FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 1
1 Netcraft Web Server Survey, news.netcraft.com/archives/Web_server_survey.html
2 Quoted from Maurice Williamson, Minister for Information Technology, 1 March 1996, in his foreword to ‘ImpacT 2001: How Information Technology Will Change New Zealand’
3 Philip Burden, Minister of Commerce, keynote speech to TUANZ conference, 10 August, 1992
4 R.P.R. Miller, Communications between Great Britain and New Zealand 1860–1987, Dunmore Press, 1994, p17 cited in Elisabeth Airey, The Taming of Distance: New Zealand’s first international telecommunications, Dunmore Press, 2005
5 Elisabeth Airey, The Taming of Distance
6 Bateman New Zealand Encyclopedia, 5th edition, 2000
7 In 1837 there were two methods of sending a message along a telegraph line. Wheatstone and Cook’s system required two wires and operators at each end; Samuel Morse’s invention was the preferred technology because it required only a single wire. Messages could be sent at about 35 words per minute using the Morse code, and up to 45 words per minute using Wheatstone and Cook’s apparatus
8 A.C. Wilson, Wire and Wireless 1890–1987, Dunmore Press, 1994, pp26–27
9 ‘The Future With Telecom’ report, Telecom 1991
10 A.C. Wilson, p29
11 Airey
12 www.cablebayfarm.co.nz/history2.html
13 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A.H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 26 September 2006: www.teara.govt.nz/1966/p/postoffice/en
14 Minimum charges for ten-word telegrams in 1868 ranged from a penny a word between nearby stations to eight pence a word for longer routes. A universal rate of one shilling for ten words was adopted in the 1870s. In 1896, sixpence telegrams were adopted to encourage traffic, but by 1915 the postmaster general was speaking publicly of a loss of tuppence on every telegram handled, and the basic rate was increased to eight pence that year and to one shilling in 1920. Charges continued to fluctuate to meet rising costs without noticeable impacting traffic growth. Three and a half million inland telegrams were sent in 1900; 7.25 million in 1920; 4.5 million in 1940; and 7.25 million in 1960. Te Ara Encyclopedia 1966: www.treatyofwaitangi.govt.nz/timeline/nz1850.php
15 Sir Julius K.C.M.G Vogel, from The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, 1966
16 Airey, p13, citing articles in the Nelson Evening Mail 18 February, 1876 and other media coverage
17 Ibid
18 Replaced in the 1880s by a Siphon Recorder, which meant one person at each end could now handle trans-Tasman communications
19 Airey
20 The cable rate to Great Britain from Sydney was £9 9s 6d for 20 words. Traffic increased when charges were reduced in 1902 with the ‘all-red’ route, jointly owned by the British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand governments. In 1912 a cable was laid between Sydney and Auckland. The Wakapuaka terminal was later abandoned and the cable landed at Titahi Bay near Wellington in 1917. Te Ara Encyclopedia 1966
21 Alexander Graham Bell’s theory of the telephone confirmed by experiment with the first words spoken on 2 June 1875. The first telephone patent, number 174,465, was issued on 7 March, 1876. The first complete sentence was transmitted by telephone in Boston three days later. US Patent Number 174,465, issued on March 3 for ‘Improvements in Telegraphy.’ The first commercial telephone exchange in the world opened at New Haven, Connecticut, 28 January 1878
22 Telecom, press release, Diamond Anniversary of the First International Telephone Service (21 November 1990). Also ‘Phone affair began early,’ Briar Averill, Sunday Star Times, 1 February 1998, commemorating the 120th anniversary of the first long-distance telephone call between Dunedin and Milton
23 ‘The Future With Telecom’ report, Telecom 1991
24 ‘Speaking Your Language,’ Pacific Way , 1991
25 A.C. Wilson, p43
26 www.awunz.org.nz/history.htm
27 A.C. Wilson, p63
28 Post and Telegraph Department Acts 1842–1900 (vol 1) GP Wellington, 100, p262
29 www.teara.govt.nz/1966/P/PostOffice/InlandTelecommunications/en
30 Hugh Barty-King, Girdle Around the Earth: The Story of Cable & Wireless, William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1979, cited in Airey, The Taming of Distance
31 Cable & Wireless was nationalised by the British government in 1947 and all its assets collapsed into the British Post Office
32 The bulk of this material about the competing cable systems is paraphrased from Elizabeth Airey, The Taming of Distance, Dunmore Press, 2005, with permission from the author
33 Hamish Keith, New Zealand Yesterdays, Readers Digest, 1984, page 156
34 From a document which has since been removed from the government’s Radio Spectrum management web site: www.rsm.govt.nz
35 Keith, p156
36 Ibid
37 From a document which has since been removed from the government’s Radio Spectrum management web site: www.rsm.govt.nz
38 Wedderspoon 2003
39 Keith
40 Patrick Day, The Radio Years – A History of Broadcasting in New Zealand, Auckland University Press 1994, ISBN 1 86940 094 1
41 Telecom briefing paper, ‘What is a Telephone Exchange,’ December 1991
42 Bateman New Zealand Encyclopedia
43 Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966 ref Post Office
44 Telecom New Zealand, press release, 21 November 1990, headlined ‘Diamond Anniversary of the First International Telephone Service’
45 Caslon Analytics telecommunications history page: www.caslon.com.au/austelecomsprofile1.htm
46 Telecom New Zealand, press release, 21 November 1990, ‘Diamond Anniversary of the First International Telephone Service’
47 Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966 ref Post Office
48 www.atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/NewZealand/index.htm
49 Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966 ref Post Office
50 There was still some minor use of Morse code through until the 1950s but by the 1962 centennial of its first use in New Zealand it had been superceded by the teleprinter and the telephone. Teleprinters remained in use, one of their main users being the Press Association with its links to various newspapers around the country and as a network of 300 branch-to-branch circuits leased by businesses and government departments. Their use increased from 1964 with automatic telex switching of teleprinter calls on a national network. Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A.H. McLintock, 1966
51 Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966 ref Post Office
52 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, Post Office, edited by A.H. McLintock, 1966
53 Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966 ref Post Office
54 Looking Back to Tomorrow, New Zealand Computer Society, 1985, pp38
55 Bateman New Zealand Encyclopedia
56 Stephen Bell, computer journalist, in Looking Back to Tomorrow
57 Philip Burden, Minister of Commerce, keynote speech to TUANZ conference, 10 August 1992
58 www.rand.org/about/history/baran.html
59 The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) changed its name to Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in 1971, then back to ARPA in 1993, and back to DARPA in 1996. We refer throughout to DARPA, the current name
60 Lawrence G. Roberts, MIT, Towards a Co-operative Network of Time-Shared Computers, October 1966, was the first ARPANET plan
61 ‘Multiple Computer Networks and Intercomputer Communication,’ the first design paper on ARPANET published by Larry Roberts
62 Only the RAND study on secure voice was considered to have the goal of building a network that would be resistant to nuclear attack. This was never the goal of ARPANET, although later work on Internetting did emphasise robustness and survivability, including the ability to withstand losses of large portions of the underlying networks
63 The terms ‘hypertext’ and ‘hyperlink’ were coined by Ted Nelson in 1965 to refer to the structure of a computerised information system through which a user can navigate ‘non sequentially’ or without a pre-structured search path
64 Based on the collaborative historical document located at the US Internet Society home page (www.isoc.org/Internet/history/brief.shtml#Origins), including input from many of the Internet’s pioneers and excerpts from technical papers
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 2
1 Looking Back to Tomorrow, New Zealand Computer Society, 1985, pp39
2 A.C. Wilson, p165
3 Ibid p152
4 Ibid, p144
5 Ibid p41
6 Looking Back to Tomorrow, New Zealand Computer Society, 1985, pp46–47
7 Where most program data is kept on the stack and queued for greater efficiency rather than having to be called from the software register each time
8 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_large_systems
9 www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/department/history.html
10 Ibid
11 After 15 years development, engineer Harrington became director of the Canterbury Computer Services Department in the mid-1980s
12 The DEC PDP (programmed data processor) was a series of highly successful computers made by DEC
13 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALOHAnet
14 Also known as acoustically coupled modems that were mechanically connected to the phone, fitting over the handset to send and receive signals coming down the phone line and convert them into the zeroes and ones of data streams that could be understood by computers. A primitive device that preceded electrically connected modems
15 The Elliot was a British machine. The company was taken over by General Electric and later became ITL
16 By 1977 the DSIR had developed a gateway with IBM 3270 emulation, which was extended to handle SNA in 1980, long before such products were available from vendors. J.H. Hine, ‘Research Networks in New Zealand,’ Department of Computer Science, Victoria University of Wellington. Technical Report CSD-87-021, 1987
17 Frank March moved from the DSIR to spend a decade as director of Computing Services at Victoria University from 1985
18 J.H. Hine, chapter 6
19 www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/department/history.html
20 Based on the collaborative historical document located at the US Internet Society home page (www.isoc.org/Internet/history/brief.shtml#Origins), including input from many Internet pioneers and excerpts from technical papers
21 Ibid
22 Overseas experience: the semi-obligatory working holiday young people take before settling in to the workforce
23 The IBM System/360 mainframe computer system family announced by IBM on 17 April 1964 were the first to make a clear distinction between architecture and implementation, allowing compatibility across its range of models. Customers could purchase a smaller system with an upgrade path. The 360-67, first shipped in August 1966, came with the CP/CMS operating system, the original virtual machine system developed at IBM’s Cambridge Scientific Center, in co-operation with MIT researchers. Ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_360
24 The predecessor to DEC’s highly successful PDP-8 aimed it at a market that couldn’t afford larger mainframe computers
25 Wilson, p152
26 Ibid, p162–163
27 A young punk anarchist was killed on 18 November 1982, apparently blown up by his own gelignite bomb while trying to breach security at the computer centre. The bomber, 22-year-old Neil Roberts, had the words “This Punk won’t see 23. No Future” tattooed across his chest
28 www.atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/NewZealand/index.htm
29 Development was prevented but ten years later Bastion Point land was returned to Ngati Whatua
30 Colin Beardon, Computer Culture, Reed Methuen, 1985
31 The first international standard packet switching network was developed in the early 1970s and published in 1976 by the CCITT (now ITU). X.25 was designed to become a worldwide public data network similar to the global telephone system for voice, but it never came to pass due to incompatibilities and the lack of interest within the US. It has been used primarily outside the United States for low-speed applications (up to 56kbit/sec) such as credit card verifications, automatic teller machine (ATM) and other financial transactions. X.25 provides a connection-oriented technology for transmission over highly error-prone facilities, which were more common when it was first introduced. Error checking is performed at each node, which can slow overall throughput and renders X.25 incapable of handling real-time voice and video. Source: www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia
32 Wilson, p173
33 Wilson, p174
34 www.paymark.co.nz
35 Wilson, p175
36 Vivienne Smith, Reining in the Dinosaur: The remarkable turnaround of New Zealand Post, New Zealand Post, 1997, p23
37 Wilson, p174
38 Ian Duncan and Alan Bollard, Corporatisation and Privatisation: Lessons from New Zealand, Oxford University Press, Auckland, 1992, p7
39 ‘Economic management,’ The Treasury, Wellington, 14 July 1984, p275, p279.
40 Smith, pp43–45
41 The Mason-Morris review began in September 1985
42 Smith, p44
43 Ibid, pp45–46
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 3
1 Vint Cerf quoted in various technical media, Wednesday 1 January 2003
2 Bitnet came to mean ‘Because It’s Time Network,’ although the original meaning was ‘Because It’s There Network’
3 At its peak around 1991, Bitnet extended to around 500 organisations and 3,000 nodes within educational institutions. It spanned North America, Europe and some Persian Gulf states but as TCP/IP systems reached maturity and the Internet went mainstream in the early 1990s its popularity rapidly diminished. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BITNET
4 This increased to a 2Mbit/sec backbone with 64kbit/sec access links in the mid-1980s
5 Paraphrased from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JANET
6 www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia
7 Distilled from A Brief History of the Internet by Barry M. Leiner, Vinton G. Cerf, David D. Clark, Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Daniel C. Lynch, Jon Postel, Larry G. Roberts, Stephen Wolff: www.isoc.org/Internet/history/brief.shtml
8 This was upgraded to 1.5Mbit/sec by 1988
9 When the strain of the burgeoning ARPANET began stretching the resources provided voluntarily by the larger UUCP hubs in the United States, Rick Adams, a systems administrator at the Centre for Seismic Studies, began looking at a way for commercial organisations to alleviate the burden. UUNET Communications Services began operation in 1987 as a non-profit corporation providing Usenet feeds, email exchange and access to a large repository of software source code and related information. It shed its non-profit status within two years and changed its name to UUNET Technologies. From 2006 UUNET became an internal brand of Verizon business (formerly MCI). Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUNET
10 Edited from the research of Richard T. Griffiths, Leiden University: www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/ivh/chap2.htm
11 Distilled from A Brief History of the Internet
12 NWG, RFC 722, Jack Haverty (MIT), September 1976
13 REXX (REstructured eXtended eXecutor), an interpreted programming language was developed at IBM. It was designed to be both easy to learn and easy to read
14 The company best known for its work on packet switching, ARPANET and the Internet was acquired by GTE in 1998, then GTE and Bell Labs merged to become Verizon in 2000. BBN has been in private hands since 2006. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt,_Beranek_and_Newman
15 Eric S. Raymond, Origins and History of Unix, 1969–1995, 2003: www.faqs.org/docs/artu/index.html
16 Andrew Leonard, BSD Unix: Power to the People, from the Code, 2000
17 Culled from A Brief History of Unix by Charles Severance:www.hsrl.rutgers.edu/ug/unix_history.html and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix with a nod to Origins and History of Unix, 1969–1995: www.faqs.org/docs/artu/index.html, Eric S Raymond, 2003
18 Robert Biddle, formerly of Canterbury University Computer Science Department, in a posting to the nz.general newsgroup, 19 April 1994
19 Biddle chose Cantaur because he expected ‘canterbury’ would one day become a domain name: “Cantuar was also the official abbreviation for the Latin name the Commonwealth Universities Office used for the university, cantuariensis. If you had a BSc from there, you would write J. Bloggs, BSc (Cantuar). A few years later they did away with Latin and made the abbrev ‘cant’ instead. I was disappointed when I got flamed from many places for having a site name that people though was based on centaur spelled wrong.”
20 In Unix and other computer multitasking operating systems, a daemon is a computer program that runs in the background, rather than under the direct control of a user and is usually initiated as a process. The term was coined by the programmers of MIT’s Project MAC and derived from Maxwell’s daemon, an imaginary being from a famous thought experiment that constantly works in the background, sorting molecules. Daemons are also characters in Greek mythology, some of whom handled tasks that the gods couldn’t be bothered with. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(computer_software)
21 Robert Biddle
22 Ibid
23 Ibid
24 In 2007, head of the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science.
25 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8
26 Minutes of the 26 August 1985 meeting called to discuss university networking, taken by John Hine
27 John H. Hine, Research Networks in New Zealand Technical Report CS-TR-87-021, 12 September 1997
28 Brian Peace was the first chairman of NZUSUG
29 An IBM topology for local area network connections in which all the computers are connected in a star or ring and use a bit or token-passing scheme to prevent the collision of data when messages are being sent concurrently. Token Ring was quickly surpassed by Ethernet on most networks as local area networking came of age
30 The Unix gateway in Maryland was deemed an experiment that might last only a year but in fact it lasted forever, became Altanet, was subsequently bought out by MCI and then later by Worldcom and finally Verizon (Houlker)
31 Cyberspace was a term coined by William Gibson in his 1984 novel Neuromancer, in which he described a futuristic computer network that people could plug their minds into. The term quickly became synonymous with the Internet or on-line world
32 The emacs editor is arguably the editor of choice among many software engineers and referred to as the code cutter’s Swiss army knife
33 Lisp, from ‘list processing,’ originally created as a practical mathematical notation for computer programs. It was one of the earliest programming languages, pioneering many ideas in computer science including tree data structures, automatic storage management dynamic typing, object oriented programming and the self hosting compiler. Linked lists are one of Lisp’s major data structures and Link source code itself is made up of lists. List programs can manipulate source code as a data structure. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_%28programming_language%29
34 A DNS software package for Unix/Linux machines. It contains a DNS server, API library and tools. Most of the DNS servers on the Internet run Bind
35 Hine
36 Tony McGregor, History of the Internet debate on NZNog newsgroups, March 2001
37 Hine
38 Everyone knows a classicist is about as far away from computing as you can possibly get. What happened, says March, was as soon as he was appointed, somebody went and dumped a Macintosh on his desk, and he became a computing aficionado
39 Report of the Committee on Information and Computer Services, November 1985, Professor Chris Deardon, 3.2.1b
40 Ibid 4.1.1,
41 Ibid 4.2.1, 4.2.2
42 Ibid 4.7.2
43 Ibid 5.1
44 Ibid 5.3.9
45 Hine
46 Ibid
47 Ibid
48 In the US DARPA funds the ARPANET. CSNET received five years of support from the US National Science Foundation (NSF). Bitnet received substantial support from IBM. Janet in Great Britain was funded by the Computer Board and Research Councils. Japan’s JUNET is funded by KDD International Telephone and Telegraph
49 Domains act like your street address, giving the postal service an exact location for your letters and parcels or the telephone numbers than ensuring the calls get through to your house or business.
