by 2026 - Bill Bennett
WEBMay 3, 2024 · Another Pacific cable for NZ by 2026. An Auckland link will be added to the trans-Pacific submarine cable being built by Vocus and Google. Spark uses MBNZ technology to highlight fixed wireless performance. …
How the 2degrees-Vocus merger affected competition
WEB4 days ago · Broadband competition. Fixed broadband is more competitive. In 2022, prices for most users, but not high end users, were higher in New Zealand than in other OECD countries. Entry level plans here cost $65 a month, with the OECD average being $53. High end plans at $73 were significantly lower than the OECD average of $111.
Extending New Zealand's fibre network - Bill Bennett
WEBNov 28, 2019 · The UFB1 fibre network reaches three quarters of New Zealand. UFB2 will stretch that to around 87 per cent. We can take fibre further, but that needs taxpayer money. A lot of it. When New Zealand built its copper telephone network, government saw it as a nation-building exercise. Copper phone wires reached almost everywhere.
Five more years of fibre regulation - Bill Bennett
WEBFive years ago no-one had heard of SpaceX and Starlink. Fixed wireless broadband was uncompetitive with fibre. By 2029 New Zealand’s fixed wireless broadband networks will have moved from 4G to 5G. The newer technology is faster and more reliable, offering performance much closer to today’s fibre services. 5G fixed wireless is already ...
Telecom competition: 2degrees merger, rural connectivity and …
WEBA review of New Zealand's telecommunications regulatory challenges. Recently the Download Weekly sat down with Telecommunications Commissioner Tristan Gilbertson and members of the Commerce Commission team overseeing industry regulation to get a better idea of the watchdog's thinking on key issues.
The return of digital piracy - Bill Bennett
WEBSep 28, 2023 · A decade ago the media sector, in effect, saw off digital piracy. Now piracy is on the way back. Last week the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) published a report showing piracy declined slowly over the years until 2021 when the trend was reversed. Last year piracy ticked up 3.3 per cent. EUIPO's numbers are …
NZ broadband faces competitive reset - Bill Bennett
WEBLow Earth orbit satellites, 5G and a fibre speed bump are set to reboot New Zealand broadband competition.. It’s a decade since the first customers connected to Ultrafast broadband. At that time fibre looked the likely Kiwi broadband future.
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