tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post4146494491534457288..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: Pardon me for not getting excited about this thing called 5GKarl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-88076776826794866462019-01-29T12:17:26.172+13:002019-01-29T12:17:26.172+13:00Funny you mention ultra-fast broadband. Comments f...Funny you mention ultra-fast broadband. Comments from people I know who have signed up feel it's no different. As to fibre, Spark is constantly calling me to change over. The only problem is that they have to work out a way to get the fibre to my house as I do not have access to the road via land I own. Talking to Spark I was told that they are asking the government for legislation to overturn private property rights and remove the need for easements and other legal actions required. This will be huge in Auckland given the cross-leased sections, unit titles and houses sharing the same section. Michael Wyndhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12323632941060268210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-4503288833664415432019-01-24T19:44:37.672+13:002019-01-24T19:44:37.672+13:00Yes you are definitely a luddite. I am going the s...Yes you are definitely a luddite. I am going the same way. Microsoft persuaded the organisation I do most of my work for to convert to Skype for Business, a product that has all the bells and whistles that used to come free with ordinary skype. The 'only' problem is that you can't use it to talk to people with ordinary Skype. But on the 5G issue, the big NZ story may be that the mobile network companies are rolling out commercially a service that purportedly will provide better speeds than that provided by much hyped and government funded fibre based broadband Governments trying to pick winners is always fraught, but in the technology business it is surely madness. davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00312282243883488495noreply@blogger.com