John Key opens doors as 2degrees brings fibre to the desk in Christchurch
For the first time in New Zealand, 2degrees has brought fibre to the desk as part of a GPON installation for Environment Canterbury’s brand new Christchurch offices.
For the first time in New Zealand, 2degrees has brought fibre to the desk as part of a GPON installation for Environment Canterbury’s brand new Christchurch offices.
“Meanwhile it’s the poor old consumer who gets to pay the price."
“At two levels the Prime Minister’s behaviour has got to be questioned."
“The security and intelligence sector has been undergoing significant change at agency and operational level."
"Is it really necessary to pay CEOs many times more than John Key is paid? I find that hard to justify and I believe most New Zealanders do too.”
Never before in my recollection has the future of telecommunications been a major differentiator in a general election. Yet this year the National Party raised the bar by choosing it as the first policy off the rank. As far back as April 22 they announced their commitment of $1.5 billion of taxpayer money to drive the roll-out of a “fibre to the home ultra-fast broadband network”.
The government’s $340 million fund to accelerate broadband is now accepting applications from business and community groups.
ICT Minister David Cunliffe has attempted to turn an adverse Treasury report on broadband to the government’s political advantage.
Lost in location-land
— Hey big spender
Communications minister David Cunliffe says National’s $1.5 billion broadband investment plan, announced yesterday, lacks detail and "smacks of opportunism".
John Key was presented with the first ever single-user licence for Software Associates' email encryption program Securit-e yesterday.