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#97995 22-Feb-2012 16:23

Posted today the news about the first RBI site going live.

RBI is delivered wirelessly over 3G by Vodafone New Zealand, with backhaul provided by Chorus.

Prices are according to Vodafone "urban comparable pricing", but in reality they aren't.

$80 for 5GB and $90 for 10GB, then it's $30/GB... And up to $848 installation fee?

Now, how can the government justify this as "initiative"?

UPDATE: Vodafone provided additional information on a $20/5 GB pack that will be automatically offered to users who go over their cap. Read more here.

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#585231 22-Feb-2012 16:27

I think the big question why during the RBI tender process did the government switch from RBI funding region by region where multiple players would have been able to do a single region to a model where only someone who can cover all regions could apply.

A model different to where the UFB went

Most problems are the result of previous solutions...

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#585236 22-Feb-2012 16:33

freitasm:
Prices are according to Vodafone "urban comparable pricing"

10 years ago...

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#585238 22-Feb-2012 16:35

hmm.. what a joke.

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#585241 22-Feb-2012 16:36

$90 for 10GB is fine. $30/GB thereafter is a joke.

Do whatever you want to do man.

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#585244 22-Feb-2012 16:43

Hey guys - maybe this should move to the NZ Broadband Forums as this is really a Chorus / Vodafone solution.

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#585246 22-Feb-2012 16:44

Arghhh. Idiot OP created it in wrong forum. Moved it now.

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#585248 22-Feb-2012 16:48

According to this wholesale is $1.50/GB and yet retail is $30/GB...

Yay for gouging...

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#585249 22-Feb-2012 16:49

Prices for overages are $1.50/GB wholesale, is that right!?
http://www.med.govt.nz/sectors-industries/technology-communication/pdf-docs-library/broadband-policy/rbi-contracts/MED-Vodafone-Rural-Broadband-Agreement.pdf

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#585251 22-Feb-2012 17:01

So $90 for 10GB, includes free local calling and phone line rental.

Not too far from other packages available.

Of course the install fees and additional data rates are a bit of a joke.

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#585252 22-Feb-2012 17:04

What are you looking at that $90 is a good price?

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#585253 22-Feb-2012 17:04

MikeSkyrme: So $90 for 10GB, includes free local calling and phone line rental.

Not too far from other packages available.

Of course the install fees and additional data rates are a bit of a joke.

I think Telecoms install fee for a landine in a rural area is about that. Last time we contacted them it was at least $500 as it was semi rural. But if you live right out in the wops , it is over $1000 I believe.

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#585255 22-Feb-2012 17:09

kyhwana2: Prices for overages are $1.50/GB wholesale, is that right!?
http://www.med.govt.nz/sectors-industries/technology-communication/pdf-docs-library/broadband-policy/rbi-contracts/MED-Vodafone-Rural-Broadband-Agreement.pdf

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I believe so.

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#585261 22-Feb-2012 17:13

The prices will be the same I would think, they are just putting in a few more cell sites , nothing special .

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#585262 22-Feb-2012 17:13

mattwnz:
MikeSkyrme: So $90 for 10GB, includes free local calling and phone line rental.

Not too far from other packages available.

Of course the install fees and additional data rates are a bit of a joke.

I think Telecoms install fee for a landine in a rural area is about that. Last time we contacted them it was at least $500 as it was semi rural. But if you live right out in the wops , it is over $1000 I believe.

Fair point. But with the Telecom install, aren't you getting a load of copper and PVC stuff installed within a trench for that pricing?

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#585263 22-Feb-2012 17:14

MikeSkyrme:
mattwnz:
MikeSkyrme: So $90 for 10GB, includes free local calling and phone line rental.

Not too far from other packages available.

Of course the install fees and additional data rates are a bit of a joke.

I think Telecoms install fee for a landine in a rural area is about that. Last time we contacted them it was at least $500 as it was semi rural. But if you live right out in the wops , it is over $1000 I believe.

Fair point. But with the Telecom install, aren't you getting a load of copper and PVC stuff installed within a trench for that pricing?

Cost us $900 for 7.5KM/s from the Exchange (rural).

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