Telecom doing the right thing

As folks know I'm quite happy to post when Telecom make a bit of a hash of things. So I think it's only fair that I think I say when they are doing good things too.

According to this NZ Herald article they are doing the following:

• giving credits for customers who don't get advertised speed (23% of customers) and also giving these lists to resellers
  
• putting DSLAMs closer to customers in main cities (which means higher speeds provided it is done correctly). And Hamilton is one of these!
• letting ISPs resell full speed ADSL

Hopefully this is a sign of things to come. I'm also hopeful that the recent stock take of exchanges and cabinets was an exercise in sharing and not shutting out the competition.

Telecom - keep on embracing the new environment and you will do far better than fighting it.

Update: A ComputerWorld article here goes into more detail. It also says ADSL 2+ has been pushed back to March next year due to the work in making unconstrained ADSL available. I can understand this given how fast Telecom can (or can't) push through change given their size.