matt45:

marmel: Why does vf care anyway, just re-direct all the customer complaints into the big black hole where the rest of the correspondance from customers goes, never to be heard from again...

good call

coffeebaron: So imagine Vodafone's dilemma, working away on the issue, with plenty of time to resolve ahead of the June launch. The all of a sudden - Telecom decide they will launch not even half way through May!



So now Vodafones "plenty of time" is now not much time at all.

girlinamansworld:   Voda should have just worked with Telecom to fix any problems, sounds very much like a delay tactic...

Telecom’s engineers have already been working with their counterparts at Vodafone, for several weeks now, to resolve these issues and this process has been working well.

JimmyLizar: Not taking sides here, way too many people jumping to conclusions about Vodafones motive behind the court proceedings. I suspect that 99% of the people making comment here have next to no real hard information/facts about the case.



I just think it is too improbable to believe that Vodafone would take Telecom to court merely as a delaying tactic if there wasn't an actual problem that was, at least in part, Telecoms fault. The courts will very quickly see through a sham court injunction proceeding. Vodafone would be taking a huge risk doing this and the consequences would be too horrendous for Vodafone to even contemplate.

coffeebaron: This sure is a fun debate, so here's my 2c on the whole timing of this:

- extract from the Herald story: - He said (Paul Reynolds) the first he heard of Vodafone's problem was on Wednesday - days after Telecom announced the mid-May launch date



- yet a few paragraphs later: Engineers for both companies had been working on the issues for weeks



So imagine Vodafone's dilemma, working away on the issue, with plenty of time to resolve ahead of the June launch. The all of a sudden - Telecom decide they will launch not even half way through May!



So now Vodafones "plenty of time" is now not much time at all.



Anyway, just some alternative perspective to toss in the mix, and of course we still don't know the actual facts behind this all.

sbiddle:

n00dy:
And as other people have pointed out, Telecoms xt has been transmitting since Christmas, thats well over 4 months, wouldnt you think that if your competiton was causing problems with your network you would have taken it up with them BEFORE they launch, not take a court injunction days out, reminds me of politics,

Work has been ongoing to some time to resolve this issue. The Telecom media release even acknowledges this.

It's so funny how there are only a handful off people on here who are cellular engineers (I'm not one of them) but yet people's bias towards Company X or Company Y they have all suddenly formed opinions as to who is at fault.

Let the evidence and the outcome of the court ruling decide who's wrong.

allstarnz: I do know that in some parts of the country, it's the same engineers (Downer I think), who look after both Telecom and Vodafone cell sites.