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* 31 July: Commerce Commission releases draft document on unbundling that would set the wholesale price of a line to $16.49 (urban) / $32.20 (rural). [NZ Herald article|http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10455026]
* 9 Aug: Local Loop Unbundling physically starts [NZ Herald article|http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10456768]
* 18- Aug: xtra's forced migration of customers to the new Yahoo/Xtra "Bubble" email service (hosted in Australia) goes horribly wrong, with many users unable to go through the required registration process, many users not having prior notice of the changes, long queues for xtra's help desk (which was unable to provide answers), and spam filters on the new service not working. ([NZ Herald article|http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10458740], ~ComputerWorld articles [one|http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/FAB33A249042A50CCC257340001656FA] and [two|http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/B6847138CE653865CC2573410009A188])
* 13 Dec: Commerce Commission announces finalised pricing for Telecom wholesale DSL services to take effect from April 2008 - between $27.44 and $47.99 (depending on plan) per urban user with a land line, and between $47.28 and $67.83 per urban user for naked DSL. ([NZ Herald article|http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/3/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10482244])
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+* 23 Jan: [Vodafone announces end of iHug brand|http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/3/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10488214]
!!!See Also
* [Taming the lightning (a New Zealand perspective)|http://www.wordworx.co.nz/KiwitelcoTimeline.htm]
!!!References
* Beardon 1985: Colin Beardon, Computer Culture: the information revolution in New Zealand (published by Reed Methuen, isbn 0 474 00047 8).
* Hine 1987: John H. Hine [Research Networks in New Zealand|http://www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/~hine/jh/Papers/Networks/NZnets87.html].
