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Re:The Mega Rich Have Found an Unlikely New Refuge by doldge on Friday November 04, 2016 @12:44PM (#12873919)
In the major cities you can get unlimited fiber with 100Mbit/s connection for around $90 NZD a month.

in more rural area's the internet tends to be standard ADSL.

(side note; the governments "fiber to the door" roll out is apparently 68% complete for urban areas as of June this year).

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Re:The Mega Rich Have Found an Unlikely New Refuge by lostlogin on Friday November 04, 2016 @02:11PM (#12874638)
As an anecdata point, I don't know anyone with fibre and I live in Auckland. I get 3mb on a good day when it's still and sunny. Rain and wind lead to dial up speeds.
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Re:The Mega Rich Have Found an Unlikely New Refuge by shavingspiders on Friday November 04, 2016 @06:05PM (#12876559)
Really? Similar anecdata, except nearly everyone I know is on fibre. 100/20 for $79 a month, or 1000/500 for $129/month.
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Re:The Mega Rich Have Found an Unlikely New Refuge by lostlogin on Saturday November 05, 2016 @09:38PM (#12882974)
Wonder if the rollout has targeted certain areas first - newer suburbs first or those with the dodgiest copper? It really is dire where I am. I tried to get on the Rural broadband (4g) bandwagon but the people at Spark I talked to just couldn't understand why anyone wouldn't want the copper connection.
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Re:The Mega Rich Have Found an Unlikely New Refuge by doldge on Friday November 04, 2016 @02:56PM (#12874970)
that's interesting, I (used to) live in Christchurch, and the statement is what we had at the time. Most of the folks I knew were more rural, and either had adsl, dial up, or a 3G usb stick.
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