50 Hine
51 Doug Edmeades MSc (Hons), PhD, DipManag, MNZSFM, New Zealand Science Review Vol 61 (3–4) 2004. nzas.rsnz.org/publish/archive/NZSR_61_3_4.pdf
52 Ibid
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 4
1 Marcia Russell, Revolution: New Zealand from fortress to free market, Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett, 1996
2 D. Henderson, Economic Reform: New Zealand in an international perspective, NZ Business Roundtable, 1996
3 Alan Cameron and Claire Massey, The New Zealand Experiment – Has It Worked For SMEs?, New Zealand Centre for SME Research Management Systems Department, Massey University
4 Milner had been responsible for establishing the second satellite dish at Warkworth in 1982, refurbishing the original Warkworth satellite station a year later and building the earth stations in Wellington and Rangiora
5 Selwyn Arrow, Looking Back to Tomorrow, NZ Computer Society, 1985, p115
6 Colin Beardon, Computer Culture: the information revolution in New Zealand, Reed Methuen, 1985, p154
7 Time cover story, 3 January 1983
8 Arrow
9 Source: The Poly wlug.org.nz/PolyComputer and Aamber Pegasus: www.applefritter.com/node/1502
10 Auckland University 1970–1974, Bachelor of Science in Physics & Mathematics, post-graduate studies in Computer Science
11 Stephen Bell, computer journalist, in Looking Back to Tomorrow
12 Arrow
13 Beardon, p14
14 Beardon, p29
15 LandWeber helped found the US university Computer Science Network (CSnet) and played a major role in the development of the global Internet. From 1982 LandWeber helped establish the first Internet gateways between the United States and countries in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, including co-operative relationships between CSnet and national network projects. His informal workshops led to the forming of International Networking Conference (INET), which since 1992 became the annual conference of the Internet Society. LandWeber has been president and chairman of the board of the Internet Society and its vice president for education. Source: www.cs.wisc.edu/~lhl
16 Former head of the Federal Networking Council of the United States, who headed the NASA Scientific Internet
17 Founder of Pacific Communications programme (PACCOM)
18 Ping: A test of response time between your computer and the host your are trying to connect to, a rapid response time is desired, a slow response time suggests poor performance or issues on the line or with configuration
19 Telnet is a user command and an underlying TCP/IP protocol for accessing remote computers, including requesting specific files. The result of a Tenet request would be an invitation to log on with a user ID and a prompt for a password
20 Interview with Nevil Brownlee, March 2007
21 Mark Davies, History of the Internet debate on NZNog newsgroup, March 2001
22 Michael Newbery, History of the Internet debate on NZNog newsgroups, March 2001
23 Mark Davies, History of the Internet debate on NZNog newsgroup, March 2001
24 Madin had built the West Coast Federal Internet Exchange and helped convince the US government to move entirely to TCP/IP rather than the OSI protocols it had been contemplating. Madin invented the concept of the Internet exchange, which inspired Houlker to introduce a similar exchange (NZIX) at Waikato in 1990 and later in Auckland
25 On 17 October 1989 a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay area, collapsing a section of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. Damage was estimated at almost $3 billion in San Francisco, half the total damage figure for the entire earthquake zone. The earthquake knocked out power to San Francisco, and the city was dark for the first time since the 1906 earthquake and fire. Power was fully restored by 20 October. Emergency telephone service became sporadic because a fire broke out in the 911 telephone equipment room. The quake killed 62 people throughout Central California, injured 3757 and left more than 12,000 homeless: www.sfmuseum.net/alm/quakes3.html#1989
26 US-based UUNET Communications Services began operation in 1987 as a non-profit corporation providing Usenet feeds, email exchange, and access to a large repository of software source code and related information
27 Computer programmer Kevin Robert Elz, also known as kre, was a pioneer in connecting Australia to the Internet and more recently was involved in getting Thailand, where he now lives, on line. He helped develop Internet-based research in Australia and operated the .au domain name from 1986 through to the late 1990s and managed the .aus Usenet hierarchy from the 1980s. Some of his achievements include developing a number of important Internet RFC documents, helping connect Australia to the worldwide Internet, developing the Internet-based research network within Australia, and operating the .au domain registry from 1986 through to the late 1990s. He also managed the aus.* Usenet hierarchy from its inception in the 1980s until the mid-1990s. Amongst undergraduate students within the University of Melbourne Computer Science Department in the mid-1990s, he was considered a semi-mystical figure, having written the BSD operating system’s quota system and contributed to its timezone management system. He was rumoured to have a work contract that allowed him time off whenever cricket was being televised. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Robert_Elz
28 Stone was a Masters student who later went to Stanford University to complete his PhD. Can be contacted via Professor Peter Barett, his stepfather, who’s in Earth Sciences at Victoria
29 PCroute and PCbridge are software programs for IBM PC computers that can convert a PC with the necessary network cards into an IP router (PCroute) or an Ethernet bridge (PCbridge).
30 Tony went on to work for Teletrend, which became Allied Telesyn
31 Ace routers were developed by the DSIR’s Physical Sciences and the Information Technology Group, which became Industrial Research Ltd when the CRIs were formed in 1992. In January 1994 Network Dynamics Ltd acquired the network engineering team of IRL, the Ace Router and all rights from Industrial Research Ltd. It entered a partnership with Securicor 3Net in December 1994, which eventually purchased the company in 1996. In September 1997 Teltrend Inc acquired Securicor 3Net and the New Zealand operation became Teltrend (NZ) Limited. In turn it was acquired by Allied Telesis Japan, and became CentreCOM Systems before reverting to Allied Telesyn Research. The company now has a huge business supplying routers and network equipment worldwide with a 170-strong professional engineering division in Christchurch. Source: www.alliedtelesyn.co.nz/jobs/ATL_Timeline_RevB.pdf
32 ECL subsequently become the country agents for Cisco then went through a series of transitions becoming Case, then Dowty and later Logical, which was purchased by IBM
33 The cable was a multi-mode fibre, carrying Ethernet from the ‘thick-wire’ (10base5) cable in the Hansard office to that in the GPO machine room
34 Now the National Archives building
35 Senior scientist in the library at Apple Computer in Cupertino
36 RS-232 defines the meaning of the different serial signals and their respective pin assignments on a standard 25-pin serial connector. For many years a RS-232-compatible port was a standard feature for serial communications, such as modem connections, on many computers. It remained in widespread use into the late 1990s
37 SCADA refers to the large-scale, distributed measurement and control systems used to monitor or control chemical or transport processes, in municipal water supply systems, to control electric power generation, transmission and distribution, gas and oil pipelines, and other distributed processes
38 MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) numbers on the bottom of a cheque
39 In 1984, the ‘father’ of the Freenet movement, Tom Grunder, created St Silicon’s Hospital and Dispensary, a medical bulletin board system that was an asynchronous, interactive messaging system that allowed users to ask a qualified doctor medical questions. This doctor would answer within hours (Archee 1994, p 30). This grew into the Cleveland Free-Net (Morino 1995). Freenet became Grunder’s trademark for the National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN). As of December 1995, NPTN had more than 150 affiliated community systems (NPTN, 1995)
40 A program that searches for file names and resources on the Internet and presents results in hierarchical menus. As users select options, they are moved to different Gopher servers. Where links have been established, Usenet news and other information can be read directly from Gopher. Originally introduced in 1991 at the University of Minnesota, and named after the school’s mascot. There were more than 7000 Gopher servers on the Internet at its height. Popularity declined as Web content increased throughout the 1990s. www.answers.com/topic/gopher
41 A program that searches the Internet for specific resources by description, not just file name. Using Boolean searches (this AND this, this OR this, etc.), users can search Gopher servers to retrieve a selected group of menus that pertain to their area of interest
42 The Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand
43 It quickly became permanent
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 5
1 Interview with Keith Newman
2 It never happens
3 Speech to TUANZ by SOE Minister Richard Prebble, 7 August 1990
4 Gordon Campbell, ‘Tough Calls,’ NZ Listener, May 17–23, 1997
5 Williamson says he has all the media clippings and documents if anyone challenges his take on what was happening
6 Network World, 12-06-89, Networked PABXs in high-speed link
7 The Commerce Commission withdrew its long running action against Telecom’s Megaplan pricing in March 1995. It concluded the time and costs involved in pursuing this matter to finality would be greater than any benefits that might result. It was no surprise that seven years after the complaint was made, the telecommunications environment had changed so much that no important precedent was likely to be established. Commerce Commission Press Release 31 March 1995
8 Keith Newman, Satellite link offers glimpse of future, Network World, May 29, 1989
9 Frank Bajak, The Press, Tuesday, 1 June 1993
10 The shoot or branch of a creeping plant or the handles on the kete of knowledge. Hiko = random or distant flashing, lightning or something beginning to shine
11 VUW router’s change log says the Kawaihiko DDS links were operating from on 14 Jun 1990. Comments and clarifications by Don Stokes on NZnog newsgroups
12 Donald Neal, ‘The Harvest Object Cache in New Zealand,’ Information & Technology Services, University of Waikato
13 DSIR Act 1974 (section 5a)
14 Doug Edmeades MSc (Hons), PhD, DipManag, MNZSFM, New Zealand Science Review Vol 61 (3–4) 2004. nzas.rsnz.org/publish/archive/NZSR_61_3_4.pdf
15 Comments and clarifications by Don Stokes on NZnog newsgroups
16 There were several variants of Mosaic including Netscape which was also the company name used by Andreessen to market his new browser
17 Loosely based on Richard T. Griffiths (Leiden University):http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/ivh/chap2.htm plus additional research
18 Based on Netcraft, Google and Yahoo statistics: http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/misc/sizeofWeb.html
19 MUDs (multiuser dungeon, domain or dimension) are a multi-player computer game that combines elements of role-playing games, hack and slash style computer games and social chat rooms. Typically running on an Internet server or bulletin board system, the game is usually text-driven, where players read descriptions of rooms, objects, events, other characters, and computer-controlled creatures or non-player characters (NPCs) in a virtual world. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD
20 The Simtel archive was first made available on the public Internet in 1993 after its original host on AARPANET was shut down. It was a colossal archive of shareware for various operating systems, particularly Microsoft Windows and MS-Dos
21 Project Gutenberg was founded by University of Illinois student Michael Hart in 1971. It is a volunteer effort to digitise, archive, and distribute cultural works. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books
22 The PACCOM consortium, partly funded the original connection of Internet sites in New Zealand to the rest of the Internet in the United States, via a gateway located at the University of Waikato
23 John Houlker interview with Keith Newman, New Zealand Herald, July 1998
24 From the minutes of the Tuia Society meeting November 1994
25 John Houlker as quoted in the minutes of the meeting
26 NZ becoming telecomms hub, says Hunt, by Keith Newman, Computerworld, 9 July 1990
27 Media briefing document, 18 May 1992
28 Dave King, ‘IT Industry calls Govt bluff,’ The Dominion, June 1992
29 Peter King, Telecom invests in ‘vision,’ The Dominion, 6 July 1992
30 Telecom media release in support of the WCL, 18 June 1992
31 Interview conducted by Keith Newman for feature article in mid-1993
32 Brown was later killed when his plane crashed in Bosnia
33 Godzone, Bob Johnson, Wired, November 1995
34 Hicks insists one of those people was instrumental in setting up Telecom’s Xtra ISP seven years later
35 Letter from Clive Elliott and Alex Mcdonald of lawyers Baldwin Son and Carey to ISOCNZ’s lawyers Rudd Watts & Stone on 18 September 1996
36 In Qantas Airways Limited v The Domain Name Company Limited (2000) 1 NZECC 70-005, the defendant registered the domain name qantas.co.nz. It then attempted to sell the name to Qantas. The High Court was quick to condemn this and ordered the defendant to de-register the name. The Court found that such actions were a deliberate blocking of the lawful exploitation of the name and a fraudulent use of Qantas’s goodwill Dominion Breweries was also successful in its Court action to get the domain name db.co.nz back from the Domain Name Company in DB Breweries Ltd v The Domain Name Company Limited (2000) 1 NZECC 70-009
37 International Networking conference relating to governance and other issues of concerns to the Internet community
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 6
1 www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh
2 The Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer of Witches, Witch Hammer, or the Hexenhammer) is the most infamous treatise on prosecuting witches to have come out of the Middle Ages in Europe. It is a comprehensive witch-hunter’s handbook first published in Germany between 1486 and 1487. The 14 editions that arise from the original spread throughout Europe and had a profound impact on witch trials on the Continent for about 200 years. This work is notorious for its vivid misogyny and equating witchcraft with heresy. The Malleus was originally prefaced by the main papal document on witchcraft issued by Pope Innocent VIII on December 5, 1484. It mentions Inquisitors James Sprenger and Heinrich Kramer by name and directs them to combat witchcraft in northern Germany. Source: Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum
3 Fidonet was founded as a non-commercial network in 1984 by Tom Jennings of San Francisco, California as a means of networking BBS that used his own Fido BBS software. Other BBS software over time was adapted to support his Fidonet protocols and the network became a popular means for hobbyist computer users to communicate. Fidonet has designated co-ordinators at each level to manage the administration of nodes and resolve disputes. Network co-ordinators are responsible for managing the individual nodes within their area. The Fidonet system officially referred only to transfer of netmail, private messages between BBS users. A netmail message would contain the name of the sender and recipient and their Fidonet addresses and the system would route the message from one system to the other until it reached the intended recipient. Netmail allowed for the ‘attachment’ of a single file to every message which led to the automated distribution of files between BBS including games. By far the most commonly-used piggyback protocol was Echomail, which enabled public discussions similar to Usenet newsgroups. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidonet
4 Paraphrased from One Byte and You’re Hooked, by Tess Redgrave, New Zealand Readers’ Digest, December 1990
5 Circuit riders explore Internet Web, The Press, 1 June 1993
6 Simpson later founded Aardvark as a successful Web news content provider
7 Tandy Radio Shack’s home computer launched in August 1977 as a direct competitor to the Commodore PET 2001 and the Apple II. Initially the company was unsure how well the machine would sell and kept the initial production run to 3000 units. It sold 10,000 in the first month and 550,000 the first year. The TRS-80 came with cassette input for programs and storage and had to have a special extension to use floppy disks. The motherboard and keyboard were integrated into one unit. The basic unit came with 4k of RAM and later 16k. The processor ran at 1.77MHz. Ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80
8 A small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near the Southern Cross, also known as the Jewel Box or Kappa Crucis Cluster
9 Christina Enright, Strategic Behaviour of Internet Service Providers in New Zealand and the Performance of this Market, March 2000: www.iscr.org.nz/f241,4849/4849_ausnz_020600.pdf
10 From Michael Newbery, A Short Catechism on the Internet, Information Technology Services Victoria University of Wellington, revision 8, 3 June 1993
11 Essentially Prof John Hine, Mark Davies, Duncan McEwan, Bernd Gill, and Andy Linton
12 Copied to Bernd Gill at the Victoria University Department of Computer Science
13 www.wlug.org.nz/NetLink
14 Rack-mounted modems made New Zealand company Comcor Technology
