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Privacy, copyright and datacaps on InternetNZ's radar
-->Vikram Kumar took over as InternetNZ chief executive in February 2010. His CV includes stints at Telecom and that State Services Commission. He speaks to Stephen Bell about the organisation’s role in debates to do with copyright, data caps and the upcoming 700MHz spectrum auction.
What difference do you think you are making to the organisation?
It is about building on the strengths that are already there. I don’t see radical change. There is a huge amount of goodwill that InternetNZ has already gained. To me the way forward is to make sure we still have that strong foundation, but we move forward.
Privacy is an example [of an area] which we had done little of in the past; we do a bit now. We did the PublicACTA conference; I have been involved in some of the TransPacific Partnership Agreement activities. There is copyright. Those are areas where it is about the use of the internet for society, as opposed to the internet itself, which is where InternetNZ has its foundation and traditional strengths.
I think it is really important for the organisation to continue to be in the ‘internet-itself’ space; things like broadband and access issues, net neutrality, data caps; these are all about the network itself, which continue to remain quite relevant for us.
What do you see InternetNZ doing in the privacy space?
Our overall goal is to protect and promote the internet for New Zealand. We can’t do that without looking at the factors that go to maintain trust in the internet. This is where privacy comes in. If people don’t have the confidence and the willingness to use the internet, we’re undermining the platform of innovation and communication.
But how much influence can InternetNZ really have on a question that is being debated internationally?
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Ofcom requires BT to reduce rural wholesale broadband rates ...
UK telecom regulator Ofcom is making BT ( NYSE: BT ) reduce its wholesale rates to ISPs that deliver broadband services to rural area users.
This latest ruling follows an earlier proposal made by Ofcom for BT to reduce wholesale local loop unbundling (LLU) and Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) rates it charges to other competitors such as TalkTalk.
By forcing BT to cut wholesale rates by 11 percent below inflation, it believes about three million homes and businesses in the rural areas of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as the South West of England, Norfolk, Yorkshire, Cumbria and Northumberland, will be able to get more affordable broadband service.
Set to go into effect by mid-August, Ofcom believes the lower rates will "generate more competition between retail ISPs and to lead to cheaper retail prices which will benefit consumers."
In addition to lower prices, Ofcom considers that the new fee structure will help ISPs provide better quality and higher broadband because they will be able to dedicate more bandwidth for each client without having to pay more to purchase large circuits from BT.
Based on copper BT up to 24 Mbps ADSL2 + service, however, is not included in the new pricing scheme, because Ofcom think it will lead the incumbent to bring the service to more rural markets in the country.
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