Rural ISPs attack utterly insane Vodafone plan, foot-dragging minister
8 Mar, 2021 04:37 AM
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The WISPs of New Zealand. Video / Wispa NZ
Vodafone s new $40 per month wireless broadband plan, launched on Friday, got the tick from wealth manager Jarden. Although Vodafone had been late to the party, it was now starting to pull the price lever , analyst Arie Dekker said. FWA (fixed-wireless access) competition was starting to benefit users.
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Dekker saw Spark replying with its own price cuts as it strives to hit its target of moving 30 to 40 per cent of its fixed-broadband customers to wireless broadband (which uses a mobile network to deliver fast internet into a fixed premise such as a home or office, negating the need for a landline).
Collett said a nurse had been notified somehow and was there when firefighters arrived. “Luckily the first responders were there, and we weren’t required to assist. “Our pager system still works if someone can push a manual call point at the fire station. But our fire station is not manned, we are volunteers.” Collett said the outage was “unacceptable” and created a serious issue for emergency services. “They keep talking about us getting the big earthquake and this outage shows us we are not prepared. We have no back up system if it does fail. “People’s lives are at risk.”