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Happy Holidays from David Beckham!
Becks wishes us all a very Happy Holidays from Adidas!
DOES ANYONE KNOW about the tattoo on Becks' left forearm?
Becks wishes us all a very Happy Holidays from Adidas!
DOES ANYONE KNOW about the tattoo on Becks' left forearm?
# 12: Unfortunately this pair of SELFISH, OVER-EXPOSED, OVER-INDULGED, VAIN SNOBS are and always will be "that greedy"– It's ALWAYS about them and their ever present advancement of "Brand Beckham"– they are sickenning beyond words~!
Ah, so sickening, and yet you continue to come to their threads, take the time to read the posts, and respond and post yourself! Hmmmm…… Who is really sick?
Yeah, I'm sure the thousands of disabled children that their charities have helped would disagree. Yeah they do lots of endorsements & make hundreds of millions but they donate so much time to their charities – Victorias Mom works full-time at one of their charities .. It's so ridiculous to say they're greedy, they work their asses off & are they anymore greedy than Reese Witherspoon who earns $20M a movie or anymore greedy than Madonna …or anymore greedy than the guys who work on Wall St & earn $30M a year? It's all relative … The Beckhams have huge expenses & in reality the amount they get after 10% to the agents, 10% to the Managers, 10% to the lawyers then 40% to the taxman then bodyguards, numerous mortages, personal assistants, nannys … you're not left with all that much …
Hey 28. Made me laugh that one about the Beckhams not being left with much.
Are you kidding me? They are worth an absolute fortune. Their house in the UK is soooo big it's called 'Beckingham Palace'. To say that they're hard workers is stretching it a little. He was a very talened football star and she…just got lucky. She never did much in the Spice Girls but pout, which she continued to do on the cover of every weekly mag.
And what celebrity worth their bling don't do work for charity? Great as it is, it's also a tax right off.
Are you dating now on W e a l t h y R o m a n c e dotcom? I saw your profile on that site last week.
I saw his profile and photos on W e a l t h y R o m a n c e dotcom last week. Is he single now? Just curious.
Just because you don't see them flaunting the fact they do stuff for charity, doesnt mean they don't do anything.
And whoever said that the Victoria tattoo was his first tattoo is wrong – his Brooklyn tattoo was hist first tattoo and then he got the Guardian angel on his back. ;)
They do so much for charity and raise money. David is even an ambassador for unicef. Because they dont flash all their charity work in peoples faces dont be an ass and assume they dont do any.
You people obviously take whatever mags you buy, say or print about them at face value!
Plus even though they are on mags everyweek it doesnt mean the mag covers are paying them! The majority of mag covers are PAPARAZZI photos which they have no control over so get a life and stop acting ignorant.
28, you MUST be joking. Made me laugh also. Hard workers??? Maybe starving yourself in Victoria's case & getting tattoo's in Davids case. There is no limit to what these two will do for cash. They epitomise greed and selfishness. Beckham's need for exposure is nauseating. The sad thing is that advertising companies actually think we like them. It puts me off the product.
i think its in bengali or hindi
David ..
I'm actually interested in Becks latest tattoo, the one that covered his whole right arm. I can only read 'pray for me' and Becks talking about something in there that means 'new beginnings'.
Becks diehards: HELP!!!! haha
I can't believe how "Don't know anything around" you are smooth :) ..
They do make us learn hebrew , yes , we , arabs , in our village , are obligated in our secnd grade to start learnning there language , whether I'm with it or not , we are obligated , so what I said in my comment is right ..
We're not here to talk about You and me , we are here to read about this marvellous man !
I don't have much time , to reply everytime , for someone like You !!!
what you can say about tattoo upper then HINDI? It loocks like some line…


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Orkdal, Norway
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Roar Ljøkelsøy (born 31 May 1976, in Orkdal) is a Norwegian ski jumper. Ljøkelsøy's early career was not particularly brilliant. While considered almost flawless technically, he did not win an individual World Cup event until 25 January 2003, at age 26. However, he was very consistent at a high level in both 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 seasons, always finishing second in the World Cup table behind Finland's Janne Ahonen. In 2003/2004, he won 7 out of the last 11 World Cup competitions, finishing 10 points short of Ahonen. In addition to winning 11 individual and 3 team World Cup competitions, he became the individual ski-flying world champion in Planica in 2004. In the same event, Ljøkelsøy also won the team event with teammates Tommy Ingebrigtsen, Bjørn Einar Romøren and Sigurd Pettersen. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005, he won a silver medal in the individual large hill and a bronze medal in the team large hill. In 2006, Ljøkelsøy retained his ski-flying world championship in Kulm, Bad Mitterndorf, winning with over 20 points to the next competitor, despite being sick. The next day, he led the Norwegian team to another Ski-flying World Championship in the Team event, together with his teammates Tommy Ingebrigtsen, Bjørn Einar Romøren and Lars Bystøl. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo, Ljøkelsøy won a silver in the team large hill and a bronze in the individual large hill.
