Hi,
I am interested to know what people here think about the WCC's intention to spend $16 - $40 million putting fibre cable around the city on the trolley bus lines.
As a Wellington ratepayer - I thought the reporter didnt check the answers our Mayor gave to a lot of questions to justify such a expenditure, eg
- does the WCC intend to set up a ISP provider using public money to compete with TCL and Xtra , or
- do they anticipate TCL and Telecom will use their cable rather than their own,
- or do they expect 3rd party providers to come in.
Also I find it hard to believe that 50% of wellington households dont have access to broadband although it wasnt clear if she was talking about no infrastructure or not current subscribers. After all everywhere the trolley bus lines go - the major providers are already there arnt they.