Telecom NZ is what Microsoft is to the computer world. Monopolizing the NZ Telco industry. Since their profits boomed a few years back, greed has Swept over them like sharks feasting on the drowning victims from the Bismarck battle in WW11. Their motto seems to be "We own the lines, we can do what ever the hell we want"A Word from the Chief Excutitive
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The recent arival of free internet service providers has telecom nz and ihug using tactics that are at best anti competitive. telecom nz cut the i4free internet service off 3 times, ihug blocked its customers access to the services sign up page. i4free have been granted a interim injunction preventing telecom from repeating the disconnection for at least a week. Ihugs managing director Nick Wood begrudgingly removed the block after sufficient public pressure , i counted 2500+ usenet postings along the lines of boycott ihug and a few nazi vampire accusations. obviously ihug and telecom are not too happy with free isps creeping in on their lucrative dial up service , but telecommotivations are a little more complex. this involves a bizzare deal with clear communications , another big local teleco , which happens to be connecting the i4free sevice to the internet. the deal works like this , if a telecom customer calls a clear customer telecom pays clear 2c. so for every person who dials in to i4free on a telecom phone account (most people) telecom has to give clear 2c. so they pulled the plug. - b00t50v i4free.co.nz New service new rows i4free i4free arrival defies court order Court order gets i4free back in the game ihug blocks i4free Telcos computer issues Judge insists on equal access Telcom blocks i4free more i4free breakthrough for zfree