http://hamish.blogware.com/blog en-us http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2009/11/21/4385754.html Just a quick time stamp while the Government and Telecom play chicken, though in this case Telecom is the chicken ... Hamish 2009-11-21T07:30:19+13:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2009/11/18/4383346.html Andrew Odlyzko's "<a href="http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/833/742">Content is not King</a>" finally reminded me that the critical difference in revenue is the change ... Hamish 2009-11-18T16:25:44+13:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2009/6/20/4227832.html The Commerce Commission's STD (apt TLA) on sub-loop unbundling, ie, how much to get in a cabinet, is out, <a href="http://www.telecommunicationsreview.co.nz/200906183363/sub-loop-cost-may-deter-some.php">26% ... Hamish 2009-06-20T12:51:22+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2009/6/14/4221322.html Should programmers edit open source for pay? Hamish 2009-06-14T17:28:56+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2009/4/10/4148783.html Unless it federates it will fail. Hamish 2009-04-10T07:43:49+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2009/4/4/4142741.html <a href="http://techdirt.com/articles/20090403/0212534367.shtml">Used Video Games Aren't Good For Consumers</a> and<a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=15618"> Free Content “Bad for the Consumer” (Says Cable)</a>. Yeah, right. Hamish 2009-04-04T08:07:33+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2009/3/30/4137399.html After numerous swerves and excitement, S92A has been withdrawn, and the National led Government has instructed MED officials to <a title="amend Section 92A" href="http://beehive.govt.nz/release/government+amend+section+92a" id="udf2">amend</a> ... Hamish 2009-03-30T06:02:32+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2008/2/26/3522254.html If your reliable system depends on reliable human beings, it is not reliable Hamish 2008-02-26T12:52:21+13:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/18/3165017.html The new anti-spam bill joins the ranks of "something must be done, something has been done" legislation that intimidates the innocent and does little to protect victims. Hamish 2007-08-18T08:41:22+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/17/3163331.html Among the benefits of the current plummet of the NZ US dollar exchange rate is its proximity to the wailings, ... Hamish 2007-08-17T11:50:12+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/12/3114155.html Kevin Kelly <a href="http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge217.html#kelly">talks</a> about the Technium and William Paley finds proof of God in a watch. <br> <br> If you find a ... Hamish 2007-08-12T07:37:43+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/8/3145642.html I suppose there are enough reasons to think this is possible. And it is possible, like the gPC and gTelco ... Hamish 2007-08-08T17:54:30+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/30/3127182.html <a href="http://tim.oreilly.com/pub/au/27">Tim O'Reilly</a> wrote that <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/08/piracy_is_progressive_taxation.html">piracy</a> was a form of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_tax">progressive taxation</a>, now <a href="http://www.calacanis.com/about/">Jason Calacanis</a> exemplifies that <a href="http://www.calacanis.com/2007/07/28/social-network-exhaustion-or-facebook-bankruptcy-redux/">social network fatigue... Hamish 2007-07-30T11:22:22+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/25/3115852.html <blockquote># AIR NZ SECURES $45M CONTRACT <br> # KIWI HITS US81C </blockquote> <br> <br> Sooo, the exchange rate is "too high" and exporters are ... Hamish 2007-07-25T08:51:59+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/25/3115820.html AIA, the scene of the next infrastructural blunder? <br> <br> Already the shareholder-driven monopoly has announced increases in landing fees for the ... Hamish 2007-07-25T08:44:23+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/24/3113906.html We continue to endure an historic legacy model of telecommunications, based on the age when it was required to be ... Hamish 2007-07-24T11:10:35+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/5/11/2940977.html That phrase really began to grate at the Oceania Convergence 2007 presentations. We know there's no free lunch, but we don't have to fund operators who seem to be spending hundreds of our dollars on it. Hamish 2007-05-11T10:47:24+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/5/10/2938267.html Actually they are no better at knowing what's good for them than anyone else. Hamish 2007-05-10T13:09:25+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/5/7/2930364.html The biggest stories aren't the biggest threats. Hamish 2007-05-07T15:44:29+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/5/6/2928394.html An investor has no more right to a return, than I do to winning Lotto. Hamish 2007-05-06T16:53:39+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/26/2906069.html I've wanted for some time to have a full post RSS feed, which one might hope would be a simple ... Hamish 2007-04-26T14:27:39+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/24/2899421.html Telecom is being praised for its response to the MED discussion paper on operational separation, but lets be very sure we understand what Telecom is proposing. Hamish 2007-04-24T15:55:04+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/24/2889998.html <ol><li>"Peering" is a confusing term<li>Peering is about Equals<li>Peering is complex<li>Peering is about "Circuits"<li>Peering is for Service Providers<li>Peering is about cost saving<li>Peering is about carrying another network's traffic</ol> Hamish 2007-04-24T15:54:06+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/22/2896602.html Rule #1: Diseconomies of Scale Hamish 2007-04-22T09:10:54+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/17/2857010.html <blockquote>Peering is an important, complex subject. There is strong anecdotal evidence emerging that the de-peering that has occurred since 2004 has resulted in additional complexity and inefficiency in New Zealand's Internet and data-exchange capabliities. The Government's view has hitherto been that a preferred approach should be for industry to resolve technical issues without undue intervention. However, in response to strong feedback from the sector, I have asked officials to further investigate this issue, with a focus on the national interest of having efficient and robust Internet services within New Zealand. <br> <br> <credit>Hon. David Cunliffe, Minister of Communications, 2007</credit></blockquote> <br> <br> <ol><li>Peering is not complex, otherwise lots of small and medium sized businesses wouldn't be doing it. Arguably the transit pricing of Telcos probably acts as an incentive, but peering is the simplest most straightforward solution to the fact not everyone is connected to a single network. It is simpler for customers as they aren't trying to levy monopoly rents and so for Telco's peering is complex, Telco's are complex.</li><li>The technical issues are long resolved, peering has been operating for the willing for years, what remains are personality problems in telco culture, the hubris that they are so good they deserve to be paid twice; once by their customer and again by someone else's customer.</li></ol /> Hamish 2007-04-17T07:18:08+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/16/2882624.html There is an argument that holds separation of services revenues from network operation will result in a decline in investment ... Hamish 2007-04-16T08:27:31+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/2/2851378.html Interesting perspective from Mary Wong of Franklin Pierce Law Center discussing the growing discourse around such topics as “the commons,” ... Hamish 2007-04-02T08:10:54+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/3/28/2841020.html Paul McGovern is <a href="http://mcgovernonline.blogspot.com/2007/03/telecom-privitise-profit-socialise-risk.html">horrified, scandalised</a>, that Telecom is going to use its windfall profits from the sale of the ... Hamish 2007-03-28T22:22:50+12:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/3/8/2788352.html The end of the integrated carrier incumbents began the instant voice was digitised and set free from the analogue prison of the proprietary bearer, copper, RF or other. Hamish 2007-03-08T08:33:12+13:00 http://hamish.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/3/6/2783107.html “No, I’m not even going to call him Joe Blow — he’s Joe Suck. He’s expected just to sit there and consume.” Hamish 2007-03-06T13:53:20+13:00