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TelstraClear Broadband
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TelstraClear Broadband Overview
TelstraClear Has 2 Broadband Product sets - |
| 1. InHome Cable Broadband
available in areas where TelstraClear has its own cable network in
Wellington, Kapiti and Christchurch. |
| 2. HomePlan PDQ (ADSL)
Broadband available nationwide in areas where cable broadband is
not available. |
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InHome
Whether you need a simple, low cost connection for
email or a full-on, media-rich broadband gaming capability,
TelstraClear has a InHome internet plan to suit. TelstraClears
Cable Broadband lets you buy speed and usage in a way that avoids
nasty bill shock and their range of dial up plans offer
flexibility and value. |
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Pretty Damn Quick Broadband (PDQ).
TelstraClear call it PDQ for short. Broadband means high speed
internet, and historically it has either been too slow or
expensive. Or if it appears affordable at the outset, things get
scary when the bill arrives.
PDQ is affordable, it's simple and you design it.
Recommended if you want to:
Be on the phone and the internet at the same time,
Load web content fast, send or receive larger files quickly.
Work from home. |
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TelstraClear Company History
New Zealand's isolation from the rest of the world has meant
that New Zealanders have one of the world's highest per capita
rates of telephone ownership. Rapidly evolving technologies
have seen telecommunications in New Zealand develop beyond
telephone use into data services, the Internet, in fact any
type of communication.
Telecommunications is a vital component in expanding world
trade markets and makes a major contribution to the global
economy. The industry is very significant in New Zealand - it
is estimated that New Zealand's telecommunications market is
currently worth over $4 billion.
Up until 1989 all New Zealand's telecommunications facilities
were owned and run by the New Zealand government through the
Post Office. Legislation prevented competitors entering the
market. As a result, New Zealanders experienced poor service,
high prices, basic services and little or no innovation.
In April 1989 the New Zealand Government deregulated
telecommunications, which meant that it removed laws that had
previously prohibited other companies competing with Telecom.
This opened the way for competition in what was poised to
become the world's fastest-growing industry.
In 1990, CLEAR entered the market and revolutionised customer
service. The company provided New Zealanders with a choice of
telecommunications carriers as well as significantly higher
levels of service and better value. Shortly afterwards Saturn
Communications was established providing telephone and cable
TV services to the Kapiti Coast near Wellington. In 1996
Telstra Corporation set up Telstra New Zealand and provided
further competition. Telstra NZ and Saturn Communications
merged in 1999 creating TelstraSaturn.
When the Government decided to free up the market, it
recognised that the new SOE (now known as Telecom) could be in
a powerful position to prevent competition. This was because
over the decades the New Zealand taxpayer had funded a very
valuable and extensive network that no newcomer to the market
could reasonably be expected to duplicate.
Despite deregulation, new entrants continued to experience
difficulty in achieving commercially viable access to
Telecom's network, particulary to the residential market.
CLEAR and TelstraSaturn separately invested millions of
dollars to establish theor own state of the art fibre optic
networks running the length of New Zealand. This enabled both
companies to provide innovative and cost effective e-commerce
solutions primarily to business while still remaining
committed to residential consumers.
Recognising that together is better, TelstraSaturn purchased
CLEAR Communications to create TelstraClear on 15 December
2001. TelstraClear's challenge is to lift New Zealand to the
next level of international competitiveness.
The true value of allowing competition to flourish in the New
Zealand telecommunications market can be appreciated by the
savings to consumers since CLEAR and Saturn entered the
market. It has been estimated that continually decreasing toll
prices since CLEAR's entry into the market has saved New
Zealanders at least $1 billion to date. Furthermore,
competition drives telecommunications companies to improve the
quality and development of their technologies. Recent
innovations in voice, data and Internet communication would
have been less likely had there not been competition. |
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