Ljøkelsøy also won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2004.
His personal best ski jump is 230.5 metres (756 ft), achieved in Planica in March 2005.
In April 2004 his long-time girlfriend gave birth to Sokrates.
He retired in FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2010 in Planica, and his last official jump was 193,5 m.
- Bronze, Individual normal hill 2006 Turin
- Bronze, Team large hill 2006 Turin
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- Silver, Team large hill: 2007 Sapporo
- Bronze, Team large hill: 2005 Oberstdorf
- Bronze, Individual large hill: 2007 Sapporo
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- Gold, Team event, Bad Mitterndorf 2006
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We are staying here for a wedding. The groom's family reserved a number of rooms ahead of time yet when we called a few months back, each one of us was told something different. One person was told that no extra people are allowed in the rooms, we were told that only rooms with one full bed were set aside for the wedding but that we could add a roll-away and another was told there were no rooms. I should have known that something was up after all of that. Our friends booked later and got a suite for only $5 more. We got two rooms, each with one full bed, and requested a rollaway for one of the rooms so our three kids could share. It was not in the room when we checked in at 5. We called two more times before 7 to confirm. The second time, the girl at the front desk said she was a bit worried because she hadn't seen "housekeeping" for a while and wasn't sure what had happened to him. At 11:15 pm we still had no roll-away. Front desk (very nice young man) was there by himself. No manager. Everyone else was at the holiday party and he had no idea how to get a roll-away for us. He also had no idea where "housekeeping" was. This is not an isolated incident. Two families arrived and were each one room shy of their reservation. My sister booked two rooms near each other for her husband and two young boys and a third room near them for out elderly mother. Their two rooms were on different floors and our mom was in a different building! If you have another option. do not book a wedding here. If you are not part of an event that is planned for here, do not stay here.
Adequate for trainings
Dec 10, 2014 by: N S from Nairobi, Kenya
The Center itself is well constructed and appointed. It caters mostly to people who attend trainings in-house and stay overnight. The rooms are simply tiny. For a property with such expansive grounds, you wonder why they didn't construct larger rooms. Staff are helpful, but the overall experience is very much like a campus environment. If they put in extra effort into the rooms, it would be more agreeable.
A respite from the city
Dec 02, 2014 by: swfnyc from New York City, New York
Although the rooms are small, the beautifully landscaped grounds make more than up for it. Who needs a B & B in the country when you can spend a weekend here and just relax. It was so quiet and peaceful, nothing but nature to look at from our window in the Osgood building. We booked a special rate with breakfast included, and it was sumptuous. No other restaurants or shops immediately nearby, which is great when you want to relax, but you better have a car to get around. The heating and cooling system is either or, it is adjusted depending on the season and cannot be switched quickly if the weather changes.
Nov 24, 2014 by: donnabS4077VI from Potomac
I stayed at the Bolger Center for a training class. The rooms were small but had all the amenities of a larger hotel. The food at the Osgood dining room was no less than decadent. The variety of food was fantastic. And if the dining experience was not enough, the "nutrition hubs" certainly provided opportunity to indulge some more. The entire staff at the Dolce Bolger Center is outstanding! Customer service is defintely their focus. I was incredibly impressed by the staff. Thank you for making my stay away from home so enjoyable!
Great location for a real value
Nov 18, 2014 by: William M from Waterford, United States
This was a fabulous price and a very nice place to stay. Rooms and bathrooms are on the smaller side, bit well equipped and extremely clean. The surrounding acres are for a very quiet room . Will definitely stay here again.
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Internet in New Zealand
Internet access is widely available in New Zealand. As of October 2014[update], there are 1,916,000 broadband connections and 65,000 dialup connections in New Zealand, of which 1,595,000 are residential and 386,000 are business or government.[1] (For reference, there are 1,679,800 households in New Zealand as of September 2013[update].)[2]
Digital subscriber line over phone lines provides two-thirds of broadband access in New Zealand. ADSL2+ is available in most parts of the country, with VDSL2 available in some areas. Fibre to the home now cover over a third of the main towns and cities. The phone and fibre networks are mostly owned by Chorus Limited, which wholesale services to retail ISPs.
Parts of Wellington, Kapiti and Christchurch have cable internet access. Most of the country is covered by 3G mobile broadband, with 4G available in major towns. Satellite internet is available throughout the country.
As of October 2014[update], Ookla reports the average download speed for fixed broadband as 21.4 Mbit/s (ranked 48th in the world) and the average upload speed as 9.3 Mbit/s (40th).[3] As of 2014 2nd quarter, Akamai reports an average peak download speed of 31.8Mbit/s (53rd).[4] For mobile broadband, as of November 2014[update], Ookla reports the average speed as 27.3Mbps.[3] Broadband pricing is at, or above the OECD average, and most connections have a fixed data cap.
There are about 80 ISPs, with two of them having three-quarters of the market.
The New Zealand Government is funding two broadband expansion initiatives, with the aim of providing fibre to the home of 75% of the population and bringing broadband to 97.8% of the population by 2019.
