Bill Bennett - New Zealand telecoms and technology news
WEBHome of the Download Weekly, the New Zealand telecommunications newsletter – also covers personal productivity tools and local technology issues.
What is this site about and who is Bill Bennett?
WEBBill Bennett is a freelance New Zealand technology and business journalist. He started writing about technology in 1980 as staff writer on Practical Computing magazine. He left the UK in 1987 to work in Wellington on The Dominion as Computer Page editor. He spent a decade working in Sydney, Australia. There he was managing editor of two ...
Bill Bennett - Is Microsoft Surface still competitive?
WEBSep 27, 2023 · Yesterday's post What is going on with Microsoft Surface? looks at the rapid recent decline in the device's fortunes. This follow up explores less obvious reasons why Microsoft is selling fewer Surfaces. Could the fall in demand for Surface be because Apple hardware performance is pulling ahead?
NZ broadband faces competitive reset - Bill Bennett
WEBLow Earth orbit satellites, 5G and a fibre speed bump are set to reboot New Zealand broadband competition.. It’s a decade since the first customers connected to Ultrafast broadband. At that time fibre looked the likely Kiwi broadband future.
Fixed wireless speed drops as broadband use surges
WEBThe Commerce Commission noted a significant performance decrease for fixed wireless broadband users. The average fixed wireless speed dropped 25 percent during the year. Fixed wireless carriers managed to convince plenty of new customers to move to the technology. The number of customers on fixed wireless broadband networks was up …
Working from home: Networks for beginners - Bill Bennett
WEBTypically there will be one incoming port and four outgoing ports. They all use something called Ethernet, which is a 40-year-old wire network technology. Ethernet is reliable and can run at speeds from a few megabits per second up to 400 gigabits per second. Today’s home routers also offer Wi-fi.
InternetNZ digital inclusion plan - Bill Bennett
WEBMay 18, 2020 · 20 organisations have pulled in behind InternetNZ’s call ofor greater digital inclusion. The signatories want to push things further and faster.
Covid's technology Great Leap Forward - Bill Bennett
WEBEarly in 2020 much of the world went into lockdown. Companies sent workers home to work. Schools sent students home to study. As a response, there was a surge in technology adoption.
How AI changes New Zealand work, jobs - Bill Bennett
WEBIn the face of an uncertain future, New Zealand must discourage over-specialisation in education. Education and training at all levels must equip young New Zealanders with a broad array of the skills and expertise required for an AI driven world. 1. This is vital. Too often we hear our economy needs STEM education and that’s the end of the story.
NZ Tech Podcast discusses school phone ban - Bill Bennett
WEBAug 9, 2023 · This week on the NZ Tech Podcast Paul Spain and I discuss UNESCO's call to ban phones in school classrooms just hours before New Zealand's main opposition National Party announced it plans to impose similar rules if it wins this year's election. See Momentum building for school phone bans for more on what is happening elsewhere in the world.. The discussion links to a plan by the Cyberspace ...
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