Observations on the News
It's about time the commerce commission started thumping Telecom for pretending that DSL is broadband ! Seems Christchurch has the country's worst internet (another reason to move love!) Here's an excerpt from the Executive Summary of the REPORT FOR THE COMMERCE COMMISSION ON NEW ZEALAND BROADBAND PERFORMANCE (pdf) prepared by Epitiro-IDC :
• TelstraClear Cable exceeded the industry average by between 22% and
41% on key measures affecting speed, time-to-connect and browsing.
• TelstraClear's DSL performance was between 6% and 14% better than
the industry average on key metrics. However its DSL performance was
highly variable: strong results in the three main centres were offset by the
lowest outcomes in Hamilton and Dunedin. Epitiro-IDC believes this
reflects where TelstraClear has its own cable or DSL network capability
and where it resells Telecom services.
• Orcon achieved consistently good results, particularly in metrics that
affect browsing such as synchronisation speed, time taken to access
local and international content (cached and non-cached HTTP download
speeds) and retrieving web addresses (DNS). A lower email score offset
this for Orcon this quarter.
• Telecom, Vodafone and Slingshot all scored average to below-average
outcomes on both geographic and key performance metrics. Of the main
ISPs, Telecom scored the lowest outcomes in Auckland, Wellington and
Christchurch, but was slightly above average in Hamilton and Dunedin.
Heather du Plessis-Allen, (who was in most of this evenings local news reports, but still hasn't got her picture on the One Network New Team page!) is totally trying to look like jenni_talula playing Polly Perkins !
• TelstraClear Cable exceeded the industry average by between 22% and
41% on key measures affecting speed, time-to-connect and browsing.
• TelstraClear's DSL performance was between 6% and 14% better than
the industry average on key metrics. However its DSL performance was
highly variable: strong results in the three main centres were offset by the
lowest outcomes in Hamilton and Dunedin. Epitiro-IDC believes this
reflects where TelstraClear has its own cable or DSL network capability
and where it resells Telecom services.
• Orcon achieved consistently good results, particularly in metrics that
affect browsing such as synchronisation speed, time taken to access
local and international content (cached and non-cached HTTP download
speeds) and retrieving web addresses (DNS). A lower email score offset
this for Orcon this quarter.
• Telecom, Vodafone and Slingshot all scored average to below-average
outcomes on both geographic and key performance metrics. Of the main
ISPs, Telecom scored the lowest outcomes in Auckland, Wellington and
Christchurch, but was slightly above average in Hamilton and Dunedin.
Heather du Plessis-Allen, (who was in most of this evenings local news reports, but still hasn't got her picture on the One Network New Team page!) is totally trying to look like jenni_talula playing Polly Perkins !