International connectivity is mainly provided by the Southern Cross Cable.
- 1 Retail services
- 2 Government broadband upgrade plan
- 3 Data cap
- 4 Internet Service Providers
- 5 Pricing
- 6 History
- 7 High-speed networks
- 8 International connections
- 9 Internet exchange points
- 10 Censorship
- 11 See also
- 12 Notes
- 13 References
- 14 External links
Retail services[edit]
|Speed (Mbps)
As of October 2014[update], there are 1,321,000 DSL connections, comprising 69% of the total broadband connections. There are also 550,000 (29%) cellular, satellite, cable and fixed wireless connections, and 46,000 (2%) fibre connections.[1]
Most of the telephone infrastructure is owned by Chorus. Chorus provides ADSL (up to 8/1 Mbits), ADSL2+ (up to 24/1 Mbit/s) and VDSL2 (up to 70/10 Mbit/s) services over the copper phone network.
Contrary to the usual practice overseas, most connections are at full speed, instead plans differ in the amount of data included.[5] As DSL is sensitive to distance, the closer the customer is to the equipment, the faster the connections. Chorus has implemented a fibre-to-the-node (also known as "cabinetisation") project to bring the equipment closer to the user, so 91% of the population is able to access an ADSL2+ connection of 10Mbit/s or more.[6][7] As of January 2014[update], 97.3% of phone lines are capable of accessing ADSL and 62.4% are capable of VDSL2.[8]
As of June 2014[update], Chorus has about 1.739 million copper connections, of which 1.132 million (65%) has broadband service provided using Chorus equipment. 1.068 million (94%) are using ADSL(2+) and 64,000 (6%) are using VDSL2. DSL is usually sold with a phoneline service (called "clothed DSL"), but is also available without the phoneline (called "naked DSL"). 102,000 (10%) of the ADSL(2+) connections, and 15,000 (23%) of the VDSL2 connections are naked.[9]
Chorus cannot sell services directly to customers, instead, they wholesale services to internet retailers at regulated prices.[note 1] The copper loop is unbundled, so operators like Vodafone, Compass and CallPlus(Slingshot/Orcon) can install their own equipment at telephone exchanges and rent just the copper line from Chorus.[5] As of December 2013[update], 131,000 (8%) lines are unbundled.[9]
GPON fibre to the home is being rolled out to the urban areas of the country via the Ultra-Fast Broadband scheme (see below). As of September 2014[update], the project is 40% complete, with fibre available to 536,260 users, of which 55,010 have signed up.[10] The providers supply 30/10Mbit/s and 100/50Mbit/s wholesale connection at regulated prices, and they also provide other unregulated plans of up to 1Gbit/s. As of September 2014[update], there are 80 retail providers of UFB services.[10]
P2P fibre is available in business areas of the cities from several companies, including Chorus, Vodafone, CityLink and Vector.[11][12]
Vodafone has a DOCSIS 3 hybrid fibre-coaxial network covering parts of Kapiti, 85% of Wellington and almost two-thirds of Christchurch, a total of 145,000 homes.[13] It provides plans of 50/2Mbit/s and 130/10Mbit/s.
There are two major and one smaller cellphone network in the country. Spark provides 3G coverage to 97% of the population, DC-HSDPA to 50% of the population and LTE to parts of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.[14] Vodafone provides 2G and 3G coverage to 97.5% of the population, DC-HSDPA to 82% and LTE to 55%.[15] 2degrees has a 2G/3G network covering 88% of the population, with users roaming to Vodafone outside that area.[16] They have 4G coverage in parts of Auckland.[17]
Fixed Wireless[edit]
Vodafone offers a fixed wireless service provided over HSPA+ in rural areas under the government-subsidized Rural Broadband Initiative scheme (see below). As a condition of the subsidy, Vodafone also wholesales this service to other retailers.
Woosh offers a fixed wireless service in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Southland. It uses a proprietary TDD-CDMA technology by IP Wireless that is no longer supported by vendors. The maximum speed is 1.6Mbit/s.[18][19]
There are smaller regional providers covering rural areas. They typically use the unlicenced 2.4 and 5.8 GHz bands.[16][20]
Satellite is available throughout the country from Farmside (using IPSTAR) and Wireless Nation (using Optus D2) for people in areas unserviced by broadband.
Almost every household is able to access dial-up, thanks to Chorus inheriting the formerly state-owned copper phone network. For the ten thousand most remote households, their phone lines are connected back to the exchange via a radio system called customer multi-access radio (CMAR). These households can only access 14.4kbit/s speeds.[20][21]
Government broadband upgrade plan[edit]
The government has two plans to bring fast broadband to 97.8% of the population by 2019.
