Did New Zealand get it right on broadband?
Australia and New Zealand embarked on high speed broadband roll-outs around the same time. Their approach, it seems, is cheaper, faster – with more reliance on fibre – and has been quicker to deploy.
Australia and New Zealand embarked on high speed broadband roll-outs around the same time. Their approach, it seems, is cheaper, faster – with more reliance on fibre – and has been quicker to deploy.
NBN detractors only question whether it’ll deliver the speed we demand. It’s less of an issue than the question of price.
Is the NBN being designed in a way that will boost productivity by encouraging more of us to work from home?
The copyright owners for the movie Dallas Buyers Club won a court battle against iiNet this week, but the ruling could scupper any plans for speculative invoicing. So, it’s really a loss for them.
Netflix has arrived in Australia. They’ll make a lot of money, whilst network providers will have to provide the capacity to meet the demand and pass the costs on. So is everyone paying for Netflix, whether they use it or not?
In the Thirties the Chicago Plan proposed that banks had no part in money creation. Good idea or bad? Me and @profstevekeen on this week’s Debunking Economics podcast https://podfollow.com/debunking-economics-the-podcast
A quiet session, with no bad news giving a refocus on the Fed and other central banks. JBWere’s Sally Auld says we shouldn’t discount further systematic uncertainty as rates rise. https://podfollow.com/nab-morning-call