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Why fast Internet matters in New Zealand

Southern Cross cable.

We need high-speed, high-capacity Internet in New Zealand if we are to grow as a country. Here’s a brief picture of New Zealand and its Internet needs.

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Kiwis get broadband

Network.

The number of New Zealand homes using broadband to connect to the Internet has doubled in the last 3 years. 80% of the total population use the Internet.

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Our undersea weakest link

Broadband will only ever be as fast as the narrowest point.

The undersea cable that brings the Internet to New Zealand is a long, wet, weak link. Pacific Fibre plan to make sure we keep up with the best in the world.

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Right vs rights holders: the threat to Internet access

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While Internet access is starting to be seen as a basic right, it is also increasingly being threatened by profiteers.

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Broadband that hits the wall faster

Soon we can reach the download limit even faster. I want a more generous limit, not higher speed for my broadband connection.

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Broadband takes over – at last

Statistics New Zealand reveals that broadband users in New Zealand now finally exceed dial-up users: … the number of broadband subscribers went up 14.4 per cent to 829,300, in the six months to September 2007 and overtook dial-up subscribers. Subscribers with a dial-up connection fell 8.6 per cent from March 2007 to 675,800. [Via : [...]

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