Ultra-Fast Broadband Initiative[edit]
The Government is spending NZ$1.35 billion on public-private partnerships with Chorus and three local electricity network companies to roll out fibre-to-the-home connection in all main towns and cities with population over 10,000. The programme aims to deliver ultra-fast broadband capable of at least 100 Mbit/s download and 50Mbit/s upload to 75% of New Zealanders by 2019.[22] In total, 1,340,000 households in 26 towns and cities will be connected.[10]
Rural Broadband Initiative[edit]
The government has awarded a $300 million Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) contract to Vodafone and Chorus to bring broadband of at least 5Mbit/s to 86% of rural customers by 2016.[23] Vodafone will install 154 new cell towers and upgrade 387 towers, adding 250,000 addresses to its 3G coverage.[24] As of September 2014[update], 98 new towers have been installed and 282 towers upgraded, covering approximately 213,730 addresses.[10] As of June 2014[update], there are 6064 customers on the RBI wireless network.[25] Chorus will provide fibre to the new Vodafone towers, 1040 schools, 183 libraries and 50 health providers.[26] Chorus will also be upgrading or installing 1215 new cabinets to increase GPON, VDSL and ADSL coverage to 100,969 lines. As of September 2014[update], 75,000 lines have been upgraded, with a 80% uptake rate.[9][10]
Data cap[edit]
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As of October 2014[update], 92% of internet connections have a fixed data cap. The most common cap is between 20-50GB per month. On average, each person uses 12GB of data per month.[1] Once users have exceeded their data cap, they typically have the option of having the speed limited to 64-128 kbit/s for the rest of the month or paying for any extra data used. Some ISPs (including the big ISPs Spark, Vodafone, Slingshot and Orcon) offer an 'unlimited' plan with no fixed data limit, but they may implement throttling on certain traffic.[27][28]
Internet Service Providers[edit]
As of October 2014[update], there are about 80 internet service providers. 17% have fewer than 100 customers, 41% have 101 to 1000 customers, 29% have between 1001 and 10,000 customers, 9% have 10,001 and 100,000 customers and 4% have more than 100,000 customers. 30% of ISPs wholesale bandwidth to other ISPs and 26% sell packages to other ISPs for resale.[1]
As of 2013, the largest residential ISPs are (with market share in brackets): Telecom (44%), Vodafone (30%), Slingshot (7%), Orcon (5%), 2degrees (2%), Snap (2%) and Woosh (2%).[note 2][29]
The Commerce Commission, which is responsible for telecommunications regulation, performed a comparison of broadband prices in New Zealand with prices in OECD and OECD-like countries. The data used is from June 2013.[5][16]
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|Data cap
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|This section needs additional citations for verification. (January 2009)
Early days[edit]
By 1978 a nascent internet had been established at the then Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR).[30] This was a network linking the disparate campus "mainframes" around the country via PDP/11 and LSI/11 machines linked together over 9600bit/s "S2" circuits leased from the New Zealand Post Office. Due to the Telecommunications Act, the DSIR was not able to link all the research institutions together (MAF Research, the universities and other non-DSIR research institutions). However, by the mid-1980s, with the advent of the Post Office's X-25 based packet switching network, and a degree of de-regulation, it became possible to link the various institutions together at a cost. In 1985 and 1986 a number of meetings were held by the various research institutions to plan for a broad-based research network that would provide basic research electronic communication (mail, file sharing and remote access). It was agreed to base this on the UK's Joint Academic NETwork (JANET) "Blue Book" standard rather than the US's ARPANET standard.
The push for the development came from the DSIR (especially, the newly formed Division of Information Technology in 1985, Dr's Crouch, March, Nield and Whimp) and the Universities, in particular the University of Waikato and John Houlker.
By 1987 everything was in place other than the last key component - international traffic. The controllers of funding were steadfast in refusing to fund the $250,000 estimate for the link up the Pacific to the United States.
John Houlker did not let up. Due to his efforts New Zealand's first international internet connection was established in 1989 from Waikato University through IBM. The capacity went from 64 kbit/s to 128 kbit/s between February 1993 and February 1994.[31]
Free ISPs[edit]
At the start of the millennium, there were a number of ISPs offering free dial-up internet to users. Unlike free ISPs overseas, these did not survive on advertising or e-commerce revenue, instead, they were funded by interconnecting charges.[32]
In 1996, Telecom and Clear signed an interconnecting agreement, where Telecom would pay 1–2 cents/minute for calls from Telecom customers to Clear customers.[32] When the agreement was signed, the potential of the internet was not fully understood.[32]
The first company to take advantage of this situation was Compass Communications, which set up Freenet in February 2000. Several companies followed: i4free (by CallPlus), surf4nix, Zfree (by Clear), Splurge (by Quicksilver).[32]
When users make a modem call from their Telecom phone line to their free ISP on Clear, Telecom had to pay the interconnection fee to Clear, which ranged up to tens of millions each year.[33] The free ISPs had quite an impact on the New Zealand ISP market, dropping Xtra's market share by 10% during the time they were operative.[32]
Telecom quickly remedied the situation by forcing all ISPs to use special dial-up numbers starting with 0867, which were exempted from interconnection fees.[32] (The legality of this decision was still before the courts as of 2010.[34][35]) Zfree was the last free ISP to shut down in July 2002.[32]
First broadband[edit]
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In 1999 Telecom New Zealand began providing broadband internet (ADSL) under the name JetStream. There was a progressive roll out into local exchanges. JetStream services were offered by many different ISPs, with Telecom billing for all data usage and the ISP charging for authentication and other services such as a static IP address. Home users were offered 'starter' plans at 128 kbit/s upload and download. Speeds greater than 128 kbit/s were extremely expensive and extra data (beyond the allowance) was charged at over $0.10 per MB. Telecom progressively introduced lower cost home options. Businesses were able to access 'full speed' services at up to 8 Mbit/s downstream and 800 kbit/s upstream, with data charges up to $0.20 per MB.
