The short answer is not really. There’s been some confusion between the “Copper Withdrawal” and the “PSTN Shutdown”, but today I’ll write very briefly about the former. Chorus is the owner of New Zealand’s copper telephone cables. Chorus can only stop supplying copper services where households can access the same services over the fibre network. …
April Update: Starlink Business is now available in NZ. The hardware costs NZ$4375 and the monthly cost is NZ$840 (costs are GST inclusive). SpaceX has just revealed a Starlink plan with increased performance for business use. Previously Starlink had not been marketed for business use. designated service locationThe main advantages of Starlink Business over …
Update 2026- we’ve rewritten this. See Starlink Self-Install Tips instead. The Mount We went to a local TV antenna installer to see what mounts were available. They suggested a mount by Digital Imports as being suitable for a typical NZ iron roof. The STARLINK2 is a good mount, and is 1m high to help get the …
Our Starlink dishy arrived a week ago. We weren’t the only ones either. Our postie said she had so many to deliver that day that she couldn’t fit them all in her vehicle. Within an hour I had it on the roof and powered up. I’m planning to write a detailed review at some stage, …
The cost per unit normally comes down when you buy more of something. This it not always the case with rural broadband. The graph shows the price per GB usage can go up. Take 2Degrees as an example. The price per GB used actually goes up once you exceed 170GB. (May 2021 prices.) Data caps …
It can pay to do a comparison of providers when looking into cellular fixed wireless. It also pays to make sure you are on the right plan. As an example lets consider the average NZ household. The Commerce Commission tells us that in 2020 the average fixed broadband usage was 284 GB per month. The …
