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#2975195 30-Sep-2022 08:14

Oh good lord the name change has nothing to do with politics, race or any other possible conspiracy, it's a name. It could mean ONE stop shop, number ONE telco in Aotearoa, ONE because they didn't like THREE and TWO was already taken. Maybe Jason Paris is an evil genius and knew deciding on ONE would sent the interwebs, Reef Fish media and social media into a frenzy providing free advertising.

It's a name, keep calm and carry on.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2975210 30-Sep-2022 08:31

MikeB4:

Oh good lord the name change has nothing to do with politics, race or any other possible conspiracy, it's a name. It could mean ONE stop shop, number ONE telco in Aotearoa, ONE because they didn't like THREE and TWO was already taken. Maybe Jason Paris is an evil genius and knew deciding on ONE would sent the interwebs, Reef Fish media and social media into a frenzy providing free advertising.

It's a name, keep calm and carry on.

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#2975241 30-Sep-2022 09:09

Problem is, what does "Bell" on its own mean? I think of a brand of tea.

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#2975245 30-Sep-2022 09:11

Could not care about a name change. The bigger question is why is Vodafone walking away from NZ?

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#2975250 30-Sep-2022 09:17

Wombat1:

Could not care about a name change. The bigger question is why is Vodafone walking away from NZ?

Because they were in debt?

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vodafone-group-divestiture-idUSKCN1SJ1T8

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#2975253 30-Sep-2022 09:28

Wombat1:
Could not care about a name change. The bigger question is why is Vodafone walking away from NZ?

Corporations review their business on a regular cycle and change according success, changing markets and plans going forward. No different to Google closing Stadia.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2975363 30-Sep-2022 11:47

quickymart:

Problem is, what does "Bell" on its own mean? I think of a brand of tea.

I always thought it was to do with the bell that used to be in old phones that would ring to let you know someone was calling?

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#2975418 30-Sep-2022 11:58

MurrayM:

quickymart:

Problem is, what does "Bell" on its own mean? I think of a brand of tea.

I always thought it was to do with the bell that used to be in old phones that would ring to let you know someone was calling?

I suspect the Bell (US Phone company) was more than likely named after Alexander Graham Bell.

Could be wrong, but he was pretty big in Phones ;)

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#2975434 30-Sep-2022 12:36

Well, I believe Vodafone NZ originated from this company at first:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BellSouth

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#2975435 30-Sep-2022 12:38

I was a client when they were Bell South

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#2975439 30-Sep-2022 12:57

Wombat1:

Could not care about a name change. The bigger question is why is Vodafone walking away from NZ?

@Wombat1 They left a number of years ago

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#2975440 30-Sep-2022 12:58

'Bell' used by telecommunication companies because of Alexander Graham Bell who patented the telephone and telegraph. Eg.,Bell South, Bell Canada etc.

To me, 'One,' is unimaginative and definitely not catchy. Always thought Skinny was a memorable name.

Edit. Snap someone beat me to it

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#2975441 30-Sep-2022 13:04

Eva888: Edit. Snap someone beat me to it

Snap is gone too 🙁

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#2975449 30-Sep-2022 13:36

trig42:

I suspect the Bell (US Phone company) was more than likely named after Alexander Graham Bell.

Ah, right, I forgot about him. Makes more sense than my idea! 😀

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#2975714 1-Oct-2022 09:04

MikeAqua:

It always cracked me up that the Spark logo looks like crossed wires. (I assume it's meant to be a wild card character).

A new logo didn't improve service levels for spark.

I always saw telecoms new logo as a communicative mesh between different points

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