HEY! i know what 2 degrees should do!

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hamish225

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#73767 21-Dec-2010 20:01

you guys should sell broadband and homelines, maybe wholesale through telstraclear's cable aswell as telecom and vodafone.

then we could all get nice cheap broadband and homelines!

good idea, no?

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#420109 21-Dec-2010 20:19

No. They should focus on mobile phone and get their towers up and running throughout the country

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#420127 21-Dec-2010 20:47

+1
want 2degrees towers in Hamilton

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#420133 21-Dec-2010 20:53

they should get cheaper national roaming charges

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#420142 21-Dec-2010 21:06

If I was 2degrees, I'd be concentrating on expanding my network first, before looking at any sort of reselling options.

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#420144 21-Dec-2010 21:10

Why? landlines in NZ will be a thing of the past in NZ soon and with LTE on the way... No point, please build your network out further!!!

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#420148 21-Dec-2010 21:14

I'm with Steve! Build out your data network and focus on cool handsets like the 8150 that ^MD just recommended me.

All this pissing about last week with an old vodem and now I can just use my phone as a wifi hot spot for the odd occation I need mobile data.

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#420177 21-Dec-2010 22:07

No, 2D would still have to make money somewhere so costs would still end up similar to what they are already through other ISPs.

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#420228 22-Dec-2010 06:33

How would they offer cheap landlines and internet by reselling somebody else's network?

You do realise these wholesale costs are set by the Commerce Commission and apply to every ISP? 2degrees would have to compete with major players who offer signirficantly more users as well as massive startup costs.

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#420237 22-Dec-2010 07:56

mobile broadband should be the new direction, landlines will be out of date soon

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#420250 22-Dec-2010 08:25

nakedmolerat: No. They should focus on mobile phone and get their towers up and running throughout the country

Agreed!! They definitely need to focus on getting their own towers up, especially in Dunedin. This is pretty much the only thing holding me back from getting a smart phone of some sort.

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#420600 22-Dec-2010 19:37

I wouldn't count the landline out just yet. Maybe in 10 years time it may start to decline but by then landlines will be migrating over to IP.

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#420626 22-Dec-2010 20:21

dontpanic42:
nakedmolerat: No. They should focus on mobile phone and get their towers up and running throughout the country

Agreed!! They definitely need to focus on getting their own towers up, especially in Dunedin. This is pretty much the only thing holding me back from getting a smart phone of some sort.

Looking forward to the day I can get 2degrees reception in Dunedin that isn't roaming on vf.

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#420667 22-Dec-2010 21:44

old3eyes: I wouldn't count the landline out just yet. Maybe in 10 years time it may start to decline but by then landlines will be migrating over to IP.

Yip, consumers need to get a truck load smarter about what they can do before land lines will really start to vanish.

I just dumped ours, for half the cost of the ll I've lite up 2 local call numbers and got them terminating on my mobile phone...

The bb and mbb guys are going to love me because I can see my data usage start to ramp up more and more with will drive my arpu up as well, but the guys with only land line business will be sad.

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#421176 23-Dec-2010 23:02

nakedmolerat: No. They should focus on mobile phone and get their towers up and running throughout the country

Quoted for goodness.

Silly idea to spread themselves thin, they are not a giant company like Telecom.

2degrees, keep on focussing on what you're doing well then improve and spread it! [i.e. mobile phones, pre paid etc...]

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