In my TUANZ talk in Wellington last week, I guesstimated that NZ could pass almost 100% of homes (ignoring only homes where the density is below 10 per road-mile) with fiber (and offer a triple play package) for $4.2 Billion (plus another $2 B to build 1000x NZ's current interntional connectivity). I just found a 2008 NZ Institute study [.pdf] that proposes to pass 75% of NZ's homes for between $4 ...
I'm driving "angry economist" Russ Nelson -- in his own words -- batty.
He says,
Unfortunately, David doesn't know much economics.He also says the same thing about Allen Sinai. I'm flattered, Russ. Technorati Tags: Economics, JunkEconomics
Here's the text of a talk that I presented in Wellington NZ yesterday at the the TUANZ annual NZ Telecom Day conference. Like other Americans before me, on whose shoulders I stand, I have a dream.
I have a dream that the Internet becomes so capable that I am with you as intimately as I am right now -- but without leaving my home in Cos Cob Connecticut. For starters, today's best at ...