Bill Bennett - New Zealand telecoms and technology news
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Spark top for reliability in Opensignal report
WEB5 hours ago · Spark takes top spot in the category with a score of 853 points on a scale running from 100 to 1000. One NZ and 2degrees are both in second place. Opensignal says the Reliability Experience score: “Measures how much consumers can depend on their mobile operator’s network.”. For comparison, earlier this year the analyst company says ...
What is this site about and who is Bill Bennett?
WEBBill Bennett is a freelance New Zealand technology and business journalist. He started writing about technology in 1980 as staff writer on Practical Computing magazine. He left the UK in 1987 to work in Wellington on The Dominion as Computer Page editor. He spent a decade working in Sydney, Australia. There he was managing editor of two ...
Working from home: Networks for beginners - Bill Bennett
WEBThey all use something called Ethernet, which is a 40-year-old wire network technology. Ethernet is reliable and can run at speeds from a few megabits per second up to 400 gigabits per second. Today’s home routers also offer Wi-fi. This is a wireless networking technology. It’s what most people use most of the time.
New Zealand got lucky twice with fast broadband - Bill Bennett
WEBMost New Zealanders have world class broadband. Our UFB network proved its worth again since the Covid–19 forced large numbers to work from home.
The return of digital piracy - Bill Bennett
WEBSep 28, 2023 · A decade ago the media sector, in effect, saw off digital piracy. Now piracy is on the way back. Last week the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) published a report showing piracy declined slowly over the years until 2021 when the trend was reversed. Last year piracy ticked up 3.3 per cent. EUIPO's numbers are …
Extending New Zealand's fibre network - Bill Bennett
WEBNov 28, 2019 · The UFB1 fibre network reaches three quarters of New Zealand. UFB2 will stretch that to around 87 per cent. We can take fibre further, but that needs taxpayer money. A lot of it. When New Zealand built its copper telephone network, government saw it as a nation-building exercise. Copper phone wires reached almost everywhere.
NZ IoT networks jostle for potential billions - Bill Bennett
WEBNew Zealand sensors will soon have four dedicated Internet of Things networks to choose from. The IoT sector is competitive by any measure.
NZ bias challenging algorithm charter could save lives
WEBJul 29, 2020 · Statistics minister James Shaw launched the Algorithm Charter for Aotearoa New Zealand.He says it is a world first. The charter might not seem a huge deal. Yet overseas experience suggests it could save lives.
NZ broadband faces competitive reset - Bill Bennett
WEBLow Earth orbit satellites, 5G and a fibre speed bump are set to reboot New Zealand broadband competition.. It’s a decade since the first customers connected to Ultrafast broadband. At that time fibre looked the likely Kiwi broadband future.