Archive for November, 2008

Hello, Telecom NZ, it’s 2008 already…

My sister’s Internet connection isn’t working, and she called me up to troubleshoot it.  The router’s testing indicated that it was a line issue, so I headed over to Telecom’s service status page to see if this was a known problem.
The entire telecom.co.nz site (NZ’s biggest Telco) is down for 6 weekend daytime hours for [...]

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Time for change, indeed

At last, after nine years, we have the change of government we need.  I think the most telling part of the results is that the winners are the parties that are willing to work with others.  The Maori party will work with Labour if that’s what gets their policies advanced, but their leaders (and the constituents will [...]

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