During March 2004 a 256 kbit/s home service was introduced with a 10 GB allowance for NZ$70.
In 2005 the government mandated Unbundled Bitstream Service (UBS) at a maximum upstream bandwidth of 128 kbit/s. This allowed ISPs to bill for their client's data usage. Telecom initially specified a 256 kbit/s downstream, but added 1 Mbit/s and 2 Mbit/s options later in the year. Telecom provided this in addition to the existing Jetstream plans.
In late 2005 Telecom cancelled its previous wholesale arrangements for JetStream and its plans with other ISPs. Only Telecom's own ISP, Xtra, could sell plans faster than the UBS options.
In February 2006 Telecom announced its intention to offer a speed upgrade on their wholesale. It was reported that some providers would likely reject the offer, though Telecom believed that negotiations were continuing well.[36]
In April 2006 Telecom New Zealand introduced new cheaper services with download speeds up to 3.5 Mbit/s, some thought this was to avoid regulatory local loop unbundling. In May 2006 local loop unbundling was announced as part of a comprehensive telecommunications package.
Monopoly concerns[edit]
In early 2006, there were growing concerns about below par broadband in New Zealand. On the whole, Telecom's upstream speeds (128 kbit/s) and data caps had resulted in New Zealand's internet connections being ranked amongst the worst in the OECD. Competitors were making some changes such as offering higher data caps (XTRA's data caps averaged from 1 to 10 gigabytes of data per month, while competitors such as ihug offered 40 and 60 GB options, or Xnet who offered free national data on their ADSL plans.) In mid 2006, Telecom still had control over the network including speeds and how much data they supplied each "UBS" customer.
Amidst growing pressure from the government, Telecom boosted downloads to 3.5 Mbit/s and uploads to 512 kbit/s (at high costs such as $20/mth more just for increased upload speeds). Competitors and customers reported slower than expected speeds,[37] with one ISP director criticizing Telecom's backhaul network.[38] The new plans were also criticised for reducing the data caps on downloads.
Unleashing speeds[edit]
In May 2006, the government announced a comprehensive telecommunications package including unbundling of the local loop to allow other ISPs to compete more effectively against Telecom's DSL offerings. The New Zealand Institute think-tank has estimated that the economic benefits of competitive broadband access could be worth as much as NZ$4.4 billion a year to New Zealand's gross domestic product. [1] [2]
On 26 October 2006, Telecom "unleashed" the download speeds on their network, meaning download speeds went as fast as the lines could go. Additionally, there was also an unlimited download plan, which was also uncapped, however 128kb upload, and a fair usage policy which is put in place to temporarily limit the speeds for customers who have high usage or make use of peer-to-peer connections via traffic shaping – basically limiting a so-called "unlimited" plan. This plan only lasted for a few months until it became clear that Telecom were restricting all traffic (not just peer-to-peer) during all times of the day (instead of the 8 peak hours per day stated). Because of this, all subscribers on the so-called "Go Large" plan were given a refund for up to 2 months worth of service, and the plan is now no longer available to new subscribers.
In March 2007 Telecom started to introduce ADSL2+ into local exchanges through their roll-out programme.
Recent developments[edit]
The government mandated local loop unbundling in 2006, thus allowing other ISPs to set up their own infrastructure and services, and using only Telecom's existing copper wiring and exchanges. Several countries do similarly to compete more effectively with the incumbent's offerings. They also mandated naked DSL and unconstrained UBS (which may see rapid changes in ISP offerings). The then (2006) Telecommunications Minister, David Cunliffe, expected that the market would feel the effects from 2007–2009, with policy to be enacted commencing at the Budget in May 2006. As a part of the policy, the Government was to take steps to encourage private sector investment in improving rural telecommunications services, and to further open up the marketplace to alternative delivery media, such as fibre optics, cable and satellite.
Telecom had a monopoly on the local loop until very recently. There are alternatives such as CityLink in the Auckland and Wellington CBDs, TelstraClear's cable internet in Wellington and Christchurch, satellite, and wireless in some locations – but products based on Telecom's DSL are the norm, as other networks do not have the same coverage nor pricing the DSL network has.
In December 2011 Telecom NZ was split into a marketing company that retained the name Telecom NZ, and Chorus, a separate infrastructure company. Chorus has completed in early 2012 a fibre to the node roll out in towns and cities with exchanges that have more than 500 lines [3].
