Ive waited 6 years for fixedline broadband I suppose I can wait another 6, and if not move to ozzie .... lol
This is another case of someone waiting on the big companies and not auctually checking to see if there is a local company that can do it.
At 7km from the exchange, a fixed wireless (not satelite or cellular) will be faster than adsl and there are two companies in your area that you can approach who *probably* have coverage around shanon. They are also probably in the local yellow pages.
As mentioned above, they are
Inspirenet and thinair.
From Thinair's website: "Our coverage area spans the Manawatu and Horowhenua districts using
the latest wireless technology to deliver your services"
Why be willing to wait another 6 years, when there is probably something faster than ADSL or ADSL2+ could provide already avaliable. And Cheaper than telecom - $45 a month for 20gb at 3mbit is pretty good.
Assuming you are looking at vodafone naked dsl at $55 a month for 20gb which is probably going to be slower, thinair looks like a good deal.