15 A spin-off from the DSIR Industrial Research Labs which later became Allied Telesyn
16 The position was taken up by Sid Jones, who moved on to work for TelstraClear when it purchased NetLink
17 http://www.wlug.org.nz/NetLink
18 www.actrix.co.nz (original profile document since removed)
19 The Telnet (Teletype network) protocol provides a facility for remote log-ins to computers via the Internet, for terminal emulation. A telnet program running on a client can run a log-in session on a remote computer where commands can be read by a telnet server program. It was developed in 1969 and became one of the first Internet standards. A user may telnet remotely to check email or log in into account information and execute operating system commands on that remote computer. Telnet was considered a highly insecure means of accessing remote resources
20 Christine Robertson, ‘Actrix joins multimedia centre,’ Evening Post, 25 May 1996
21 A movement based around alternative economics, founded by James Robertson and based in London and offering a ‘people-centred’ approach as opposed to the approach taken by those who attend the annual G8 summits. TOES holds its annual gatherings to coincide with G8
22 Gerrit Bahlman was the IT manager at the time
23 Later acquired by Quicksilver and then Whoosh in 2006
24 Alan Marston’s father, John Lesley Marston (Jack), was a member of the Communist Party of NZ before going off to WWII and on his return became a core member of the Dunedin Branch of the CPNZ. At the time the CPNZ was “aligned with China” but Marston after visiting China denounced Mao as a dictator and began siding more with the Russian version. His branch was expelled from the CPNZ and he went on to become a founding member of the New Zealand Socialist Unity Party. Source: www.ak.planet.gen.nz/people/alan/dad2.html
25 www.pl.net/productPages/philosophy.htm
26 Combining the functionality of a bridge and a router
27 An open source computer operating system which is essentially a free variant of Unix. The project to begin compiling together such a system began with the GNU Project and was ultimately pieced together when Fin Linus Torvalds wrote the kernel in 1991
28 Biddle later became a lecturer in computer science at Victoria University
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 7
1 Aardvark News, 30 May 1997
2 Brian Rudman, ‘How to net a family fortune,’ Weekend Herald 17–18 July 1999
3 Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet chat or synchronous conferencing. It is mainly designed for group (many-to-many) communication in discussion forums called channels but also allows one-to-one communication and data transfers via private message
4 KCCS Internet Hall of Shame. Page since removed
5 Midland was sold to Jets Internet in the last quarter of 1997
6 KCCS Internet Hall of Shame. Page since removed
7 Voyager initially charged $6.95 an hour and Xtra $4.95 per hour, but Voyager immediately dropped its price to $5.95
8 The Ihug/ESnet merger occurred on 29 October 1996
9 Brian Rudman
10 Chris Barton, PC Magazine, December 1995
11 Russell Brown, ‘Telecom’s Xtra agony,’ Unlimited, Tuesday, December 1998
12 ICMP is one of the core protocols of the IP suite, chiefly used by the operating systems of networked computers to send error messages, indicating, for example, that a requested service is not available or that a host or router could not be reached
13 KCCS Internet Hall of Shame. Page since removed
14 Russell Brown
15 The X-shaped junction was a shameless knock-off of the interface for Apple’s eWorld according to Russell Brown
16 Telecom 1998 Financial Statements
17 Christina Enright, ‘Strategic Behaviour of Internet Service Providers in New Zealand and the Performance of this Market,’ March 2000. Updated document now at www.iscr.org.nz/f241,4849/4849_ausnz_020600.pdf
18 KCCS Internet Hall of Shame. Page since removed
19 Christina Enright
20 Christina Enright
21 Russell Brown
22 www,aardvark.co.nz, 23 December 1996
23 Steve Evans, ‘Telecom cleared over Xtra but scrutiny continues,’ The Dominion, 19 December 1996
24 Russell Brown
25 Ibid
26 Aardvark News, 2 December 1996
27 Clear announced its intention to start an Internet access service in July 1996
28 Aardvark News, 16 December 1996
29 Aardvark News, 18 December 1996
30 Aardvark News, 20 December 1996
31 Press release: ‘Web world Customers Offered $5 credit for Xtra CD,’ Auckland, 18 March 1997
32 Aardvark News, 18 March 1997
33 Aardvark News, 30 May 1997
34 OzEmail was later sold to MCI Worldcom
35 Chris Barton, ‘Sizing the Net in New Zealand,’ PC June 1996
36 Chris Barton, ‘Whatever your pick on surveys, the Net is big,’ NZ Herald, Tuesday, 15 December 1998
37 Press release from Botica Conroy & Associates: ‘Understanding the New Zealand Internet Market,’ 4 February 1998
38 Christina Enright
39 NZ Herald, 7 November 98
40 Paraphrased from Telecom’s Xtra agony, Russell Brown, Unlimited, Tuesday, December, 1998 (with permission)
41 Chris Barton ‘PC buyers receive rough and of deal’ NZ Herald, 25 August 1998; ‘Chipping away at breaking the cycle and confusion reigns at price point,’ NZ Herald,10 November 1998
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 8
1 www.med.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentPage____4847.aspx
2 Keynote speaker at TUANZ conference, August 1993
3 According to Statistics New Zealand average residential phone call pricing plummeted 50% between 1987 and 1993
4 Gordon Campbell, ‘Tough Calls,’ NZ Listener, 17–23 May 1995 Ibid
6 Paraphrased from a feature article for Communique Magazine, August 1993 by Keith Newman
7 Ibid
8 Ibid
9 Keith Newman, ‘Changes to WWW charges in pipeline,’ Network World, 17 February 1995
10 Keith Newman, ‘The bandwidth economy,’ PC Magazine, February 1996
11 Donald Neal, ‘The Harvest Object Cache in New Zealand,’ Information & Technology Services, The University of Waikato
12 Chris Barton, ‘The Kiwi Connection, New Paths to The Net,’ PC Magazine, December 1995
13 Christina Enright, ‘Strategic Behaviour of Internet Service Providers in New Zealand and the Performance of this Market,’ March 2000: Updated document now at www.iscr.org.nz/f241,4849/4849_ausnz_020600.pdf
14 www.med.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentPage____4847.aspx
15 www.teleinquiry.govt.nz/reports/final/final-07.html
16 Keith Newman, ‘Competition at last?,’ PC Magazine, September 1996
17 Adrienne Perry, ‘Telstra to spend $30m in NZ,’ The Dominion, 11 August 1997
18 Keith Newman, ‘Regulation by litigation,’ LAN Magazine Australia, July 1997
19 Keith Newman, ‘Internet relief well overdue,’ PC Magazine, June 1997
20 Aardvark News, 29 January1997
21 Aardvark News, 7 May 1997
22 Aardvark News, 20 August 1997
23 Keith Newman, ‘Internet relief well overdue,’ PC Magazine, June 1997
24 The proposal was shelved for a time but went ahead in 1999 with Wellington CityLink locating equipment on the 48th floor of the Sky Towers and an equivalent exchange established in Wellington (WIX)
25 Prof John Tiffin, Keynote speech to the TUANZ conference in Christchurch, 24 August 1987
26 Ibid
27 Telecom media release, 21 November 1990
28 Paraphrased from a feature article for Communique Magazine, August 1993 by Keith Newman
29 Keith Newman, ‘The Bandwidth Bottleneck,’ Communique Magazine, February 1993
30 ‘Telecom Acts to Trim Charges for ISDN,’ NZ Herald, 8 August 1997
31 ATM is a cell relay or circuit switching network protocol which encodes traffic into fixed cell sizes or frames rather than packets which are used by Ethernet and IPNetworks. ATM is connection-oriented technology, and establishes a logical link between the two endpoints before the data exchange begins. ATM has proved very successful for wide area networking (WANs) scenario and many carriers have implemented it in their network backbones. However, ATM failed to gain wide use as a local area networking technology, and its complexity has held back its full deployment as the single integrating network technology in the way its inventors intended. For example ATM is increasingly challenged by the converged nature of much modern day network requirements. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous_Transfer_Mode
32 Keith Newman, NZ Herald, 8 August 1997
33 Keith Newman, ‘Anyone for seconds,’ PC Magazine, June 1997
34 Gordon Campbell, ‘Tough Calls,’ NZ Listener, 17–23 May 1997
35 Ibid
36 Aardvark News, 26 February 1997
37 Bob Johnstone, Wired magazine, November, 1995
38 Keith Newman, ‘Pay TV subscribers missing out,’ NZ Herald, 5 August 1997
39 Keith Newman, ‘Telecom tests broadband,’ NZ Herald, 12 August 1997
40 NZ Herald, 5 December 1997
41 Keith Newman, NZ Herald interview, November 1997
42 While it owned considerable spectrum a decade later Telecom had used very little of it for the purposes intended. Some claimed Telecom acquired important spectrum that could have been used by others to deliver competitive services
43 Keith Newman, column, Metro magazine, October 1999
44 Keith Newman, ‘DSL trials,’ NZ Herald, November 1997
45 Keith Newman, ‘Telecom tests broadband,’ NZ Herald, 12 August 1997
46 Keith Newman, ‘Rewiring the nation,’ unpublished feature, 16 July 1997
47 Keith Newman, ‘Telecom prepares for ATM Network,’ NZ Herald, 20 May 1997
48 Brian Gaynor, ‘Americans quit after making their dough,’ NZ Herald, 27 December1997
49 Clinton-Gore, October 1997
50 Revised from Keith Newman, ‘The rhythm method of competition law,’ Metro magazine, July 1998
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 9
1 Keith Newman, ‘Consumers seek new telecoms services,’ NZ Herald, 21 October 1998; ‘NZ must lift its high-tech game,’ NZ Herald, 29 October, 1998
2 Keith Newman, ‘Internet bandwidth battle begins,’ TUANZ Topics July 1999 plus other research
3 Keith Newman, ‘Last Mile Green Out,’ Metro magazine, October 1998
4 John Houlker interview, 17 July 1998
5 Russell Brown, ‘Telecom’s Xtra agony,’ Unlimited, December, 1998
6 Ibid
7 Christina Enright, ‘Strategic Behaviour of Internet Service Providers in New Zealand and the Performance of this Market,’ March 2000: Updated document now at www.iscr.org.nz/f241,4849/4849_ausnz_020600.pdf
8 Keith Newman, ‘Flat fee for Net access is norm,’ NZ Herald, 11 June 1999
9 Keith Newman, ‘Rerouting the Internet traffic jam,’ Australian Reseller News, 12 July 1999
10 Ibid
11 Telecom Press release September 1999
12 NZ Herald, June 1999
13 Interview with Carl Penwarden, who was heading the DSL trials in 1998
14 ‘High-speed Net from Telecom,’ NZ Herald, 29 September 1999
15 Keith Newman, ‘Internet bandwidth battles begin, TUANZ Topics, July 1999
16 Keith Newman, ‘Lloyd puts national DSL roll-out on hold,’ NZ Herald, 6 July 1999
17 Keith Newman, ‘Ihug pulls plug on its network huggers,’ NZ Herald, 6 July 1999
18 Keith Newman, ‘Access Denied,’ Australian Reseller News, January 2000
19 Keith Newman, ‘Telecom cries wolf,’ Australian Reseller News, April 2000
20 ‘Court action on 0867 access,’ NZ Herald, August 2000
21 A finding borne out by the Ministerial Telecommunications Inquiry handed to the government in October 2000
22 ‘Court action on 0867 access,’ NZ Herald, 1 August 2000
23 Paul Budde, ‘Communication Telecommunications and Information Highways Report 2000/2001’
24 Telecommunications and Information Highways, Paul Budde Communications 2001, principal research for New Zealand ISP section, Keith Newman
25 Keith Newman, ‘Peddle to the metal for cable venture,’ Australian Reseller News, February 2000
26 www.Internetnz.net.nz/issues/archive/crimes-bill/submsn9607tech-crimes-bill-reform.html
27 www.Internetnz.net.nz/about/rules/archive/emeeting970220guide.html
28 ISOCNZ Discussion Document on Cryptography released: www.Internetnz.net.nz/issues/archive/cryptography98discussion.html
29 www.Internetnz.net.nz/issues/archive/letter980921wassenar.html
30 Sue Leader, final report to the ISOCNZ Council, December 2002
31 www.Internetnz.net.nz/issues/archive/hacking99consult-form.html
32 www.Internetnz.net.nz/issues/archive/1999-election-survey
33 June 1999: 0867 and Kiwi Share Response: www.Internetnz.net.nz/issues/archive/0867
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 10
1 David Legard, Internet News, Singapore, 14 February 2000
2 Keith Newman, ‘Last mile “green out”,’ Metro magazine, October 1998
3 NZ Herald, July 1999
4 NZ Herald, 7 November 1998
5 Keith Newman, ‘Bandwidth battle begins,’ TUANZ Topics, July 1999
6 NZ Herald articles and interviews with Keith Newman, August 99
7 ‘Cup, Apec, New Year threat to NZ pipes,’ NZ Herald and personal interviews with Keith Newman circa July 1999
8 Keith Newman, ‘Anarchy rules,’ Metro, July 2000
9 Keith Newman, ‘Peddle to the metal for cable venture,’ Australian Reseller News, February 2000
10 Amended from reports in NZInternet.com, November 2000
11 www.med.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentPage____4850.aspx
12 Keith Newman, ‘Access Denied,’ Metro, November 2000
13 Manufacturing faults showed up in the Southern Cross cable in 2002 and 2004, which were covered under warranty but caused sections of the cable to be dredged up and replaced
14 Keith Newman, ‘Fewer ISPs Have Greater Share,’ nz.Internet.com, 18 July 2000
15 Paul Budde, ‘Information Superhighways in New Zealand report 1999–2000’
16 Keith Newman, ‘Data Use Forces Upgrades,’ NZInternet.com, March 2001
17 Wigley & Company paper presented to New Zealand computer society, The Law of IT seminar, October 2002
18 NZInternet.com, November 2000
19 NZInternet.com, November 2000
20 Keith Newman, ‘Data Use Forces Upgrades,’ NZInternet.com, March 2001
21 Keith Newman, ‘Choking on Broadband Hype,’ NZ Business Times, 13 July 2001
22 ‘Telecommunications Use, Constraints and Potential In rural Areas report,’ Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, July 2000
23 Keith Newman, ‘No Time To Sit On The Fence,’ NZ Business Times, 19 October 2001
24 Keith Newman, ‘Beefing Up Your Bandwidth,’ Home Technology, November 2001
25 OECD 2001 ‘Development of Broadband Access’ report
26 Ironically Gibbs vented her frustration in the media at not being able to access Telecom’s DSL service in January 2007 despite living in Paritai Drive, one of the wealthiest streets in New Zealand. As for the Piha episode Telecom announced on 15 September 2003 that 77 percent of Piha residents could finally get DSL
27 Review of Christchurch cable, Christchurch Press, 16 November 2001
28 Commerce Commission report number 447 on TelstraSaturn’s acquisition of Clear Communications, 7 December 2001
29 ‘Clear under Telstra: Higher prices, job cuts,’ The Independent, 31 October 2001
30 Keith Newman, ‘Lazy Telcos Hold Us To Ransom,’ NZ Business Times, February 2002
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 11
1 Graham T. Crocombe, Michael J. Enright and Michael E. Porter, Upgrading New Zealand’s Competitive Advantage, Oxford Press, 1991
2 Keith Newman, ‘Guru takes time to reflect on economic reforms,’ NZ Herald, 4 November 1998
3 Keith Newman, ‘Porter stresses need for a national vision,’ NZ Herald, 10 November 1998
4 Keith Newman, ‘Hi-tech groups can lead growth: Wilde,’ NZ Herald, 2 November 1998
5 Keith Newman, ‘We’ve been snoozing,’ Metro, October 1999
6 Miriana Alexander, ‘NZ basks in global glory worth millions,’ Sunday Star Times, 31 October 1999
7 James Gardiner, ‘Our $12 m quest for the Holy Grail,’ NZ Herald, 5 January 2000
8 Keith Newman, ‘Adapted form Kiwis in cultural crisis,’ Metro, August 1998
9 Trevor Eagle, who died in December 2000, was the founding president of the Information Technology Association (ITANZ) in 1988, and the government’s first appointment to its Technology for Business Growth (TBG) advisory committee in 1992 and chairman of the Hi-tech Council, tasked with keeping the government informed about industry needs. Keith Newman, ‘Obituary Trevor Eagle: Passionate IT Advocate,’ NZ Herald, 14 December 2000
10 Previously unpublished comments from interviews with Trevor Eagle, 1999
11 Sir Angus Tait died at the age of 88 on 7 August 2007. He founded Tait Electronics in 1969, with a second mortgage on his house, after a previous business went broke in 1967. The business grew to employ 750 people with revenues of around $170 million
12 Keith Newman, NZ Herald, June 1999
13 Keith Newman, ‘Visionary leadership overdue,’ MIS magazine column, May 2001
14 NZInternet.com, February 2001
15 ‘Catching a Deluge In a Paper Cup,’ NZBT, 27 July 2001
16 Keith Newman, ‘Kiwi Edge Needs Sharpening,’ nz.Internet.com, April 2001
17 ‘Catching a Deluge In a Paper Cup’
18 Keith Newman research from articles for nz.Internet.com and MIS magazine in February and August 2001
19 Simon Collins, ‘Catching up a tall order,’ Weekend Herald 22–23 February 2003
20 Cathy Aronson, ‘Cutbacks rob knowledge banks,’ NZ Herald, 28 July 2001
21 Keith Newman,’Kickstarting The Knowledge Economy,’ MIS, Dec 2001
22 Keith Newman, ‘Based on copy from Losing our mind,’ Metro, June 1999
23 Keith Newman, ‘IT Skills Shortage Unabated,’ NZBT, November 2001
24 Brian Fallow, ‘The numbers show we’re born to leave,’ Weekend Herald, 1 March 2003
25 Keith Newman presentation to Flaxroots conference at AUT, ‘Changing Gears,’ 11 April 2002
26 Chris Barton, ‘Ambitious goal in days of the dotcom wreck,’ NZ Herald, 11–12 January 2003
27 Simon Collins, ‘Catching up a tall order’
28 Rod Oram, ‘We have our own wave of knowledge,’ Sunday Star Times, 2 March 2003
29 Alan MacDiarmid died on 8 February 2007. MacDiarmid was one of three joint winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and development of conductive polymers in 2000. He was made a Member of the Order of New Zealand, for his outstanding contribution to chemistry and the New Zealand science community in 2001. Throughout his career he has maintained close research links with the Victoria University of Wellington School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, the Crown Research Institute, Industrial Research Ltd, at Lower Hutt, and the Royal Society of New Zealand.