Vodafone NZ became Telecom's biggest competitor after acquiring ihug in 2006 and then acquiring TelstraClear in 2012. TelstraClear invested heavily in infrastructure throughout New Zealand by laying fibre networks in areas in Wellington, Nelson, and Christchurch. Vodafone are continuing to build a fibre backbone throughout New Zealand.
In June 2013 Google tested Project Loon in Canterbury, a plan to provide internet services via helium balloons around the globe.
High-speed networks[edit]
Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN) was set up in 2006 to link universities and Crown Research Institutes within New Zealand via fibre-optic cable, with links to Sydney and Los Angeles via the Southern Cross Cable, at speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second (or 1 gigabit per second to Los Angeles and Sydney).
Chorus ran a, now completed, "Gigatown" competition. Residents in Dunedin, the winning town, will get a 1Gbit/s connection at the price of a normal connection.
Weta Workshop, Weta Digital and Wingnut Films in Wellington have high-speed links provided by CityLink.
International connections[edit]
International connectivity is mainly provided by the Southern Cross Cable, as well as the old Tasman 2 cable.[39]
The Southern Cross Cable is the main overseas connection for New Zealand. It connects New Zealand to Australia and the West Coast of the United States. It is majority owned by Telecom.
A new company Pacific Fibre proposed another international cable[40] between New Zealand and the United States, with claims in 2011 by one of the proponents Sam Morgan that competition would cut international capacity costs, and result in more generous internet data caps. On 1 August 2012, Pacific Fibre announced they were unable to secure sufficient investment and the planned cable was discontinued. "I think it's tragic news for the New Zealand market", said Telecommunications Users Association CEO Paul Brislen.[41] "We've spent millions of shareholder funds trying to get this done and despite getting some good investor support we have not been able to find the level of investment required in New Zealand initially and more broadly offshore", said Pacific Fibre chairman Sam Morgan.[42] Pacific Fibre will subsequently cease operations.
Internet exchange points[edit]
CityLink operates ExchangeNET, a network of neutral Internet exchange points throughout the country.
The Department of Internal Affairs runs a voluntary internet censorship scheme. Both major ISPs Spark and Vodafone are members of the scheme.
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I brought my family for a summer vacation to Cozumel We book villa Eden and loved it The house was great !!!! The pool was always clean and the view from the hot tube is insane best view from a hot tube ever !!!! It was also nice how the house is spread out so there are so many areas outside to enjoy. We had two age groups of teenagers and they were able to hang out in different areas giving them the privacy they wanted WI FI YES worked the whole time Service Excellent !!!! Genny was great The food plan is a must !!! Would I go back the question is when am I coming back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful home
We stayed at Villa Grace for 8 nights and thought the house and beach were gorgeous. We had Sandra's kitchen cook for us our entire stay and the food was wonderful! The Mosquitos and sand fleas were absolutely awful and made our stay pretty miserable. We've been to cozumel before and never had this problem on the south end of the island. Villa Grace is on the north end. Not sure if that made a difference with the bug bites or not but all six of us were covered and no one could sleep.
Why we are repeat renters of Casa La Roja
We live in a town on Cape Cod so we are well aware of the ups and downs and possible horrors of house rentals. That said we return every winter to a 3 week or sometimes longer stay at casa La Roja for the last 18 years. Why???? No pool.. no TV... not on the water...? Well, This is a home, a comfortable home well situated in the Corpus Christi neighborhood. We walk to lots of restaurants, shopping or just walk a few doors to sit in local square. Of course we also rent a car for our 3 weeks. It is quiet, CLEAN, well managed. The moment we arrive I plant my IPOD in the docking station and know when we return from a day of diving we can just listen to our music.. not something loud with screams from the hotel pool wet t-shirt contest. Plus the conveniences in the home like appliances and internet are fine. Yes we will return next year.


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Yesterday we reported that Justin Bieber had a random twitter-spree that included topics like his loins, Chuck Norris, and Viagra. His most important rando-tweet was not about his fruit salad, but about his prior baby-mama woes with Mariah Yeater. We thought it was all over and done with (he did have the final tweet on the subject) until we heard that there will be a song about the troubled Yeater on his upcoming album, Believe.
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We stayed here last year, and before we left to go back home after our stay, we booked for the next summer! This place is everything you would want for a week at the beach! Salisbury Beach is Massachusetts hidden little gem! Thanks for offering this amazing rental!
Great location-----steps to the beach
This house is located at the edge of an up and coming neighborhood. This beach side neighborhood is a mixture of permanent and vacationers residents, all were welcoming. This house was good for our young family, it was well stocked with lots of extras. One thing that I would of liked to of known prior to renting the house is that there is a very nice couple that lives in the apartment below. Because of our 2 yr old I still felt my own pressure to keep him quite. Pam the owner was very kind and great to work with, she even arranged for your father to check in on us the first day we were there. We felt very comfortable allowing out kids to walk back and forth from the ocean to the house with minimal supervision. Several evenings were spent playing at the arcades on the boardwalk. We were able get great grocery and lobster deals in New Hampshire just a few miles away from the house. We did explore spending a 1/2 exploring Maine and 1/2 day in Gloucester.


