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Newer page: version 6 Last edited on Monday, June 7, 2004 7:35:00 pm by CraigBox
Older page: version 4 Last edited on Sunday, April 4, 2004 6:12:31 pm by ReneBartosh Revert
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-Named TelstraClear as Telstra bought Clear. 
+A New Zealand TelCo. Originally " Clear Communications", it was bought by Australian telco Telstra via their New Zealand division, then called ~TelstraSaturn
  
-I'm guessing thats why [ZFree ] closed down too . *Sob, sob*  
+TelstraClear have the second largest cable network in New Zealand, behind [TelecomNZ ]. They offer LocalLoop service for residential customers in parts of Wellington and Christchurch and for business customers around most major centres.  
  
-- Free InternetAccess shut down in NZ because there was no point in it (commercially). There used to be the point that the telcos/ISP's made money because of local call interacess charges or something.. . - ReneBartosh  
+Clear once ran its own Free [ISP], [ZFree]. It prospered because of "broken" interconnect agreements with Telecom, but when Telecom fixed the loophole the service was shut down
  
-Isn't it something like !TelstraSaturnClear this week? and perhaps !TelstraSaturnClearIridiumBellSouthVodaphoneEtc next week?  
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-http://www.telstrasaturn.co.nz redirects to http://www.telstraclear.co.nz.  
-But www.telstraclear.co.nz has a link for it's Saturn TV services that points to http://www.telstrasaturn.co.nz/home. I'm guessing that they're as confused about it as we are...  
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+CategoryCompany, CategoryTelCo