30 View the growing archive on our heroes of innovation at the NZEdge web site: www.nzedge.com
31 Keith Newman, ‘Contradictions for Entrepreneurs,’ NZBT, 30 November 2001
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 12
1 John Lozowsky came from the New York State Archives to work at New Zealand National Archives in the late 1980s at the invitation of former chief archivist Ray Grover. He had worked in New York as an IT consultant for two years and had a vision for computerisation at National Archives, enthusing many with his ideas about the application of IT. He left National Archives in 1991 and moved to the Treasury. He later worked at the Department of Health as the assistant director of IT and was the IT manager at the Ministry of Health in Wellington from January 1996 to April 1999 (associates.ucr.edu/floz704.htm). Lozowsky was contracting for international business consultancy group Marsh & McLennan, in the Twin Towers and had allegedly gone into work early on the morning of the terrorist attack so he could get home early for his son’s birthday. He died in 9/11
2 Keith Newman, NZ Herald, May 1997
3 Interview with Scott Matthias, for NZ Herald, February 1999
4 NZ Herald, 2 November 1998
5 Keith Newman, ‘Zero hour for chips,’ Metro, May 1998
6 Keith Newman interviews and research June–July 2000 including quotes published in NZ Business Times
7 Keith Newman, ‘E’ by Govt, The Boss Magazine, October 2001 (the first and only issue)
8 Keith Newman, ‘E-Government Evidence Urged,’ NZ Business Times column, 14 September 2001
9 Stephen Bell, ‘No worries on e-govt survey says Mallard,’ IDGNet, 29 April 2002
10 Keith Newman, ‘E-government Balances Official Spying,’ NZ Business Times, 9 October 2001
11 Adam Gifford, ‘Government’s e-buying scheme takes next step,’ NZ Herald, 4 September 2001
12 Keith Newman, ‘E’ by Govt, The Boss Magazine
13 Paraphrased from Computerworld, Stephen Bell, 15 November 2002 and other sources
14 www.e.govt.nz/about-egovt/strategy/strategy-june-2003
15 Hansard, 13 November 2003: www.hansard.parliament.govt.nz/hansard/Final/FINAL_2003_11_13.htm
16 NetGuide Best Government web site winner in 2003
17 Government Web portal increasingly popular, 14 July 2004
18 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘E-govt projects number more than 100,’ The Dominion, 29 September 2003
19 Keith Newman, ‘Surfers wasting less time,’ Home Technology, November 2003
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 13
1 Later acquired by the National Bank
2 ‘Internet use booming globally,’ Reuters, 21 November 2002
3 www.businesshistory.auckland.ac.nz/asb_bank/timeline.html
4 ‘Telecommunications and Information Highways in New Zealand,’ Budde Communications 1998–1999
5 An intranet is an internal, company-wide Internet-based network that gives common access to important company information from price lists to processes, procedures, employment guidelines, and newsletters. An extranet would be an extension of your internal Intranet to business partners or those in the supply chain offering access to catalogues, price lists, or core information needed to facilitate their working in with your company
6 Keith Newman, ‘Ecommerce Star about to rise,’ TUANZ Topics, April 1999
7 NZ Herald, 21 September 1999
8 Keith Newman, ‘E-Lessons from the Fallout Shelter,’ NZBT 3 August 2000
9 ‘Telecommunications and Information Highways in New Zealand 2001,’ Paul Budde Communications
10 Keith Newman, ‘Ecommerce Consolidation,’ MIS Magazine, August 2000
11 Budget 2000 government, press release, 15 June 2000
12 ‘Electronic Commerce in New Zealand: A Survey of Business Use of the Internet,’ Ministry of Economic Development, 2000
13 Keith Newman, ‘Kiwis Flying With Best in e-World,’ Home Technology, 2000
14 Budde 2001
15 Telecom shed its 10 percent interest in EDS after dissolving the eSolutions partnership both had formed with Microsoft in 2002
16 Keith Newman, ‘e-Commerce Entry Made Easier,’ Internet.com, November 2000
17 Budde, 2001
18 Keith Newman, ‘e-Commerce Entry Made Easier’
19 Keith Newman, ‘Batten Down the Hatches,’ MIS, September 2001 and related research
20 Ian Miller, ‘Internet Commerce, Sizzle or Hype,’ Home Technology, November 2001
21 Keith Newman, ‘Maturing the e-Market Model,’ NZBT, 2 December 2001
22 Makin’ bacon on the net, Australian Reseller News, November 1999
23 Keith Newman, ‘Maturing the e-Market Model’
24 Keith Newman, ‘Rewards for eBusiness Risks,’ TUANZ Topics, February 2002
25 Media statement, ‘The E-Commerce Strategy: One year on’
26 Kevin Taylor, ‘Businesses embrace opportunities of the Internet,’ NZ Herald, 17 May 2002
27 Paul Swain, press release, ‘eCAT report a stock take of e-commerce initiatives,’ 16 June 2003
28 bellgully.co.nz/resources/pdfs/Electronic_Transactions_Act_1003.pdf
29 www.brookfields.co.nz
30 Keith Newman, ‘Surfers wasting less time,’ Home Technology, November 2003
31 Keith Newman, ‘Kiwis becoming more cultured,’ Home Technology, November 2003
32 Keith Newman, ‘Why TradeMe works’ Trade Me, iStart, August 2002
33 Vikki Bland, iStart October 2004
34 Owen Hembry, ‘Kiwis embrace on-line shopping,’ NZ Herald, 18 January 2005
35 Keith Newman, ‘On-line commerce goes mainstream,’ Home Technology, November 2005
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 14
1 Position paper: Domainz, the New Zealand Internet Registry Ltd, ISOCNZ inc for governance in the .nz DNS, prepared by Patrick O’ Brien, CEO Domainz, March 1999
2 ISOCNZ was formed in November 1995
3 Stephen Bell, ‘The keeper of the keys,’ CIO, December 1999
4 Russell Brown, interview with Jim Higgins and Patrick O’Brien, Friday Fry-up, Computerworld, 12 August 1997
5 Council meeting, 14 November 2006, elected Jim Higgins as chairperson. Donald Neal was re-elected as secretary and Colin Jackson as treasurer. All of the officers were elected unopposed. Source: www.Internetnz.net.nz/proceedings/agm/archive/1996/agm96election-results.html
6 A reference to Telecom Xtra’s advertising campaign to win over Internet customers
7 Ruling the NZ domain, Infotech Weekly, 13 December 1999
8 Aardvark article by Bruce Simpson, 17 March 1997
9 Aardvark, 14 January 1997
10 Aardvark, 20 January 1997
11 Aardvark, 4 February 1997
12 Stephen Bell, ‘The keeper of the keys’
13 Russell Brown interview with Jim Higgins and Patrick O’Brien
14 Keith Newman, NZ Herald, March 1998
15 ISOCNZ AGM minutes 1998/99
16 Stephen Bell
17 Russell Brown
18 Ibid
19 Aardvark, 15 January 1998
20 Recollections of Sue Leader
21 ISOCNZ AGM Report, 1998/99
22 DNC Annual Report, April 2003–March 2004
23 InternetNZ press release: ‘150,000 people say Yes to .nz,’ April 2005
24 InternetNZ press release: ‘.nz Registrations Hit 300,000,’ 26 September 2007
25 The Lawlink Group Ltd and article at www.findlaw.com/12international/countries/nz/articles/1184.html
26 pp366–367; pp102, 570–102, 571 of the June judgement
27 At p367; p102, 571
28 Oggi Advertising ltd v McKenzie 12-PRNZ 535
29 NZ Herald, 28 July 1998
30 Previously unpublished quote from 1998 interview
31 Keith Newman, ‘Net’s future management dominates conference,’ NZ Herald, 4 August 1998
32 Patrick O’Brien posting on nz.org.isocnz newsgroup 7 October 1998 in response to questions from Peter Mott and David Farrar
33 Position paper: Domainz, the New Zealand Internet Registry Ltd, ISOCNZ inc for governance in the .nz DNS, prepared by Patrick O’ Brien, CEO Domainz, March 1999
34 ‘Ruling the NZ domain,’ InfoTech Weekly, 13 December 1999
35 Domainz AGM minutes 1999
36 Adam Gifford, ‘Domainz takes flak after server failure,’ NZ Herald, 14 March 2000
37 Paul Brislen, ‘Alternative registry model put up against Domainz plan,’ Computerworld, 13 March 2000
38 MOVED : (Farrar/Heath) That ISOCNZ Council set up an open working group to investigate a full proposal on possible shared registration systems and other registry models after consultation with Domainz. CARRIED : 6. Abstentions: Harris, Vorstemans, Adlam, Higgins, P Dengate Thrush, Scott” Minutes at www.Internetnz.net.nz/proceedings/agm/archive/1999
39 Computer industry visionary Perce Harpham started the country’s first software development company in 1968 then pushed computer-based learning through his own purpose-built Poly computer. In the mid-1980s his educational computing company Progeni was on the verge of pulling off a major deal with the Chinese government when it collapsed
40 Perce Harpham, submissions to the Ministerial inquiry into Telecommunications 2000, 23 May 2000
41 Material sourced from Zanetti’s blog: hairy.geek.nz/2003/09/07/background-to-alan-browns-defamatory-post/, and Google’s archive of Usenet, where the mailing list in question was gated to
42 www.radionz.co.nz/nr/programmes/mediawatch/archive/2001/20010909r
43 ICANN press release: ‘New Chairman of ICANN Elected Unanimously,’ 5 November 2007
44 Press release: ‘InternetNZ congratulates new ICANN Chair,’ 3 November 2007 45 www.Internetnz.net.nz/about/policies/nz/dns/icann990525nz-position-on-wipo.html/view?searchterm=international%20affairs%20appendix
46 The first General Manger of APTLD was ISOCNZ councillor Don Hollander, appointed in June 2006, from a field of hundreds of applicants from all over the region
47 Patrick Crewdson, ‘Bereaved lawyer talks of crash tragedy,’ NZ Herald, 2July 2006
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 15
1 ISOCNZ AGM 23 June 2000: www.Internetnz.net.nz/proceedings/agm/archive/2000
2 ISOCNZ meeting minutes, 23 December 1999, quoted by Peter Dengate Thrush
3 ISOCNZ AGM, 23 June 2000
4 Motions from the council meeting of the ISOCNZ Inc held at Museum Hotel de Wheels, Cable Street, Wellington, 7 July 2000
5 Council Motions, 7 July 2000: www.Internetnz.net.nz/proceedings/council/archive/cmeet000707motions.html
6 Precis of article: ‘Anonymous calls tipped off Herald to billionaire case,’ Matthew Dearnaley, 31 August 2000
7 Latin from the beginning or relying on first principles or established laws of nature
8 Russell Brown, ‘Domainz CEO walks,’ Computerworld, Monday, 4 September, 2000
9 Paul Brislen, ‘ISP threatens to sue Domainz,’ Computerworld,
28 August, 2000
10 Ibid
11 Russell Brown, ‘Domainz CEO walks’
12 Michael Foreman, ‘High award for cyber-slur,’ NZ Herald, 1 September 2001
13 www.iadl.org/ab/AB-Defamation-Domainz.html
14 An open or insecure relay makes it possible for an unscrupulous sender to route large volumes of spam through a third party email server
15 www.iadl.org/ab/alan-brown-story.html
16 Kieren McCarthy, ‘Orbs death,’ The Register.co.uk, 5 June 2001
17 Doug Mercer’s ‘SRS Final Implementation Report,’ 8 September 2003
18 Review of Registry Structure of the .nz ccTLD, Working Group Final Report, 20 October 2000
19 Russell Brown, ‘Domainz system still not stable, says new CEO,’ Computerworld, 21 November 2000
20 Doug Mercer’s ‘SRS Final Implementation Report,’ 8 September 2003
21 www.Internetnz.net.nz/issues/submissions/archive/older/iswg010209submsm_crimes-amend-bill-6.html
22 www.Internetnz.net.nz/issues/submissions/archive/older/issues010919position_paper_regarding_telecom.html
23 www.Internetnz.net.nz/issues/submissions/archive/older/020117submsn_consumer_protection.html
24 www.Internetnz.net.nz/issues/submissions/archive/older/021017submsn-film-video-pubs-act.html (this is only the oral submission for some reason)
25 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Internet Society’s tangled Web,’ Infotech, 16 July 2001
26 Paul Brislen, ‘Domain name commissioner wanted,’ Computerworld, 19 February 2002
27 Doug Mercer’s ‘SRS Final Implementation Report,’ 8 September 2003
28 Paul Brislen, ‘SRS goes live without any drama,’ Computerworld, 15 October 2002
29 Paul Brislen, ‘Domainz sale a “win-win” situation,’ Computerworld, 21 August 2003
30 InternetNZ Annual Report April 2003–March 2004
31 ‘The start of the global governance debate,’ from ISOCNZ Council minutes, 3 December 1997, Supplied by Sue Leader
32 ISOCNZ Council Minutes, 14 April 1998, ISOCNZ Submission on the Magaziner paper: www.Internetnz.net.nz/issues/intl/archive/submsn98magaziner.html
33 ISOCNZ Minutes, 22 August 1998, “IANA report back”
34 NZ Herald, 4 May 1999
35 Stephen Bell, ‘The keeper of the keys,’ CIO, December 1999
36 VeriSign was founded in 1995 as a spin-off of the RSA Security certification services business with licences to key cryptographic patents. Its Internet Services division includes Naming & Directory Services, which house the DNS for .com and .net, as well as other DNS-related services
37 Sue Leader, ‘Challenging old processes with passion and idealism,’ opinion piece, Infotech, 10 December 2001
38 Stephen Bell, ‘Internet community more constructive says Cerf,’ Computerworld, 19 February2003
39 InternetNZ-ICANN Exchange letters, The Browser, InternetNZ, March 2007
40 Stephen Bell, ‘Internet too US-centric, say summit delegates,’ Computerworld, 11 December 2003
41 Victoria Shannon, ‘The Internet’s chief operating officer, Australian seeks to defuse feuds,’ International Herald Tribune, 6 August 2005
42 Stephen Bell, ‘Governance still overshadows WSIS,’ Computerworld, 30 November 2005
43 Adam Bennett, ‘Unlikely bedfellows block Internet porn,’ NZ Herald, 31 March 2006
44 Lisbon ICANN meeting, 10 May 2007
45 ‘Internet conference focuses on Web attacks,’ NZ Herald-NZPA, 28 March 2006
46 InternetNZ and ICANN in Exchange of Letters Media Release, 31 October 2007
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 16
1 Keith Newman interview for NZ Herald, September 1999
2 Internet Safety Group report, 2003, p5
3 Keith Newman, ‘Anarchy Undermined,’ Metro, February 1998
4 Russell Brown, ‘Internal Affairs nabs a Net porn offender every 3-5 days,’ Computerworld, 4 July 2000
5 Interview with John Thackray conducted for a NZ Herald article in June 1998
6 ‘Convictions overturned as loophole in law revealed,’ NZ Herald, 23 October 1998
7 Chris Barton, ‘Hacker may face US law,’ NZ Herald, 21 November 1998; ‘Computer hacker destroys 4500 web sites,’ 23 November 1998: ‘web site vandalism shows law in need of shake-up,’ 24 November 1998
8 ISOCNZ press release: ‘Hacking issues need to be put into perspective,’ December 1998
9 Keith Newman interview for NZ Herald, September 1999
10 ‘Telecom fraud detection system comes up trumps,’ Dominion Infotech, April 1999
11 Paul Yandall, ‘Phreaker given PD for making 21,000 toll calls,’ NZ Herald, 23 July 1999
12 ‘What are the main security threats?,’ iStart security feature, 2002
13 Peter Griffin, ‘Government to patrol cyber-beat,’ NZ Herald, 8 August 2001, plus government press release
14 James Gardiner, ‘Telco under cyber attack,’ Weekend Herald, 22–23 September 2001
15 Keith Newman, ‘eCrime Bill Eases Burden on “old Bill”,’ TUANZ Topics, September 2001
16 Computerworld, 10 October 2002
17 www.brookfields.co.nz. News items, October 2003
18 NZ Police press release : ‘Police welcome changes to Crimes Act,’ 4 July 2003: www.police.govt.nz/district/southern/release/994.html
19 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus
20 ‘Marijuana virus wreaks havoc in Australian Defence Department,’ The Dominion, Monday 14 August 1989
21 Keith Newman, ‘Vile viral invaders,’ Home Technology, November 2002
22 Keith Newman, ‘Slam spam and viral invaders’, Home Technology, November 2003
23 Keith Newman, ‘Malware threatens personal data,’ Home Technology, November 2006
24 Keith Newman, ‘Protection options,’ Home Technology, November 2006
25 Keith Newman, ‘Beyond ad hoc bolt-on solutions,’ Telecommunications Review, May 2004
26 Ulrika Hedquist, ‘Hacked: 33 .nz web sites per month,’ Computerworld, 27 March 2006
27 Campbell Gardiner, ‘E-crime prosecutions present challenges,’ m-net, 10 July 2006
28 ‘Court gets tough with Internet fraud,’ NZCity, NewsTalkZB, 26 May 2006
29 Peter Griffiths and Reuters, ‘Internet gangs hiring students for cybercrime,’ NZ Herald, 11 December, 2006
30 Helen Twose, ‘Firms lose thousands as hacking nightmare continues,’ NZ Herald and NZPA, 16 February 2007
31 Juha Saarinen, ‘Kiwi sites defaced in new hacking spree,’ Computerworld, 7 May 2007
32 Jury finds half of hacking counts proven, Peter Griffin, NZ Herald, 18 July, 2007
33 Gregg Keizer, ‘Poisoned web sites soar six-fold, Sophos says,’ Computerworld, 27 July 2007
34 ‘Hackers compromise 10k sites, launch “phenomenal” attack,’ Computerworld US, 18 June 2007
35 Keith Newman, ‘Slam spam and viral invaders’
36 Paul Brislen, ‘InternetNZ grows fangs,’ Computerworld, 19 August 2003
37 Keith Newman, ‘Taking out the garbage,’ Home Technology, November 2004
38 James Ihaka, ‘Xtra faces lawsuits over email delays,’ NZ Herald, 16 December 2006
39 Jeremy Kirk in London, ‘Symantec: Adult spam down, image spam climbs,’ NZ Herald, 12 March 2007
40 Ken Lewis, ‘NZ passes anti-spam law,’ The Line, 28 February 2007
41 ‘Critics say spam law will achieve little,’ Dominion Post, 1 March 2007
42 www.stopspam.net.nz/nzlegislation.htm
43 InternetNZ press release: ‘ISP Spam Code of Practice launched,’ 5 September 2007
44 SMX press release: ‘Spam traffic hits record highs,’ September 2007
45 Sites offering illegal downloads of pirated software
46 Matthew Broersma, ‘Victoria Uni tech leads Internet attack study,’ Computerworld, 27 August 2007
47 Sources: Interviews with Peter Gutmann for the NZ Herald 18 June 1998, a further interview in June 2007, Gutmann’s own home page: www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/ and the Wikipedia article on him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gutmann_%28computer_scientist%29
48 Greg Tourelle, ‘Police tackle Internet’s “wild west”,’ Stuff.co.nz, 24 September 2007
49 Kaon Technologies web site
50 Eric S. Raymond, ‘How To Become A Hacker FAQ,’ Hacker’s Jargon Dictionary, quoted in an article written for RMIT University, Crime and Information Technology lecture by Kelvin Wong, 20 March 2001. Source: www.security.iia.net.au/downloads/friend_or_foe.pdf
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 17
1 Telecom press release: ‘Making convergence a reality,’ 4 April 2003
2 Keith Newman, ‘Regions on wrong wide of digital divide,’ Telecommunications Review, July 2003