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Widely hailed as one of the finest professional athletes in American history, Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown serves as inspiration for the debut solo feature from Goines, the Southern emcee first glimpsed as one-half of rap duo Suga City. The first of three world premieres off his forthcoming, Booth-sponsored mixtape, this motivational jam finds the headilner channeling the sports legend's peerless strength and agility as he laces the driving, brass-fortified boardwork of Mr. Sandman with plenty of braggadocio and trash talk, as well as some more serious reflections on race in America. On the middle verse, Goines is joined by none other than Suga City partner-in-rhyme (and freestyle series contributor) Arkansas Bo, who expresses his hope that music will educate future generations, not poison them. Does Goines do Jim Brown proud on this hard-hitting joint? If you think so, you won't want to miss his Lead By Example - Leaders are Real People 2 street album when it hits our front page on May 19.
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Showing others the "real me" is something I have struggled with for most of my life. It wasn't until this past week that I was truly able to delve into the reasoning behind this struggle, and despite it taking SO long I am quite happy to proclaim that I AM READY TO BE ME.
Certain things have been happening like dreams and flashbacks that kept bringing me back to a past I didn't even know affected me so greatly. The truth is my self- hatred dates back to my middle school years and it took me until this very day to realize this. In middle school I wasn't the most attractive girl, but honestly who is? I had frizzy curly hair, braces, and glasses to top it off. I remember crying before school because I felt so insecure about the way I looked. I wanted to look like all the other girls. I didn't feel worthy because none of the boys wanted to talk to a girl that looked like me.
Unfortunately, this thought process led to 13 years of seeking approval from others, specifically that of males. I can't tell you the endless amount of negative behaviors I engaged in all to shed the "ugly duckling" image I had of myself. I don't want to reveal too much of the past because I am now able to see that all of these actions came from a place of insecurity. All of the things I did from the start of freshman year of high school to the end of my junior year of college were done to fulfill my needs for approval, affection and attention. I wanted to be seen as someone who was "cool" in hopes of never getting rejected again.
Flash forward to me at 26 years old and I am quite sick of treating myself so horribly. Why the heck should I put others' perceptions of me before the love for myself. How dare I treat my poor little soul with such hatred. I treat everyone with kindness, yet up until this point I haven't given myself the same respect. What type of bs is that?
Well I'm done. I am taking the mask off. I am me and I am so grateful for unwrapping the being that's been hiding inside of me all this time. The one whose a little quirky but cares so greatly for the people she loves. The one who may come across as quiet and shy but is really just inquisitive and observant. The one who is usually happy and fervently smiling. Yep that's me and I will be damned if I live one more day acting as anyone else.


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I've just 3 of them... but they're fine.
Hello all,
Has anyone had any problems with the RM AL51 laptop shutting itself off at random intervals? RM diagnose the fault as being a motherboard issue - "loose mountings for CPU"
We have 16 of these laptops in our school and 8 of these have developed the same fault.
I would like to know if anyone has had similar experiences as I am still waiting on RM to say whether or not this is a large scale fault or whether we were just REALLY unlucky (yes I know they were RM laptops and that we should expect this sort of thing...)
I've just 3 of them... but they're fine.
Attached is a photo of the fault. If you look closely at the four fixings that hold down the heatsink on the CPU, you'll see that the furthest two have lifted out of the main board. This leads to overheating and shutting down of the machine.
We found others with only one post out of the main board, these work fine for now, but will almost certainly fail in due course.
If you have AL51 laptops badged as RM or otherwise, I'd recommend you check them. It's very easy to check.
1. Lay the laptop out flat with the screen folded down on the desk.
2. Remove the plastic panel that contains the power button. It unclips from the left side. Using the slot, a coin or screwdriver can be used to start lifting the panel.
3. Remove the screw holding the keyboard down, in the top left corner.
4. Release the spring click that holds the keyboard down in the top right corner.
5. Carefully lift the keyboard and fold back, to reveal the processor and check the mounting posts.
When you have reassembled the laptop, close the screen and check the plastic covers over the screen hinges, they normally need pressing back into place.
I have the same problem with one of the mountings coming loose, is there a way to fix this ?
Speak to RM. It may be out of warranty however because it's certainly a manufacturing fault you'll be covered under Sale of Goods act.
If not, or if you just fancy having a go at repair yourself, get some epoxy putty. Remove the cpu, unscrew the mounts, and use the epoxy to firmly secure the mounts to the board from top and bottom being careful with surrounding electrical contacts. Give it 15 minutes to dry (it'll be rock hard within 2 but best do a proper job) and you'll be able to re-mount the heatsink correctly. Perhaps use the epoxy to secure mounts that haven't come away yet as a security measure. It'll be cheap and will outlast the life of the laptop.
