NZ BB Analysis before 16/9

Posted by chiefworker on 16 September 2009

Analysis of NZ Broadband before the 16/9 government announcement

So, we are about to make the largest single public investment in telecommunications ever in our nation's life - $1.5 billion ? we may be wrong - still a big number !

We think this is excellent, as the Government's decision to invest $1.5 billion to bring fibre to the home (FTTH) for 75% of New Zealanders is fundamentally important to achieving our economic and social development goals.

However, anyone in the least interested and informed about the issue will know that this is a very complex issue.

We have been working in this field since 2001 and recently we applied our minds to just one aspect of this business - regulation.

Read our views in this paper (19 pages, easy to read)