Commerce Commission's report on broadband, and why Woosh isn't in it.

18 June, 2008

The NZ Commerce Commission released a report this week comparing the performance of New Zealand broadband providers. I was interested in the report to see what it has to say about the best ISPs. It turns out the Orcon, which happens to be govt owned ranked highly.

So how did Woosh do?

Well is woosh even broadband? According to Woosh’s webpage, yes, it is
bq. “Woosh means personal, portable high-speed broadband and calling.”

What did the commerce commission say?

… because of limitations in the technical capability of its fixed wireless technology,
and therefore no longer attempts to directly compete with DSL providers. …

I think they are right, to a point. Maybe one day Woosh will compete with broadband, but for the moment it’s marketing material reads “Woosh is much faster than dial-up.”. I’ll keep you posted on Woosh’s progress at competing with Dial-up.

See also NZ herald coverage and the report in PDF format.

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