Watching a presentation by one of these major media outlets that doesn't hyperlink our blogs tonight... I see that the CC are talking about investigating why there isn't a third mobile network in NZ.
At 5pm this afternoon I was chatting to my mum while standing watching my nephews doing their rugby practice in a big open park in Burnside, Christchurch.
Nothing unusual about that?
Ok, my mum is in Wellington and I wasn't using a mobile to chat to her..
I was chatting to her using Skype on my PDA which was connecting to someones wifi AP. No idea who's AP it was but the coverage was pleanty good enough.
Now you might consider this unusual, but I was chatting to my dad last week (also in Wellington) from a cafe in the local mall - also an open wifi AP.
Given that this is the future, why would anyone consider setting up a new mobile network?
It's no wonder that Telecom's share price seems to have had a 'dead cat bounce' and is back on the way down.
Cheers Don
[Moderator edit: known bug on hyperlinking, must add the 'http://' part, or links dont work here, thanks for making the effort though!]