Talk:Telecom New Zealand
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[edit] NPOV ?
Let's try not to bash excessively ? We are meant to be mature adults ya'know. --2mcmGespräch 07:38, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
- I agree there's some real negativity there. I don't like monopolies myself, but there's no reason to have things like hacking attempts in the Telecom timeline. ie:
- "Telecom's mobile customers find out that their privacy and security is not safe on the Telecom network, when a phreaker named ^god releases an exploit to the media allowing access to almost anyone's voicemail."
- It seems insignificant (every company gets hacked...), and could easily be put under criticisms. Similarly, the "we deliberately confuse people" link would fall under "effects of a monopoly" wouldn't it? Greg 01:13, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
You cannot blame a monopoly for seeking profits from the monopoly. The government creates the monopoly. Not the company. --Wikismile 14:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Economic Loss
Does anyone know where that figure of $50m-$250m loss came from? --Nzhamstar 19:26, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
- I haven't got the cite (wasn't really worried about it at the time), but it was an NZ treasury finding, that much is correct : ) porges 09:47, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] T3G
Is it really 3G? --202.36.252.2 00:54, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
- It uses the CDMA 2000 connection which is listed on the 3G page. So yes it does seem so. --2mcmGespräch 22:52, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Expensive Internet costs
I added the figures for data costs, they are correct as of 9/4/2006. http://jetstream.xtra.co.nz/chm/0,8763,205170-203090,00.html
[edit] employees
Number in infobox appear to be incorrect. See [1] - SimonLyall 10:45, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- The figure you link to is from 2005, but I think our figure is probably much older, so I've adjusted it and done some necessary maintenance to the article.-gadfium 20:31, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] CDPD in 1987?
The timeline indicates that in 1987, "Telecom launches its 025 mobile network and CDPD mobile data network." In fact, CDPD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDPD) was created in the US in the 1990s and wasn't commercially deployed until sometime between 1993 and 1995 (depending on what you call "commercial"). I have no idea what kind of mobile data network Telecom NZ deployed, or when, but my knowledge about CDPD comes from joining one of the first companies to build CDPD subscriber device and base station pioneers (Pacific Communication Sciences, Inc in San Diego, CA) I joined them in 1994 and recall the talk about preparations for Comdex in 1993 being a real bear because they were rushing frantically to get the first CDPD base station and subscriber devices ready for demos at that trade show.
[edit] The regulation announcement
I thought this was leaked wasn't it? Or was it leaked on the 1st then announced officially on the 3rd? --Nzhamstar 19:13, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
- It was leaked to Telecom. The Telecom people who received it called up their lawyers and I believe they decided they would have to tell their shareholders and informed the government. The government then brought forward the announcement from it's planned date of during the budget Nil Einne 15:09, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
