quickymart: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10800069

280 days? That's a one very patient port waiter - to the extreme, if ever I saw one!

DonGould:ya I saw that article... it's silly.  There's at least 3 wireless networks up there.  Why aren't people using the WISPs in the area?

quickymart:

DonGould:ya I saw that article... it's silly.  There's at least 3 wireless networks up there.  Why aren't people using the WISPs in the area?

She's in a pretty hilly area Don, it's not all flat, smooth land...she even says herself: "...all we have is dial-up and we have a little T Stick...but because of the rolling hills, being on dial-up is faster than the stick and it takes so long to do anything."

sbiddle: There are 108 new cabinets covering 14000 MPF's being installed in the BOP region as part of the RBI over the next few years - it's a shame the NZ Herald as usual didn't bother explaining that

ptinson:

sbiddle: There are 108 new cabinets covering 14000 MPF's being installed in the BOP region as part of the RBI over the next few years - it's a shame the NZ Herald as usual didn't bother explaining that

That would ruin a good story with actual information...

ptinson:

sbiddle: There are 108 new cabinets covering 14000 MPF's being installed in the BOP region as part of the RBI over the next few years - it's a shame the NZ Herald as usual didn't bother explaining that

That would ruin a good story with actual information...

sbiddle: The quality of journalism has dropped so much at the Herald these days, if it's not a story about a popstar, celebrity or the Kartrashians they're bound to stuff it up.