3 Keith Newman, ‘Broadband for the heartland,’ Home Technology, November 2002
4 Keith Newman, ‘Regions on wrong wide of digital divide,’ Telecommunications Review, July 2003
5 Peter Griffin, ‘Internet firms struggle with their Telecom bills,’ NZ Herald, 19 December 2001
6 Keith Newman, ‘ISP numbers down, subscribers boom,’ Telecommunications Review, February 2003
7 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise.net
8 Clinton, Mississippi-based WorldCom fired its chief financial officer Scott Sullivan after discovering “improper accounting” of nearly US$4 billion in expenses. David Myers, senior vice president and controller, was allowed to resign. The company was in the process of laying off 17,000 staff, Computerworld, June 2002. Scott Sullivan, the former CFO of WorldCom, which in 2002 filed for the largest bankruptcy protection in US history, admitted in court to lying on more than a dozen occasions about the financial health of the company. Later, the former CEO of WorldCom, Bernard Ebbers, was found guilty of orchestrating the biggest fraud in American corporate history Press, ‘Ebbers found guilty,’ 17 March 2005
9 Heather Wright, ‘Voyager exits NZ consumer market,’ The Dominion, 6 December 2001
10 Peter Griffin, ‘Voyager helps Xtra sail through PC doldrums,’ NZ Herald, 20 February 2002
11 Owned by Dresden Equities representing Spencer family interests
12 Peter Griffin, ‘Shakedown means higher dial-up costs,’ NZ Herald, 15 January 2002
13 Ibid
14 ‘ISP squeezed between telcos and IT specialists,’ Telecommunications Review, February 2003
15 Neil Birss, ‘Sky TV stake does not stop Ihug from listing,’ The Press, 6 May 1999; and Paul Brislen, ‘Ihug heading for Aussie ownership’ Computerworld, 20 August 2003
16 Russell Brown, ‘Bandwidth bet to trim Ihug’s sails,’ Computerworld, 5 April 2000
17 Garry Sheeran, ‘Ihug forges ahead despite double jilting,’ Sunday Star Times, 21 May 2000
18 Rob O’Neill, ‘Foiled Ihug finds solace in Video Ezy,’ NZ Herald, 20 April 2000
19 Budde, New Zealand - ISP Market - Major Players, 8 October 2003
20 Peter Griffin, ‘Ihug sold for $82 million,’ NZ Herald, 16 September 2003
21 Peter Griffin, ‘Ihug boss leaves as company on a roll,’ NZ Herald, 3 March 2004
22 ‘Paradise and Ace up ante for entry level Internet access,’ Telecommunications Review, March 2003
23 Orcon’s history on its web site: www.orcon.net.nz/company/
24 Keith Newman, ‘Dial-up not dead yet,’ Home Technology, November 2004
25 ‘ISP squeezed between telcos and IT specialists,’ Telecommunications Review, February 2003
26 ‘NZ climbs to eighth in Internet ranking,’ NZ Herald, 9 August 2006
27 Adam Gifford, ‘Call for Govt to open local loop,’ NZ Herald, 31 October 2000
28 Telecom press release: ‘Making convergence a reality,’ 4 April 2003
29 Keith Newman, ‘Broadband roll out hindered,’ iStart, July 2003
30 ‘Smaller telcos scramble for crumbs,’ Telecommunications Review. April 2003
31 Richard Wood, ‘Telecom ducks JetStream question,’ NZ Herald, 30 September 2003
32 Keith Newman, ‘True competition depends on scooping the loop,’ Telecommunications Review, September 2003
33 Peter Griffin, ‘Tough going for rivals plugging into local loop,’ NZ Herald, 20 September, 2003
34 Adam Gifford, ‘NZ losing race on broadband,’ NZ Herald, 25 November 2003
35 Keith Newman, ‘Fast surfing wave,’ Home Technology, November 2003
36 Keith Newman, ‘True competition depends on scooping the loop,’ Telecommunications Review, September 2003
37 ‘Regulator chooses softer option to boost broadband,’ Dominion Post, 23 December 2003
38 Keith Newman, ‘Time the Emperor got some clothes,’ e.nz, July 2004
39 Keith Newman, ‘Broadband chokehold loosened,’ Home Technology, November 2004
40 Keith Newman, ‘Balls required for market,’ Telecommunications Review, June 2004
41 Keith Newman, ‘Broadband chokehold loosened,’ Home Technology, November 2004
42 Keith Newman, ‘256 is broadband,’ Telecommunications Review, July 2004
43 Telecom Press Release: ‘Telecom outlines new technology investment plans,’ July 2004
44 Keith Newman, ‘Broadband chokehold loosened,’ Home Technology, November 2004
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 18
1 Keith Newman, ‘Internet copies hit music industry: new format allows more plunder,’ 27 October, 1998
2 Tim Adams, ‘Days of future past,’ Observers & NZ Herald, 18 August 2007
3 Mark Mooradian, analyst with Jupiter communications, October 1998
4 Keith Newman, ‘Internet copies hit music industry: new format allows more plunder,’ 27 October 1998
5 Keith Newman, ‘MP3 Equipment blazes way to music for the taking on Net,’ NZ Herald, 22 June 1999
6 Keith Newman, ‘MP3 Equipment blazes way to music for the taking on Net’
7 Keith Newman, ‘Swamp music,’ Metro, April 2000
8 Keith Newman, ‘Swamp music’
9 Keith Newman, ‘Music Industry Gatecrashes MP3 Party,’ NZ Business Times, 26 October 2001
10 Keith Newman, ‘Nearly legal mobile music,’ Home Technology, November 2004
11 Keith Newman, ‘Legal downloads at last,’ Home Technology, November 2005
12 ‘Apple launches iTunes, on-line stores in New Zealand,’ AppleInsider, 5 December 2006
13 ‘Coketunes down but digital up,’ NZ Herald, 24 May 2007
14 Peter Griffin blog, ‘The charts go digital,’ NZ Herald web site
15 Paul Clearwater, ‘Txttunes puts a twist on on-line music market,’ 18 July 2007
16 ‘Music on discs,’ Sydney Morning Herald via NZ Songs newsgroup, 16 August 2007
17 ‘Walt Disney’s plans to boost CD sales,’ Reuters, 19 July 2007
18 Keith Newman, ‘MP3 players go for mass market,’ Home Technology, November 2006
19 ‘Select Committee considers Copyright,’ The Browser, InternetNZ, March 2007 20 Stephen Bell, ‘Digital copyright protection could lead to “culture editing”,’ Computerworld, 20 February 2007
21 Juha Saarinen, ‘Fears of “onerous” new copyright legislation emerge,’ Computerworld, 20 February, 2007
22 ‘Libraries may have to police new copyright law,’ Stephen Bell, Computerworld, 28 February 2007
23 Claire Trevett, ‘iPod law eases for music, not film,’ NZ Herald, 11 August 2007
24 InternetNZ media release ‘Failure to right Copyright wrongs,’ 30 July 2007
25 Keith Newman, ‘Saving our lives,’ Home Technology, November 2004
26 Martha McKenzie-Minifie, ‘Chasing the YouTube bandwagon,’ NZ Herald, 17 February 2007
27 ‘Kiwi MySpace site launched,’ TVNZ, 24 February 2007
28 Greg Meylan, ‘MySpace to launch New Zealand site,’ Sunday Star Times, 21 January 2007
29 Juha Saarinen, ‘Yahoo! + Telecom Xtra = True,’ Computerworld, 13 December 2006
30 Heather Havenstein, ‘Google’s YouTube unit dominates on-line video business,’ Computerworld, 19 July 2007
31 Danielle Murray, ‘Distilled from Public display of connection,’ Sunday Star Times, 19 August 2007
32 Peter Griffin, Blog: ‘Friends in high places,’ NZ Herald, 2 August 2007
33 Erin Parke, ‘YouTube unveils NZ only site,’ Stuff.co.nz, 24 October 2007
34 Tim O’Reilly, ‘What Is Web 2.0,’ 30 September 2005: www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6228
35 James Suriowecki’s 2004 bestseller The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many are Smarter than the Few uses examples from market behaviour, biology, artificial intelligence, military history, and political theory to argue that large groups of ‘ordinary’ people are usually smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant – better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, and predicting the future
36 US business and technology columnist Dan Gillmor, author of the We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People, 2004
37 Tim O’Reilly, ‘What Is Web 2.0’
38 Heather Havenstein, ‘New apps already coming for Google’s new OpenSocial,’ Computerword US, 5 November 2007
39 Ulrika Hedquist, ‘Web 2.0 is hot – both today and tomorrow,’ Computerworld, 22 May 2006
40 ‘Google Earth looks to the heavens,’ Reuters, 24 August 2007
41 A mash-up combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool
42 A Web development technique for creating interactivity or to make Web pages feel more responsive by exchanging small amounts of data with the server behind the scenes to increase speed and functionality so the page doesn’t have to be reloaded each time the user requests a change. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming)
43 Ulrika Hedquist, ‘Web 2.0 is hot – both today and tomorrow’
44 Samantha Gross, ‘Adventures in Second Life,’ Sun-Herald, 7 June 2007
45 ‘The Expanding Digital Universe: A Forecast of Worldwide Information Growth Through 2010:’ www.emc.com/about/destination/digital_universe
46 ‘Digital Information ballooning,’ Associated Press, 6 March 2007
47 Michael Liedtke, ‘Google opens up Gmail to everyone,’ Associated Press, 14 February, 2007
48 Jeremy Kirk, ‘Google vows to increase Gmail storage limit,’ Computerworld, 15 October 2007
49 ‘Digital camera growth betters expectation,’ NZPA, 15 August 2007
50 Business analyst Brion Feinberg, 12 September, 2007: www.tdgresearch.com/pdfs2007/TDG_Opinions_MTV_Rhapsody_091207.pdf
51 Louisa Gault, ‘The new Web etiquette – how to win friends and keep them on-line,’ Sunday Star Times, 19 August 2007
52 Marianne Betts, ‘Under 10s meet strangers on the Net,’ Dominion, 7 February 2002
53 Lois Watson, ‘Schools ban Bebo site,’ Sunday Star Times, 27 May 2007
54 ‘Boy tells court of YouTube beating,’ NZ Herald, 7 July 2007
55 Tony Smith, ‘Player banned after YouTube fight scene,’ The Press, 10 August 2007
56 ‘Video posting leads to theft conviction,’ NZ Herald, 11 August 2007
57 Patrick Gower, ‘Detective wants Augustine-case debate on Bebo shut down,’ NZ Herald, 15 September 2007 (distilled)
58 Patrick Gower, ‘Guns, drugs on Bebo’s dark side,’ NZ Herald, 15 September 2007
59 ‘Facebook Freddi wants to be your friend,’ Sydney Morning Herald, 16 August 2007
60 ‘MySpace detects 29,000 sex offenders,’ Reuters/NZ Herald, 25 July 2007
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 19
1 Michael Herman, ‘The high price of mobile,’ TUANZ Topics, January 2006
2 Ken Lewis, ‘Coming to a mobile near you: 100+ Megabits per second,’ The Line, 7 May 2007
3 Godzone, Bob Johnstone, November 1995
4 ‘Vodafone cellular phone firm to buy BellSouth NZ,’ Christchurch Press, 27 August 1998
5 Interview with Maurice Williamson, June 2007
6 ‘Telecom ponders digital network,’ Christchurch Press, 24 November 1998
7 Keith Newman, ‘TXT MSGZ RNWY SXS,’ Home Technology, November 2000
8 Third-generation mobile cellular network
9 Interview with Patrick Pilcher, October 2000
10 Keith Newman, ‘Turn-on for cellular citizens,’ NZ Business Times, 20 July 2001
11 Keith Newman, ‘Cellphones are sexy again,’ Home Technology, November 2002
12 Keith Newman, ‘Mobile phones with more,’ Home Technology, November 2003
13 Michael Herman, ‘The high price of mobile,’ TUANZ Topics, January 2006
14 Keith Newman, ‘Mobile momentum ramps up,’ Home Technology, November 2004
15 Peter Nowak, ‘Counting the cost of calling,’ NZ Herald, 24 June 2006
16 ‘Cutting the cord,’ NZ Herald, 29 April 2006
17 Paul Clearwater, ‘Telecom and Vodafone found to be misleading customers,’ The Line, 26 February 2007
18 Keith Newman, ‘Cell networks lift game,’ Home Technology, November 2006
19 Paul Clearwater, ‘Rev A rolls out in Wellington,’ The Line, 23 February 2007
20 ‘Cutting the cord,’ NZ Herald 29 April 2006
21 Tim Hunter, ‘Sorry you’re disconnected,’ Sunday Star Times, 22 April 2007
22 Paul Clearwater, ‘TelstraClear’s sale of cell sites under investigation,’ The Line, 28 May 2007
23 Paul Clearwater, ‘Speculation increases on TelstraClear’s sale of cell sites to Telecom,’ The Line, 20 July 2007
24 Paul Clearwater, ‘TelstraClear still in the mobile game,’ The Line, 3 July 2007
25 Juha Saarinen, ‘Users are losers in Vodafone-TCL feud,’ Computerworld, 10 July 2007
26 Joint media release via Scoop: ‘Third Mobile service provider coming soon,’ 13 August 2007
27 John Hoyle, ‘Telstra and Vodafone fight for 029 customers,’ Dominion Post, 14 August 2007
28 Matt Freeman, ‘Agency agreement was always going to leave customers with Vodafone,’ The Line, 15 August 2007
29 Paul Clearwater, ‘Vodafone NZ adds 24,000 customers in Q1, ARPU up,’ The Line, 20 July 2007
30 Gareth Vaughan, ‘Telecom to spend $300m on mobile network,’ Dominion Post, 8 June 2007
31 Paul Clearwater, ‘Vodafone to roll out WCDMA 900 network,’ The Line, 6 June 2007
32 Matt Freeman, ‘Billing system issues hold up Vodafone wholesale,’ The Line, 15 May 2007
33 Juha Saarinen, ‘Hybrid GSM/EVDO network for Telecom,’ CommsDay, 13 March 2007
34 ‘Telecom boosts its global mobile roaming power,’ NZPA-NZ Herald, 21 April 2007
35 High-speed Downlink Packet Access protocol
36 Matt Freeman, ‘Ratcliffe sites cost and speed of deployment behind reasons for lower grade GSM deployment,’ The Line, 5 July 2007
37 Helen Twose, ‘Telecom makes big call on network,’ NZ Herald, 9 June 2007
38 Matt Freeman, ‘Don’t lock my cellphone,’ The Line, 18 June 2007
39 Jon Hoyle, ‘User group welcomes Vodafone challenge,’ Dominion Post, 17 July 2007
40 Helen Twose, ‘Vodafone offers bundle of goodies,’ NZ Herald, 13 July 2007
41 David Cunliffe address to 8th Annual Telecommunications and ICT Summit: ‘Fast-forward to the Broadband future,’ 25 June 2007
42 Adam Gifford, ‘Cellphone deal adds to choice,’ NZ Herald, 3 December 2005
43 Tim Hunter, ‘Econet: We won’t play without a referee,’ Sunday Star Times, 21 May 2006
44 Natalie Apostolou, ‘Econet denies it has aborted NZ roll-out,’ m-net, 2 October 2006
45 Peter Griffin, ‘Econet ready to go mobile on NZ plan,’ NZ Herald, 17 March 2007
46 Paul Clearwater, ‘Econet calls for regulation around on-net pricing and spectrum,’ The Line, 22 March 2007
47 Helen Twose, ‘NZ Comms’ Maori investors up stake,’ NZ Herald, 27 July 2007
48 Juha Saarinen, ‘Triple deal tipped to deliver third mobile operator to NZ,’ Computerworld, 23 July 2007
49 Helen Twose, ‘More regulation needed in mobile market, says aspiring provider,’ NZ Herald, 6 September 2007
50 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Orcon delays mobile service till February,’ Dominion Post, 1 October 2007
51 Helen Twose, ‘Overseas cellphone deals leave us behind,’ NZ Herald, 25June 2007
52 Paul Clearwater, ‘Draft report on mobile services review out,’ The Line, 3 August 2007
53 Paul Clearwater, ‘Vodafone to offer 12 months free broadband,’ 10 August 2007
54 Helen Twose, ‘NZ slips in phone price rankings,’ NZ Herald, 8 September 2007
55 Ken Lewis, ‘Coming to a mobile near you: 100+ Megabits per second,’ The Line, 7 May 2007
56 Darren Greenwood, ‘Roaming blogger lands a whale of a data bill,’ Computerworld, 6 August 2007
57 Helen Twose, ‘Vodafone baulks at mobile market regulation,’ NZ Herald, 4 September 2007
58 No wires a no-brainer for corporate freedom Telecommunications Review, February 2006
59 Computerworld staff, ‘Auckland moves to deliver municipal Internet access,’ 19 June 2007
60 Rob O’Neill, ‘City broadband plans a step in right direction,’ Computerworld, 25 June 2007
61 Stephen Bell, ‘FX Networks plans domestic fibre-wireless trial,’ Computerworld, 21 August 2007
62 David Cunliffe address to 8th Annual Telecommunications and ICT Summit: ‘Fast-forward to the Broadband future,’ 25 June 2007
63 Helen Twose, ‘Wireless lifeline for country customers,’ NZ Herald, 6 June 2007
64 Matt Freeman, ‘ihug - the end of an iconic New Zealand brand,’ 20 August 2007
65 Paul Clearwater, ‘Swiftnet to start WiMAX trials within weeks,’ The Line, 21 September 2007
66 Paul Clearwater, ‘Wireless the way for rural New Zealand,’ The Line, 21 September 2007
67 Press release: ‘Telco gets switched on to tackle Telecom,’ 23 January 2007
68 Gareth Vaughan, ‘Orcon sale nets its founder $19 million,’ Dominion Post, 12 June 2007
69 Paul Clearwater, ‘Kordia’s new metro Wi-Fi network gets the green light,’ The Line, 6 September 2007
70 Peter Griffin, ‘CallPlus boss in it for love, not money,’ NZ Herald, 26 May 2007
71 Paul Clearwater, ‘CallPlus breaks into four units to target Telecom’s market share,’ The Line, 23 May 2007
72 Peter Griffin, ‘CallPlus still on track despite delay,’ NZ Herald, 14 July 2007
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 20
1 www.e.govt.nz/about-egovt/strategy/strategy-nov-06.pdf
2 Cunliffe press release and MED briefing papers, October 2004
3 Keith Newman, ‘Time the Emperor got some clothes,’ e.nz magazine, July 2004
4 Macaulay was elected as president of InternetNZ in July 2007
5 Ibid
6 Digital Strategy document: www.digitalstrategy.govt.nz/templates/Page____11.aspx
7 Randal Jackson, ‘Government’s digital strategy is “operationally broke”,’ Computerworld, 30 January 2007
8 Digital Strategy update, MED Newsletter, May 2007
9 Although a footnote on page 30 of the Digital Strategy document does state that “by current standards a ‘fast’ connection implies a speed faster than 5Mbps”
10 Jon Hoyle, ‘Broadband connection growth starts to slow,’ Dominion Post, 3 August 2007
11 Ernie Newman, chief executive, TUANZ, Address to Telecommunications Summit, Auckland, 25 June 2007, paraphrased for September 2007 e.nz feature
12 Keith Newman, ‘Strategy shifts sought,’ e.nz magazine, September 2007
13 www.e.govt.nz/about-egovt/strategy/strategy-nov-06.pdf
14 Fast-forward to the Broadband future, David Cunliffe address to 8th Annual Telecommunications and ICT Summit, 25 June 2007
15 The draft Digital Content Strategy discussion document: www.digitalcontent.govt.nz
16 Budget 2007: Funding support for digital archives, Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Judith Tizard Minister Responsible for Archives New Zealand, 17 May 2007
17 Tangata whenua is used here to broadly describe the descendents of the indigenous people(s) of Aotearoa – it includes groupings such as whanau, hapu, iwi, Maori, etc