Even though ours are out of warranty, I just call RM and reel off the list of serial numbers we've had the same issue with and they eventually say OK we'll get it collected and repair it.
What makes me laugh though is that we had one of these issues a few weeks ago and when I asked whether anyone else was having the same issues, RM said No. Well I told them they were talking rubbish!
Last edited by bodminman; 13th April 2010 at 09:58 PM.
Very late to the game on this one but we too have a pile of them that all failed this way.
Yep, epic failure on RMs part here.
We had loads with the same issue yet they wouldn't admit there was an issue. So basically that has meant no more orders to RM for kit!
what if i said i was gonna thank god for finding this thread to sort one of my laptops out, the RM AL51, and yet i opened the laptop up to check but i have no loose mounts on the CPU? LOL............ hmmmm any ideas??? it's still exactly the same symptoms as the original poster had... :~/
forget that post, i just put a 1p coin on top of the cpu, then the heatsink on top of that, and now it's fine.. been running for hours. lmao
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With its exhibition "SNIP IT! Stances on Ritual Circumcision", the Jewish Museum in Berlin offers surprising and diverse insights into the significance of a ritual about which few people in Germany know very much at all. Igal Avidan went to see the exhibitionMore
Does Islamic theology have the argumentative resources to counter the claim that violence perpetrated in the name of Islam is covered by verses from the Koran? Yes, says the Islam expert Katajun Amirpur, pointing to an open letter from Muslim scholarsMore
In the first half of the twentieth century, about 75,000 Jews lived in Egypt. With the 1948 Arab–Israeli war, their lives in Egypt became increasingly difficult and many emigrated to Europe. Kamal Ruhayyim believes that Jewish Egyptians were an important part of the Egyptian community and wrote a book to keep their memory alive. Marcia Lynx Qualey read the English translation of the first book in Ruhayyim's trilogy "Diary of a Muslim Jew"More
Renowned Egyptian philosopher Hassan Hanafi believes it is too early to declare the Arab Spring revolutions a failure. In an interview with Moncef Slimi, he explains why fundamental religious reforms are now necessary in the Arab world More
Their persecution by Islamic State has put the Yazidis in the international spotlight. In her book on the Yazidis, Birgul Acikyildiz provides insights into the culture and faith of this endangered community. By Ulrich von SchwerinMore
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi's steps to quash dissent surpass those of the Mubarak era in scope and intensity. There is hardly any area of civil life that has not been left untouched by the raft of recent measures to assert control. By Sharif Abdel KouddousMore
It is now plain for all to see that the destruction of Syria's cultural heritage is far worse than anyone expected. Michel al-Maqdissi, director of the Archaeological Excavations Department at the Syrian Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums from 2000 to 2012, tells Mona Sarkis how dire things really are and of the mistakes made by UNESCOMore
IS is a child of the late cold war and at the same time the beginning of a total war against the countries of the Arab East. It is the consequence of a collapse of political, moral and social values in the region, writes the Lebanese author Elias KhouryMore
In the battle against Islamic State, the religious leaders of Islam have failed; the onus is now on secular forces to fight the jihadi terrorists. To this end, the West must support the beleaguered rebels and civil society's campaign for civil and human rights in the Arab world. A commentary by Markus BickelMore
Ultimately, the Arab Spring was a failure because the movements fighting for freedom were faced with too many enemies who sought to quash the revolutions and thwart the efforts of the region's peoples to achieve greater democracy. An essay by the Syrian dissident Akram al-BunniMore
One in every two people in Germany believes that Islam is not part of German society. Until this attitude changes, the Islam we see in the evening news and not the actual reality of Islam in Germany will remain for many the genuine face of Islam. In this essay, Charlotte Wiedemann takes a closer look at Muslim women in Germany and shows how drastically they differ from the prevailing image of Islam in this countryMore
Farid Esack is a Koran scholar and Islamic liberation theologian from South Africa. He is one of the most renowned Islamic thinkers of our time. Claudia Mende spoke to him at the recent international "Horizons of Islamic Theology" conference in FrankfurtMore
Whoever equates Islam with Islamists has allowed themselves to be taken in by the radicals and ignores the fact that there are many liberal Muslims who have adapted their faith to the requirements of the modern world. By Rainer HermannMore
Arab Islamists and secularists fought alongside each other in the Arab Spring revolutions. But once they had removed the hated despots from power, they became embroiled in political trench warfare and revealed an astonishing lack of democratic maturity, says renowned Moroccan analyst Ali AnouzlaMore
For years, the West's foreign policy approach to the Middle East has been short sighted and counterproductive. A shrewd blend of engagement and restraint in the region is now required. However, where there is a threat of genocide at the hands of terrorists or regimes, civilians must be protected using all available means, writes Kristin HelbergMore
Approximately 450 Bedouin Palestinian families (a total of about 3,400 individuals) in 13 villages in the Al-Maleh area of the West Bank are facing eviction by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). By Mohammad Alhaj