18 Kamira says the term ‘principles of the Treaty’ is a softer version of what was in the original Treaty of Waitangi. It was first used in Matiu Rata’s Treaty of Waitangi Bill introduced into the House in November 1974. Rata said its purpose was to provide for the observation and confirmation of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. However Fulbright Scholar Elizabeth Rata says the idea began as a legal reference embedded in law after a meeting in 1986 between Sir Hepi Te Heuheu, paramount chief of Ngati Tuwharetoa, and the deputy prime minister at the time, Sir Geoffrey Palmer. ‘Tribal leaders had been saying the transfer of Crown assets to new state-owned enterprises might infringe Maori rights. Palmer went to see Sir Hepi, who told him Maori concerns would disappear if the new law said: “Nothing in this act shall permit the Crown to act in a manner that is inconsistent with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.”’ Rata quoted in Ratana Revisited, Newman, Reed, 2006
19 Collective ‘ownership’ of content is the combined knowledge that is held and passed down to generations by whanau and hapu groups, for example. There is usually no legal title or copyright to the knowledge making it particularly vulnerable to misappropriation or exploitation by the commercial sector both in Aotearoa and overseas
20 Kaitiakitanga can be loosely defined as inter-generational guardianship
21 ‘Considerations regarding Tangata Whenua & the Treaty: The New Zealand Digital Strategy & the Draft Content Strategy,’ Robyn Kamira (Te Rarawa Te Aupouri), March 2007
22 www.creativecommons.org.nz/cc
23 Ken Lewis, ‘Creative Commons licences available for New Zealand soon,’ Telecommunications Review, 6 August 2007
24 Ken Lewis, ‘New Web standards for Public Service,’ The Line, 22 March 2007
25 Stephen Bell, ‘PAL coming up the home stretch at last,’ Computerworld, 24 May 2007
26 Rob O’Neill, ‘SSC defends $25 million surge in ICT spending,’ Computerworld, 11 June 2007
27 Paul Clearwater, ‘Police and DIA join GSN,’ The Line, 25 October 2007
28 Keith Newman, ‘Government superhighway takes shape,’ Telecommunications Review, June 2007
29 Keith Newman, ‘Government superhighway takes shape’
30 www.lgnz.co.nz/library/files/store_005/e-LocalGovernment_Strategy.pdf
31 David Cunliffe, Address to the Auckland Mayoral Forum: ‘Digital Strategy and Local Government,’ 15 July 2005
32 Local Government Minister Mark Burton speech to Local Authorities Conference in Dunedin, July 2007
33 2006 Computerworld Award for Excellence in the Use of IT in Government
34 2005 Computerworld Award for Excellence in the Use of IT in Government
35 2005 BearingPoint Innovation Awards Public Service Category Winner
36 Darren Greenwood, ‘The tail wags the dog in government ICT,’ Computerworld, 20 July 2007
37 2006 Computerworld Award for Excellence in the Use of IT for Customer Service
38 Williamson’s quotes and comments are distilled from an email interview with Keith Newman, his postings on his own sites: www.andywilliamson.com/ and www.edemocracy.co.nz and an interview at the egov blog site: www.egovblog.com/2007/01/28/interview-with-andy-williamson-from-new-zealand/, 20 January 2007
39 www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/Visiting/LiveBroadcast
40 Parliamentary press release, 17 July 2007
41 ‘TV networks will ignore MPs’ satire rule,’ NZ Herald, NZPA, 6 July 2007
42 Kay Blundell, ‘Kiwi made campaign “two faced”,’ Dominion Post, 26 June 2007
43 David Cunliffe address to 8th Annual Telecommunications and ICT Summit: ‘Fast-forward to the broadband future,’ 25 June 2007
44 See footnote 38
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 21
1 Marta Steeman, ‘Telecom threat to Government upsets Telstra,’ The Press, 9 December 2005
2 Gareth Morgan, ‘Telecom acts like a monster,’ Morgan On Money, The Press, 17 December 2005
3 Aust turns to network lobbying,” The Press, 13 December 2005
4 Murray Horton, ‘Foreign Control Watchdog, Telecom Drops Its Bundle,’ August 2006: www.converge.org.nz/watchdog/12/03.htm
5 Tim Hunter, ‘Data block choking film growth,’ Sunday Star Times, 5 June 2005
6 Peter Nowak, ‘High-wire act for economy,’ NZ Herald, 26 June 2005
7 Keith Newman, ‘Cure for communications constipation,’ Investigate magazine, July 2006
8 Juha Saarinen, ‘Telco commissioner gives TelstraClear “unconstrained broadband”,’ Computerworld, 13 October 2005
9 Keith Newman, ‘Cure for communications constipation,’ Investigate magazine, July 2006
10 Russell Brown, ‘The elephant in the living-room: What to do about Telecom?,’ Listener, 4 February 2006
11 Adrian Bathgate, ‘ISPs reject Telecom’s terms,’ The Press, 10 March 2006
12 Michael Herman, ‘Govt vows action on Internet,’ The Press, 21 February 06
13 Peter Nowak, ‘Labour’s aim: fast cheap Internet,’ NZ Herald, 12 September 2005
14 John Minto column, ‘Telecom’s cynical manipulation a tragedy for us all,’ The Press, 15 May 2006
15 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘NZ needs $1.5b to replace copper cables,’ Dominion Post, 18 September 2006
16 Keith Newman, ‘Cure for communications constipation,’ Investigate magazine, July 2006
17 Ibid
18 Peter Griffin, ‘Ferrit unspectacular in its debut,’ NZ Herald, 10 February 2006
19 John Drinnan quoting Ferrit boss Ralph Brayham: ‘Telecom promotes mall rat,’ NZ Herald, 16 December 2006
20 Peter Griffin, ‘Ferrit unspectacular in its debut,’ NZ Herald, 10 February 2006
21 John Drinnan, ‘Telecom’s mall rat,’ NZ Herald, 16 December 2006
22 ‘Trade Me sold for $700m,’ NZ Herald, 6 March 2006
23 Ulrika Hedquist, ‘e-Xmas shopping takes off,’ Computerworld, 7 February 2006
24 Theresa Gattung admitting the limited options ahead in the The Press, 28 June 2006
25 Keith Newman, ‘Scooping the loop: The challenges of unbundling,’ Telecommunications Review, 6 June 2006
26 Ibid
27 DSLAM: Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexor’s at roadside cabinets or telephone exchanges which route traffic from the home or business line to its intended destination.
28 Paul Brislen, ‘Telecom to offer 15Mbit/s over copper – roll-out begins this year,’ Computerworld, 21 February 2005
29 Foot off broadband hose, Home Technology, November 2006
30 Jenny Keown, ‘Blazing broadband is blast from past,’ NZ Herald, 20 October 2006
31 Keith Newman, ‘Co-opetition only way forward for unbundled wholesaling,’ Telecommunications Review, November 2006
32 Alcatel ended up purchasing Lucent and Ericsson acquired Marconi during 2006
33 Paul Brislen, ‘Ihug flogs off satellite service,’ Computerworld, 15 February 2005
34 Juha Saarinen, ‘Wired Country sold to Compass Communications,’ Computerworld, 12 October 2005
35 Juha Saarinen, ‘Woosh buys ISP,’ Computerworld, 24 July 2006
36 Keith Newman, ‘Cure for communications constipation,’ Investigate magazine, July 2006
37 Martha McKenzie-Minifie, ‘Ihug sale likely to spark more ISP consolidation,’ NZ Herald, 21 July 2006
38 Peter Griffin, ‘Little relief for broadband subscribers,’ NZ Herald, 20 January 2007
39 ‘Telecom gearing for aggressive market,’ Telecommunications Review, November 2006
40 Keith Newman, ‘Co-opetition only way forward for unbundled wholesaling,’ Telecommunications Review, November 2006
41 Jenny Keown, ‘Internet blackouts cost ISPs millions,’ NZ Herald, 27 November 2006
42 Jenny Keown ‘Telecom blames broadband providers,’ The Browser, 4 December 2006
43 ‘InternetNZ plays critical part in regulatory change,’ The Browser, InternetNZ News, December 2006
44 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘NZ needs $1.5b to replace copper cables’
45 Media release: ‘InternetNZ rebuts Telecom comments on operational separation,’ 5 October 2006
46 Ispanz press release: ‘ISPs warn not to be fooled by Telecom’s claims,’ 5 October 2006
47 ‘InternetNZ plays critical part in regulatory change,’ The Browser, InternetNZ News, December 2006
48 Sources: Telecom ordered to open up lines, Dominion Post, 13 ‘Cunliffe promises “all you can eat broadband” with new law’, Juha Saarinen, Computerworld, 13 December 2006
49 Jenny Keown, ‘Telecom split in six months, Cunliffe says,’ NZ Herald, 14 December 2006
50 Juha Saarinen, ‘Freeth’s shock email to staff: We are on a trajectory to disaster,’ The Line, 21 December, 2006
51 Richard Hulse, ‘WIX: a Distributed Internet Exchange,’ Linux Journal, 26 May 2005
52 The Peering debate, Discussion, Telecommunications Review, June-July 2004
53 Paul Clearwater, ‘ISPANZ calls for rethink on peering,’ The Line, 2 March 2007
54 Matt Freeman, ‘Telecom leans towards local peering,’ The Line, 8 March 2007
55 www.drury.net.nz/digital-trade-routes
56 Rob O’Neill, ‘De-peering is costing New Zealand dearly,’ Computerworld,12 March 2007
57 David Diprose comment piece, ‘The wacky, weird world of not peering,’ Computerworld, 22 March 2007
58 The Browser, ‘Peering at peering,’ InternetNZ, March 2007
59 Matt Freeman, ‘Telecom takes one small step towards peering,’ The Line, 21 May 2007
60 Juha Saarinen, ‘Telecom’s regional peering point plan gets thumbs-up,’ Computerworld, 24 July 2007
61 Helen Twose, ‘Plan will speed up Internet traffic,’ NZ Herald, 30 July 2007
62 Adam Bennett, ‘TeamTalk splashes out on majority stake in CityLink,’ NZ Herald, 25 November 2006
63 Stephen Bell, ‘TeamTalk buys CityLink,’ Computerworld, 24 November 2006
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 22
1 Rebecca Palmer, ‘Emergency wards “already in disaster mode”,’ Dominion Post, 6 August 2007
2 Carol du Chateau, ‘Emergency department hell,’ NZ Herald, 30 June 2007
3 Press release, Hon Tony Ryall, MP, ‘Enrolled nurses under threat from Labour,’ 24 August 2007
4 Rebecca Palmer, ‘Hundreds more surgeons needed,’ Dominion Post, 23 August 2007
5 Auckland Hospital accepts blame,’ TVNZ, 1 May 2007
6 Press release, Hon Tony Ryall, MP, ‘Labour ignores emergency department crisis,’ 23 August 2007
7 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Patient barcodes all but certain,’ Dominion Post, 20 August 2007
8 Ministry of Health, ‘From strategy to reality: the WAVE project,’ report of the WAVE Advisory Board to the Director-General of Health, Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health; 2001.
9 Office of the Auditor General. Progress with priorities for health information management and Information technology. 2006. Available at www.oag.govt.nz/2006/wave/docs/wave.pdf
10 Ray Delany, Management Consultant, ‘The National Health Information System in New Zealand,’ 1 June 2006
11 An internal secure Internet-style network
12 Stephen Bell, ‘Health pushes for broadband,’ Computerworld, 21 May 2007
13 Orion Health signed a contract for its 140th Rhapsody clinical workflow and integration engine site in North America at the end of October 2007 when it won a deal with Marion General Hospital, Indiana. Orion’s has 215 sites such sites worldwide, including the Centres for Disease Control, the US Department of Agriculture, Central Washington Hospital, and New York State Department of Health. Orion has 65 staff in its Santa Monica office, planned to open a second US office in Boston. Orion made the North American list of the top 100 health care IT providers for the second year in a row. Source: Ulrika Hedquist, ‘Orion wins 140th US contract,’ Computerworld, 25 October 2007
14 Keith Newman, ‘Web innovation to unlock access to critical patient data,’ m-net, 12 June 2006
15 Martin Johnson, ‘Wired for saving lives,’ NZ Herald, 25 August 2007
16 Darren Greenwood, ‘Health looks to ICT to deliver better patient care,’ Computerworld, 28 June 2007
17 Rebecca Palmer, ‘Medical X-rays and scans go digital,’ Dominion Post, 7 July 2007
18 Paraphrased examples from the Primary Care Strategy goals: www.moh.govt.nz/primaryhealth care
19 www.moh.govt.nz/primaryhealth care
20 Press release, Ryall, Tony, MP, ‘Bureaucratic infighting costing patients,’ 22 October 2007
21 2007 Global Internet - Volume 1 – ‘Web 2 Revives Internet Economy,’ Paul Budde Communications, October 2007
22 Ernie Newman, chief executive, TUANZ, Address to Telecommunications Summit, Auckland, 25 June 2007
23 Keith Newman, ‘Exczel owners get warranty offer,’ Computerworld, 23 January 1989
24 Crocombe, Enright, & Porter, 1991
25 ‘Technology: flogging a dead horse or beating the odds?,’ Brent Mawson, Head of Centre, Technology Education, Auckland College of Education (1998)
26 Dr Maris O’Rourke, Secretary for Education, Technology in the New Zealand Curriculum foreword 1995
27 Technology in the New Zealand Curriculum, Learning Media, 1995
28 Keith Newman, ‘Schools flunk technology,’ Metro, June 1998
29 Ibid
30 ‘ImpacT 2001: Strategies for Learning with Information Technology in Schools,’ A Submission to the New Zealand Government by the Minister for Information Technology’s Information Technology Advisory Group 1998
31 Keith Newman, ‘Schools flunk technology’
32 ‘The Role of Technology Education in New Zealand’s Future Prosperity,’ IPENZ July 2001
33 Futurist lifestyles editor David Pearce Snyder in Auckland, New Zealand for the Ninth International Conference on Thinking, January 2001
34 ‘Enabling the 21st Century Learner - An e-Learning Action Plan for Schools 2006–2010,’ Ministry of Education, 2006 Learning Media Limited: Www.minedu.govt.nz/Web/downloadable/dl10475_v1/itc-strategy.pdf
35 School ICT Network Infrastructure Upgrade Project, Ministry of Education
36 Government case study, 11 January 2006: www.e.govt.nz/resources/research/case-studies/project-probe/project-probe-casestudy.pdf
37 ‘Last Probe School gets connected,’ Interface, July 2007
38 www.virtuallearning.school.nz
39 www.edcentre.govt.nz
40 NZPA, ‘Schools given $11.1m for e-learning,’ 18 September 2007
41 Shelley Grell, ‘“The Loop,” Nelson, New Zealand – an educational community open-access fibre network,’ www.nzine.co.nz, 16 June 2006
42 learningon.theloop.school.nz
43 ‘Loop Award ‘Just the Beginning’ for NMIT:’ www.nmit.ac.nz, 8 August 2007
44 Ken Lewis, ‘Wellington Loop Project gets $400k kick-start,’ The Line, 2 August 2007
45 Cited as one of training’s top 10 visionaries by Training magazine
46 Greg Adams, ‘Involving students in everything we do,’ Interface magazine, August 2007
47 Martha McKenzie-Minifie, ‘$54 million more for “free schools,”’ NZ Herald, 1 September 2007
48 Jody O’Callaghan, ‘Decile change rocks school,’ Manawatu Standard, 19 October 2007
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 23
1 Investigate magazine, June 2006
2 Ovum based on Ofcom 2007 communication report, 24 August 2007
3 Article by Keith Newman in NZ Herald, 27 January 1998
4 Keith Newman, ‘Broadcasters call for digital TV free up,’ NZ Herald, 30 July 1998
5 Keith Newman interview with Nick Wood, 1999
6 Ihug press release: Internet Now Available on TV,’ 20 November 2000
7 Keith Newman, ‘Unbundling essential,’ Telecommunications Review, June 2004
8 Keith Newman, ‘Broadband charging stifles rich content delivery,’ Telecommunications Review, April 2004
9 Keith Newman, ‘Video over IP looks for a network,’ Telecommunications Review, April 2004
10 Keith Newman, ‘Broadband charging stifles rich content delivery’
11 Keith Newman, ‘Video over IP looks for a network,’ Telecommunications Review, April 2004
12 Ibid
13 Keith Newman, ‘Cure for communications constipation,’ Investigate magazine, July 2006
14 Keith Newman, ‘Video over IP looks for a network’
15 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Telecom places TV revolution on pause,’ Dominion Post, 16 July 2007
16 Keith Newman, ‘Broadband charging stifles rich content delivery’
17 ‘IP on TV brings channel challenge,’ e.nz (professional engineers) magazine, November 2005
18 Bruce Wallace, executive director of the NZ Broadcasters’ Council, died in July 2007, a few days after his 60th birthday. He was a leader in the golden years of TV current affairs, a published author and advocate for getting a fair deal for the free-to-air channels to transition into the digital realm for many years
19 Keith Newman, ‘Video over IP looks for a network’
20 SPADA’s Response to Ministry of Culture and Heritage (MCH) Discussion Paper: Analogue Switch-Off (ASO): Issues for Consideration, 21 January 2007
21 Keith Newman, ‘Flat screen TVs take over,’ Home Technology, November 2006
22 Microsoft is believed to have 82 percent of the world browser market. The balance is largely made up of Mozilla’s Firefox which has also had a major makeover (2006)
23 Keith Newman, ‘Cure for communications constipation,’ Investigate magazine, July 2006
24 Broadcasting Minister Steve Maharey’s speech notes for the MediaNZ Conference, Victoria University, 12 February 2007
25 Ibid
26 Paul Clearwater, ‘Over 10,000 customers logging on to SKY Mobile TV,’ The Line, 23 February 2007
27 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Adult TV channel on phones,’ Dominion Post, 1 September 2007
28 Ken Lewis, ‘TVNZ quietly launches Web-based television offering,’ The Line, 21 March 2007
29 Steve Deane, ‘‘‘Future TV’ “angers viewers”,” NZ Herald, 28 April 2007
30 Peter Griffin, ‘Set-top box firms launch price war for Freeview dollar,’ NZ Herald, 28 April 2007
31 Hon Steve Maharey, ‘Increase in local TV content builds national identity,’ 8 May 2007
32 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘‘Must carry’ rules may be imposed on Sky TV,’ Dominion Post, 4 June 2007
33 TVNZ press release: ‘TVNZ opens YouTube channel,’ 25 June 2007
34 Jonathan Coleman, National Party broadcasting spokesman, ‘Maharey rearranges the deck chairs,’ 5 July 2007
35 Jonathan Coleman, ‘Give us the numbers on Freeview,’ 6 July 2007
36 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Kordia helps Triangle TV get on to Freeview,’ Dominion Post, 23 July 2007
37 ‘Freeview announces numbers,’ TVNZ, 13 August 2007. Freeview announced it had hit 100,000 customers 0n 16 April 2008
38 Maggie McNaughton, ‘Reruns star in TVNZ’s digital diet,’ NZ Herald, 17 July 2007
39 Telstra Saturn, press release, ‘InHome TV to get 15 new channels,’ 23 August 2007
40 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Broadcasters cast doubt on channel sharing,’ Dominion Post, 3 September 2007
41 Paul Norris joined the NZBS as Head of School in September 1996, after working for many years as a television journalist and executive. He worked for BBC News and Current Affairs in London as a reporter, producer, and programme editor before returning to New Zealand in 1987 to join TVNZ as the company prepared for deregulation and competition. He was director of news and current affairs from 1987 to 1994, and then as group director until 1996.
42 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Telecom places TV revolution on pause,’ Dominion Post, 16 July 2007
43 Ulrika Hedquist, ‘SkyTV upgrades to high definition,’ Computerworld, 6 November 2007
44 Stephen Bell, ‘High definition or long life – your digital TV choice,’ Computerworld, 6 September 2007
45 Ernie Newman, chief executive, TUANZ, Address to Telecommunications Summit, Auckland, 25 June 2007
46 Stephen Bell ‘Telecom promises IPTV in 2009, but rivals say they can deliver it now,’ Computerworld, 11 September 2007
47 Jake Coyle, ‘Turn On the New Tube,’ Tech News World, 2 September 2007
48 Michael Field, ‘Fewer viewers blamed for TVNZ loss,’ Dominion Post, 11 September 2007
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 24
1 Colin Beardon, Computer Culture, the information revolution in New Zealand, Reed Methuen, 1985 p25
2 Ernie Newman, chief executive, TUANZ, address to Telecommunications Summit, Auckland, 25 June 2007
3 David Cunliffe address to 8th Annual Telecommunications and ICT Summit: ‘Fast-forward to the Broadband future,’ 25 June 2007
4 Vivienne Smith, Reining in the Dinosaur - the remarkable turnaround of New Zealand Post, New Zealand Post, 1997 pp45–46
5 Tim Hunter, ‘Split Telecom twice as nice for the market,’ Sunday Star Times, 18 March 2007
6 Telecom 2006 annual report
7 Helen Twose, ‘Regulation now a smaller barrier,’ NZ Herald, 3 August 2007
8 Matt Freeman, ‘ISPs rot as time ticks,’ The Line, 26 February 2007
9 Telecom press release: ‘Adjustment to monthly phone charges,’ 15 January 2007
10 ‘Telecom rental raise condemned,’ Christchurch Press, 17 January 2007
11 Matt Freeman, ‘Industry split on NDSL and LLU,’ The Line, 21 February 2007
12 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Unbundle, then invest – Tuanz,’ Dominion Post, 5 February 2007
13 Jenny Keown, ‘Numbers game no fun for Telecom,’ NZ Herald, 19 February 2007
14 Geoff Bascand, Government Statistician, August 2007
15 InternetNZ, press release, 7 March 2007
16 Paul Easton, ‘Cost of NZ phones among worst in the world,’ Dominion Post, 19 March 2007
17 InternetNZ media release: ‘Room for improvement in OECD ranking,’ 6 November 2007
18 Paul Clearwater, ‘NZ moves up in OECD broadband stats,’ The Line, 6 November 2007
19 InternetNZ media release: ‘Room for improvement in OECD ranking,’ 6 November 2007
20 Emma Page, ‘Customers byte back,’ Sunday Star Times, 4 February 2007
21 Ian Steward, ‘Supreme Ass Award goes to Xtra broadband,’ The Press, 1 February 2007
22 Paul Clearwater, ‘Telecom to refund Go Large customers,’ The Line, 22 February 2007
23 ‘Supermarket earns dubious honour,’ Dominion Post, 22 March 2007
24 Jenny Keown, ‘Minister’s plan spells it out on Telecom split,’ NZ Herald, 7 April 2007
25 Paul Clearwater, ‘Telecom releases initial response to government’s separation model,’ The Line, 13 April 2007
26 Jenny Keown, ‘Telecom pleads for industry backing,’ NZ Herald, 14 April 2007
27 Tim Hunter, ‘Telecom strikes back,’ Sunday Star Times, 29 April 2007
28 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Southern Cross Cable capacity to double,’ Dominion Post, 24 August 2007
29 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Australia to lay own broadband links to US,’ Dominion Post, 2 April 2007
30 Paul Clearwater, ‘US-based storm reduces Telecom’s international capacity by 50%,’ The Line, 5 December 2007
31 Sue Allen, ‘Telecom looks at deal for network,’ Dominion Post, 26 March 2007
32 Paul Clearwater, ‘Telecom stranded by industry comments on structural separation,’ The Line, 16 May 2007
33 ‘InternetNZ addresses Telecom proposal,’ The Browser, InternetNZ, May 2007
34 ‘Gattung’s final year nets her $5.4m,’ The Press, 6 September 2007
35 Telecom’s way ahead,’ Editorial, The Press, 6 June 2006
36 Chris Barton, ‘Telecom cabal leaves legacy we all have to suffer,’ NZ Herald, 8 February 2007
37 It is understood that the 167,421 shares, which were valued at $4.50 each, were accumulated over Gattung’s eight-year reign at the top of Telecom. Source: Paul Clearwater, ‘Gattung sells $770,000 of Telecom shares, The Line, 16 October 2007
38 Michael Sainsbury, ‘New TNZ chief likes tone of BT split,’ www.theaustralian.news.com, 29 June 2007
39 Jon Hoyle, ‘Telecom ‘split’ over handling regulation,’ Dominion Post, 27 August 2007
40 ‘Telecom says Web-mail problem is fixed,’ NZPA, 23 August 2007
41 ‘Anger follows mayhem after Bubble bursts,’ Editorial, NZ Herald, 25 August 2007
42 Helen Twose and NZPA, ‘Another Telecom executive quits before new boss arrives,’ 15 September 2007
43 Creative licence with comments form Orcon general manager of operations Scott Bartlett
44 Helen Twose, ‘It’s coming together nicely,’ NZ Herald, 5 May 2007
45 Paul Clearwater, ‘TelstraClear sides with Telecom on investment issue,’ The Line, 14 May 2007
46 James Weir, ‘Broadband needs state assistance – Gattung,’ Dominion Post, 1 June 2007
47 Paul Clearwater, ‘Telecom reveals plans for LLU and co-location roll-out,’ The Line, 13 June 2007
48 Simon Hendery, ‘Unbundling at a snail’s pace,’ NZ Herald, 21 June 2007
49 Paul Clearwater, ‘Cunliffe softens stance on structural separation,’ The Line, 5 July 2007
50 Helen Twose, ‘Customers to get naked in September,’ NZ Herald, July 12 2007
51 Promo for TUANZ ICT Skills Shortage Conference, November 2007
52 Reuben Schwarz, ‘Workforce must triple, warns project head,’ Dominion-Post, 21 November 2005
53 IPENZ press release: ‘Budget 2007 will heighten grave skilled engineer shortages,’ 17 May 2007
54 ‘11,000 more IT industry jobs by 2011,’ Dominion Post, 19 October 2007
55 Simon McCallum, Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of Otago: ‘Computer Science Shortage,’ October 2006: www.cs.otago.ac.nz/research/publications/oucs-2006-10.pdf
56 A Maori words suggesting, prestige, influence, authority, status
57 Paul Brislen, ‘ICT has no mana’: Biggs,’ Computerworld, 23 October 2006
58 Sandra Rossi, ‘Australian ICT industry shares NZ’s skills pain,’ Computerworld, 23 July 2007
59 Dan Eaton, ‘Tight jobs market gives worker edge,’ The Press, 28 August 2007
60 John Dixon in Melbourne, ‘Kiwis top Australia’s immigration stats,’ NBR, 25 September 2007
61 Lockwood Smith, National Party immigration spokesman: ‘Exodus to Australia worst since 2001,’ 21 September 2007
62 Rob O’Neill, ‘Broadband bidding war not on cards for NZ, says Key,’ Computerworld, 30 July 2007
63 Three months later Hubbard lost the 2007 Auckland mayoralty election to John Banks
64 Alanah May Eriksen, ‘I accuse you: Mayor scolds Telecom over net blackspot,’ NZ Herald, 26 July 2007
65 Rob O’Neill, ‘Telecom rejects TUANZ claim of gross lack of investment,’ Computerworld, 18 July 2007
66 Peter Griffin and Helen Twose, ‘NZ’s wealthy telcos stingy on investment,’ NZ Herald, 19 July 2007
67 Matt Freeman, ‘Telecom PSTN migration to next-gen to be one of first in the world,’ The Line, 2 July 2007
68 ‘Govt to review Telecom’s Kiwi Share obligations,’ NZ Herald, 16 January 2007
69 David Cunliffe address to 8th Annual Telecommunications and ICT Summit: ‘Fast-forward to the Broadband future,’ 25 June 2007
70 Govt to review Telecom’s Kiwi Share obligations,’ NZ Herald, 16 January 2007
71 Rob O’Neill, ‘Telecom ponders hand-me-down broadband,’ Computerworld, 26 February 2007
72 Previous years TSO determinations were $66 million (2001/2002) and $57 million (2002/2003)
73 Matt Freeman, ‘TSO cost comes in at $63.8m,’ The Line, 26 March 2007
74 Matt Freeman, ‘We can reach 70% of TSO ‘non-viable’ customers, today: Vodafone,’ The Line, 22 June 2007
75 Paul Clearwater, ‘Carriers pay $66,501 daily to subsidise Telecom under TSO – TUANZ,’ The Line, 9 July 2007
76 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Cunliffe rules out rural line hike,’ Dominion Post, 13 August 2007
77 Jon Hoyle, ‘Groups applaud rural phone line blueprint,’ Dominion Post, 22 August 2007
78 Paul Clearwater, ‘Telecom questions LLU de-averaging,’ The Line, 19 September 2007
79 Very high speed digital subscriber line
80 Ken Lewis, ‘TelstraClear wins exclusive rights to Pegasus Town,’ The Line, 27 March 2007
81 Paul Clearwater, ‘WorldxChange to run services over Telecom fibre network,’ The Line, 29 November 2007
82 Paul Clearwater, ‘New bitstream access price met by disappointment,’ The Line, 11 July 2007
83 ‘ISPs disappointed by access fee fall,’ Dominion Post, 12 July 2007
84 InternetNZ, press release, 31 July 2007
85 Helen Twose, ‘Access price pleases Telecom rivals,’ NZ Herald, 1 August 2007
86 Helen Twose, ‘Telecom’s great unbundling exercise finally gets under way,’ NZ Herald, 10 August 2007
87 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Kordia to borrow an extra $38m for broadband push,’ Dominion Post, 15 October 2007
88 Rob O’Neill, ‘Unseemly rush to claim unbundling firsts,’ Computerworld, 11 August 2007
89 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Aging gear may cause more phone failures,’ Dominion Post, 4 September 2007
90 Jon Hoyle, ‘Telcos seeking faster access,’ Dominion Post, 4 September 2007
91 Jon Hoyle, ‘Telecom under pressure over timetable,’ Dominion Post, 24 September 2007
92 Paul Clearwater, ‘Orcon’s VoIP delay a mayday?,’ The Line, 28 September 2007
93 Media release: ‘InternetNZ welcomes Operational Separation Determination,’ 26 September 2007
94 Paul Clearwater, ‘Operational separation: the regulation ride nears its end,’ The Line, 26 September 2007
95 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Telecom prepares to sell phone network,’ Dominion Post, 26 September 2007
96 First stated on 3 August when Telecom’s 2006/07 result was published
97 Telecom press release: ‘Response to determination on operational separation,’ 26 September 2007
98 Helen Twose, ‘Telecom okay with three-way division,’ NZ Herald, 27 September 2007
99 Telecom financial results, 3 August 2007
100 Helen Twose, ‘We won’t sell network, says Reynolds,’ NZ Herald, 5 October 2007
101 Helen Twose, ‘Been there, done that, it’s OK,’ NZ Herald, 6 October 2007
102 Jon Hoyle, ‘Telecom boss’s first job is repairs,’ Dominion Post, 2 October 2007
103 ‘Behind the Walls & Inside the Minds of Kiwi Companies,’ compiled in collaboration with the EMA (formerly the Northern Employers and Manufacturers Association) and the University of Auckland
104 Stephen Bell, ‘Telecoms costs and continuity worry Kiwi companies,’ Computerworld, 2 November 2007
105 Paul Clearwater, ‘Telecom power shortage questioned,’ The Line, 5 November 2007
106 Stephen Bell, ‘Database changes behind emergency response failure,’ Computerworld, 21 November 2007
107 John Hartevelt, ‘Telecom customers unhappy,’ The Press, 6 November 2007
108 InternetNZ press release: ‘Local Loop Prices Disappoint,’ 7 November 2007
109 Orcon media release: ‘UCLL determination puts big question mark around investment,’ 7 November 2007
110 Paul Clearwater, ‘Competitors bowled over by Telecom’s cabinetisaton plans,’ The Line, 21 November 2007
111 BuddeCom press release: ‘Progress at the expense of competition’ 22 November 2007
112 www.comcom.govt.nz/TheCommission/WhatWedo/whatwedo.aspx
113 Work and Income New Zealand
114 Stephen Bell, ‘$15bn ICT industry doesn’t need govt ‘benefit,’ says blogger,’ Computerworld, 1 August 2007
115 2005 HiGrowth ‘Profile of the New Zealand ICT Sector Survey,’ which surveyed 400 ICT companies with a million dollars plus revenues with a view to mapping the dynamics of the sector
116 The ugliest term possible to describe the labour force or in this case skilled individuals
117 Computerworld staff, ‘NZ ranks well behind leaders in IT competitiveness,’ 16 August 2007
118 HiGrowth release: ‘Connecting… to our digital future,’ 14th September
119 Paul Clearwater, ‘Government looks to cut funding for ICT NZ/Hi Growth, plans formation of new umbrella group,’ The Line, 15 November 2007
120 Paul Clearwater, ‘Government’s actions in forming new ICT group questioned,’ The Line, 20 November 2007
121 Stephen Bell, ‘Cabinet paper blunder exposes ICT-NZ failure,’ Computerworld, 23 November 2007
122 Stephen Bell, ‘Industry should define ICT strategy, says Blackham,’ Computerworld, 22 November 2007
123 Stephen Bell, ‘40% of New Zealand Fast 50 driven by ICT,’ Computerworld, 15 November 2007
124 Paul Clearwater, ‘ICT groups meet to discuss forming new umbrella body,’ The Line, 27 November 2007
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 25
1 Giving Effect to the Five Themes, Cabinet Policy Committee, 21 August 2006
2 www.soumu.go.jp/joho_tsusin/eng/presentation/pdf/0705221.pdf
3 www.nyquistcapital.com/2007/08/28/the-proving-ground-of-ntt/
4 www.dynamicitkorea.org/koreait_policy/koreait_policy_4444.jsp
5 Vanessa Clark, Total Telecom News, 25 November 1999
6 Keith Newman, ‘The Next Merciless Leap,’ MIS Magazine, September 2001
7 Edited excerpts from Collaborating with Speed, 7 October 2002: www.ngi-nz.co.nz/publications/nr1095132461.html
8 Interview with Neil James, 2001
9 Keith Newman, ‘Educating for Efficiency, Re-balancing the IT infrastructure,’ MIS Magazine, July 2002
10 Keith Newman, ‘Superhighway to close divide,’ Telecommunications Review, August 2003
11 Heather Wright, ‘Funding boost for Internet2,’ Dominion Post, 22 September 2003
12 ‘Demand Case for a New Zealand Advanced Network: Research Education and Innovation,’ released, 14 October 2003
13 Keith Newman, ‘NGI head takes parting shot at slow science,’ Telecommunications Review, June 2004
14 Juha Saarinen, ‘TelstraClear wins $43m REANNZ advanced network contract,’ Computerworld, 26 April 2006
15 Stephen Bell, ‘High-maintenance Karen will be costly to run,’ Computerworld, 12 September 2006
16 Peter Komisarczuk, ‘An ICT CRI?,’ New Zealand Computer Society (NZCS), 22 June 2007
17 Paul Clearwater, ‘KAREN proves its worth,’ The Line, 13 March 2007
18 Computerworld staff, ‘The National Library joins KAREN,’ 22 May 2007
19 ‘A Roadmap for Activities 2007–2009 Discussion Document:www.karen.net.nz/assets/Uploads/Documents/Roadmap-consultation-doc-v3-4.pdf
20 Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand, Statement of Intent 2007–2010, May 2007
21 Dr Jim Watson the founding scientist and former chief executive of Genesis Research and Development Corporation, served as the head of the Department of Molecular Medicine, Auckland University, 1984–1993; a director of the FoRST (2000–2003), a member of the Growth and Innovation Advisory Board (2001–2004), and President of the Royal Society of New Zealand (2003–2006)
22 The Centre for Particle and Nuclear Physics (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland
23 A circular, very high-energy particle accelerator that accelerates protons through the action of magnetic fields and a high-frequency electric field (Microsoft Encarta)
24 Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand annual report, year ended, 30 June 2007
25 Ulrika Hedquist, ‘Conferencing on steroids connects NZ universities,’ Computerworld, 25 July 2007
26 File transfer protocol
27 Ulrika Hedquist, ‘Service-oriented science is the future, says expat,’ Computerworld, 18 July 2007
28 Keith Newman, ‘Strategy shifts sought,’ e.nz magazine, September 2007
29 Teleconsultants Apropos Newsletter, July 2007
30 Randal Jackson, ‘FX Networks in $40 million network push,’ Computerworld, 5 June 2007
31 Matt Freeman, ‘Jim Tocher manages massive fibre network and core systems modernisation at Transpower,’ Telecommunications Review, 10 September 2007
32 Keith Newman, ‘Do it yourself telco,’ Telecommunications Review, September 2005
33 Broadband Challenge Update 6 December 2006: www.digital-strategy.govt.nz
34 Amy Williams, ‘Vector starts high speed network,’ NBR, 11 February 2007
35 Keith Newman, ‘Co-opetition only way forward for unbundled wholesaling,’ Telecommunications Review, November 2006
36 ‘Capital broadband plan likely to go ahead,’ Dominion Post, 1 March 2007
37 www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/broadband.html
38 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Wellington seeks more help for broadband plan,’ Dominion Post, 24 September 2007
39 Ben Fawkes, ‘Broadband network crash upsets punters,’ 17 October 2007
40 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘ComCom may pick up pace on FTTN,’ Dominion Post, 15 October 2007
41 Ian Steward, ‘NZ Internet speed ‘a baby’s crawl,’ The Press, 13 June 2007
42 Ernie Newman, chief executive, TUANZ, Address to Telecommunications Summit, Auckland, 25 June 2007
43 www.nemertes.com/ii
44 Grant Gross, ‘Study: Internet could run out of capacity in two years,’ Computerworld, 21 November 2007
45 Paraphrased from ‘Coming soon: the Autobahn network,’ By Lisa Guernsey, FCW.com, 28 May 2007
46 100x100network.org
47 find.isi.edu/
48 Grant Gross, ‘US National Science Foundation floats next-generation Internet,’ Computerworld, 19 September 2005
49 cleanslate.stanford.edu/CleanSlateWhitepaperV2.pdf (URL was active at time of research)
50 Alison Hardie, ‘Why the search is on to find alternative to Internet,’ The Scotsman,17 April 2007, news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=586392007
51 Jon Hoyle, ‘No fast track to riches, Freeth warns,’ Dominion Post, 13 August 2007
52 The Council for Infrastructure Development has 43 corporate members, which include ASB Bank, BNZ and Westpac, Fletcher Building, Fonterra, Alcatel-Lucent and state-owned enterprises Kordia and Genesis Energy
53 Paul Clearwater, ‘Digital Strategy destined to fail without lift in investment,’ The Line, 20 September 2007
54 www.nzcid.org.nz/reports.html
55 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Tender call for Telecom cable roll-out,’ Dominion Post, 14 September 2007
56 Helen Twose, ‘Plan takes fibre to NZ streets,’ NZ Herald, 27 October 2007
57 Telecom press release ‘Telecom commits to tough undertakings on operational separation,’ 26 October 2007
58 Helen Twose, ‘Huge fines hanging over Telecom,’ NZ Herald, 27 October 2007
59 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘Unbundle, then invest – Tuanz,’ Dominion Post, 5 February 2007
60 Tim Hunter, ‘Split Telecom twice as nice for the market,’ Sunday Star Times, 18 March 2007
61 Tim Hunter, ‘Telecom strikes back,’ Sunday Star Times, 29 April 2007
62 Helen Twose, ‘Huge fines hanging over Telecom’
63 Paul Clearwater, ‘Telecom delivers more detail on cabinetisation,’ The Line, 23 November 2007
64 InternetNZ submission: www.Internetnz.net.nz/issues/submissions/2007/
65 Matt Freeman, ‘Industry bodies cry foul over Telecom’s operational separation plan,’ The Line, 26 November 2007
66 InternetNZ media release: ‘Telecom draft separation plan disappoints,’ 23 November 2007
67 David Cunliffe, media statement: ‘Challenge laid down for New Zealand’s digital future,’ 28 November 2007
68 Paul Clearwater, ‘Cunliffe warns Telecom there is more government intervention to come,’ The Line, 28 November 2007
69 Ulrika Hedquist, ‘Summit: Let’s get positive about broadband, says panel,’ Computerworld, 3 December 2007
FOOTNOTES CHAPTER 26
1 Chris Barton, ‘Ringing the changes,’ NZ Herald, 13 May 2007
2 Chris Lewis, senior vice president of Ovum Telecom Research, industry report, 15 August 2007
3 James Weir, ‘Broadband needs state assistance – Gattung,’ Dominion Post, 1 June 2007
4 www.nzcid.org.nz/reports.html
5 Paul Clearwater, ‘Digital Strategy destined to fail without lift in investment,’ The Line, 20 September 2007
6 Defining a Broadband Aspiration report: http://www.nzinstitute.org
7 Tom Pullar-Strecker, ‘NZ needs $1.5b to replace copper cables,’ Dominion Post,18 September 2006
8 ‘Nearly 2 Million New Zealanders Spent an Average of 20 Hours per Person on the Internet in March,’ ComScore, 25 April 2007
9 Nevil Gibson, ‘NZ tops list as least corrupt country,’ NBR, 27 September 2007
10 James Weir, ‘Job confidence hits a high,’ Dominion Post, 3 October 2007
11 The current account deficit for the year ended March 2007 was $13.9 billion (8.5 percent of GDP), Statistics New Zealand said today. This compares with deficits of $14.5 billion (9.0 percent of GDP) for the year ended December 2006 and $14.9 billion (9.6 percent of GDP) for the March 2006 year. Statistics NZ, 28 June 2007
12 ‘APEC: NZ economy one of world’s most open,’ Newsroom.co.nz agency story, 4 July 2007
13 Helen Malmgrem, ‘Kiwis world’s most satisfied,’ NBR, 5 July 2007
14 Lindsay Tisch, MP. National Party Small Business spokesperson: ‘Labour still failing business in vital areas,’ 25 October 2007
15 Based on 2006 Census figures: www.neon.org.nz/newsarchive/nzlwe
16 Business New Zealand ‘Workplace Productivity Working Group’ report, 2006
17 Rob Stock, ‘40-hour week? Yea right,’ Sunday Star Times, 21 October 2007
18 Career Edge, Issue 14 February 2006: www2.careers.govt.nz/fileadmin/pdf/car057_ce15.pdf
19 www.dol.govt.nz/worklife/wlb-snapshot.pdf
20 Mike Houlahan, ‘Work-life balance a challenge for all of us,’ NZ Herald, 25 July 2006
21 ‘Kiwis and Aussies can’t switch off,’ NZ Herald, 18 August 2007
22 Aaron Drew, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, ‘New Zealand’s productivity performance and prospects:’ www.rbnz.govt.nz/research/bulletin/2007_2011/2007mar70_1drew.pdf
23 Maxim Institute: ‘Blogging blurs the information lines,’ 19 July 2007
24 www.pinyin.info/chinese/crisis.html
25 snopes.simplenet.com/
26 blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-04-14-n32.html
27 ‘Now an airline’s fiddling with Wikipedia?,’ thetransitcafe.com, 3 September 2007
28 Derek Cheng, ‘On-line jokesters have a go at PM,’ NZ Herald, 25 August 2007
29 Andrew Stevenson, ‘Cyberspace: the new toilet wall,’ Sydney Morning Herald, 23 July 2007
30 Darryl Mason, ‘Howard’s $200 Million War On The Internet,’ 9 August 2007, theorstrahyun.blogspot.com/2007/08/howards-200-million-war-on-Internet.html
31 Sideswipe, NZ Herald, 4 August 2007
32 Keith Newman, ‘Broadband Reloaded’ feature, TUANZ, 2004
33 LinkedIn contributions from: Ian Miller, former journo and Internet entrepreneur, Peter Lineham, religious historian, Patrick Pilcher, technology researcher, Simon Young storyteller, Neil James, university professor, Andy Williamson, e-democracy advocate, Bevis England, Phil Harpur, senior analyst, Paul Budde, Communication, Richard Naylor, CityLink founder and Internet broadcast pioneer, Jason Kemp, strategic thinker, Keith Davidson, InternetNZ chief executive
34 ‘The Expanding Digital Universe: A Forecast of Worldwide Information Growth Through 2010:’ www.emc.com/about/destination/digital_universe
35 www.Internetworldstats.com/blog.htm
36 ‘Netcraft Web Server Survey,’ news.netcraft.com/archives/Web_server_survey.html
37 ‘The Expanding Digital Universe: A Forecast of Worldwide Information Growth Through 2010’
38 Claudine Beaumont, ‘Crunch time for Web wannabes,’ NZ Herald, 29 September 2007
39 ‘Moore says Moore’s law end is near,’ Reuters, 20 September 2007
40 ‘Intel to start “Penryn” production,’ Reuters, 26 October 2007
41 www.globrocks.com/globrockssitearticles/digital2008nbeyond.html
42 ‘Unknown impact of nanotech worries some,’ Reuters, 15 November 2007
43 John Blau Düsseldorf, ‘US military plans to put Internet router in space,’ Computerworld Germany, 16 April, 2007
44 Ray Kurzweil, futurist, inventor, engineer, scientist, visionary thinker and author. He was the principal developer of the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first text-to-speech synthesiser, the first music synthesiser capable of recreating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments, and the first commercially marketed large-vocabulary speech recognition: www.kurzweiltech.com/aboutray.html
45 Thoughts and notes inspired by the columns of my former Internet.com boss and media commentator Mike Walsh: www.mike-walsh.com
46 Ken Keyes Jnr, The One Hundredth Monkey
47 Paraphrased by Keith Newman from Watson’s book Lifetide. Curiously Takasakiyama (Mount Takasaki) is a forested mountain just outside of Beppu, home to more than 1500 wild Japanese monkeys. The monkeys are fed regularly by park wardens in order to keep them on the mountain and prevent conflicts with farmers and residents in the neighbourhood
48 skepdic.com/monkey.html
49 Ron Amundson, ‘Watson and the Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon,’ Skeptical Inquirer, Spring 1987
50 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Milgram
51 ‘Email Updates Six Degrees Theory,’ Technology Research News, August 18, 2003; and also in Science magazine, 8 August 2003
52 Judith Kleinfield, ‘Six Degrees: Urban Myth?’ Psychology Today, March-April 2002, psychologytoday.com/articles/index.php?term=pto-20020301-000038&page=2
53 Tom Paulson, Seattle-Post Intelligencer Reporter, ‘1.5 billion Web pages linked by 19 clicks of separation,’ 7 February 2000
54 Kimberly Patch, ‘Circuits show six degrees of separation,’ Technology Research News, October 2001
55 Email Updates Six Degrees Theory,’ Technology Research News, August 18, 2003; and also in Science magazine, 8 August 2003
56 Duncan Watts, Columbia University: www.icr.ethz.ch/taicon/events/watts/slides.pdf, Six Degrees: The Science of A Connected Age (W. W. Norton, 2003) Collective Dynamics Group, Small World Project, cdg.columbia.edu or smallworld.columbia.edu
57 Divina Paredes, ‘Who’s who in New Zealand ICT,’ CIO, March 2006
58 www.aut.ac.nz/staff/insideaut/2005_may/rob_allen.htm
59 Yiddish for one who accumulates knowledge
60 Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point, Abacus, 2001, pp36–38, 46–49
61 Gladwell, pp30, 34, 56–60, 69–70, 91–92
62 Gladwell, pp172–173
63 Gladwell, pp36–38, 46–49
64 gbgm-umc.org/umw/wesley/wilber.stm
65 Eagle was posthumously inducted into the Flying Kiwi Hall of Fame which commemorates ICT greats at the PriceWaterhouseCoopers New Zealand HiTech Awards in November 2007. The founder of Eagle Technology at the time of his death in 2000 was chairman of 12 companies. For many years he took a leading role in the IT industry and was former president of the ITANZ. He shared the award with Bill Gallagher, CEO of multi-national manufacturing and marketing company Gallagher Group and son of Bill Gallagher Sr, who founded the company on the success of the electric fence. The company specialises in integrated security systems and specialised plastic products
66 Sir Angus, who died early in 2007 was the first inductee into the PriceWaterhouseCoopers New Zealand HiTech Awards, Flying Kiwi Hall of Fame
67 A global ERP software business acquired by Geac Corporation in 1990
68 A term apparently coined by Sheldon Renan, founder of Wibiki, which relates to the extent to which the individuals are linked to one another. “The emerging fabric of ubiquitous connectivity – not the technology, but the difference it will make between our past and our future”
69 Vint Cerf is often referred to as ‘father of the Internet’ and until recently was the head of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
70 In 1992 Gordon Cook founded the Cook report, the first newsletter focused on the development of the commercial Internet. He continues to explore ways to show local communities, policy makers and enterprises the value of broadband Internet as a locally owned and controlled infrastructure for collaboration, innovation and business and economic development and innovative use of the Internet for business and economic development. It is a critical enabler of business activity through real time collaboration among geographically-dispersed entrepreneurs and critical for the creation of value creation, talent building in the relationship economy, gordoncook.net
71 Bob Frankston worked on the original Multics mainframe time sharing operating system, used the predecessor of the Internet from 1969, worked for Lotus and Microsoft on consumer use of computers and championed IP Everywhere to help make networking accessible for home computer users: www.frankston.com
72 Ned Ludd and his followers the Luddites destroyed manufacturing machinery across England over a five-year period from 1811 believing technology was destroying employment and their quality of life. Today neo-Luddites oppose computerisation for similar reasons warning us that technology is taking over
73 References to “The future’s already arrived. It’s just not evenly distributed yet” go back to Usenet in early 1996 and there are several variants of the quote: “The Future is already here (It is just not uniformly distributed)” on a blog called Whuffle, which aligned with Time magazine writer Bill Buxton allegedly stealing a line from Gibson on 3 October 2004 and further references to the quote, with attribution to William Gibson, that appear in 2001 and 2002, including one book, Reinventing Strategy, published also on 12 April 2002. Another source Free, Perfect, and Now: A CEO’s True Story by Robert Rodin with Curtis Hartman, in February 1999 which says “the future can be hard to recognise. It’s not evenly distributed; it’s hidden in corners.” The question arises, did William Gibson read this book? Did Rodin read Gibson somewhere?
74 NPR Talk of the Nation, 30 November 1999 : discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1067220; Also: www.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.php?prgld=5&prgDate=30-Nov-1999
75 www.longnow.org/projects/clock
76 Communications Minister David Cunliffe, Telecommunications and ICT Summit, June 2007
77 Address at the Future Active gathering, run by the New Zealand Software Association in conjunction with North Shore City in November 1998
78 Kevin Roberts, speech to the New Zealand Stock Exchange: ‘Giving New Zealand the Edge,’ 19 September 2005: www.nzedge.com/speeches/
79 68 degrees Fahrenheit
80 Futurist Applauds Kiwi Assets, (David Pearce Snyder, lifestyles editor of Futurist magazine) Keith Newman, nz.Internet.com, January 2001
81 Frans Johansson, The Medici Effect, Harvard Business School Press, 2004
82 A term coined by Charles Fort, a student and chronicler of anomalous, unexpected or hard to explain phenomena, which occurred outside of accepted theories.