That’s twice in one weekend I’ve linked to a post on The Standard. And written by Rob. What will people think?
Well hopefully, that there are major discrepancies in polls. And there’s really only one that matters. On 26 November.
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Finally, Steven Joyce said something
Posted by Clare Curran on February 23rd, 2010After calls from myself and Ernie Newman from the Telecomunications Users Association for Steven Joyce to intervene in the Telecom debacle, Steven Joyce has finally said something. Not much, but at least he’s said something.
I’ve been saying for days that the Minister should intervene with Telecom on the XT outages. This morning I called for Steven to get on the blower to Telecom. He now says he has had a discussion with Telecom. But it’s not enough.
This is a critical infrastructure issue. What happens to people who rely on their mobile phones in an emergency? How can they be reassured they can make the calls they need to when they need to. Let alone the appalling effect on business.
Joyce. You are a Minister. People expect you to take a leadership role.
Meantime, the issue gains momentum. Today the Alcatel-Lucent CEO in NZ has resigned. In news just in, the Chief Technology Transformation Officer for Telecom Frank Mount has resigned. This is crisis stuff for Telecom and a critical piece of new New Zealand infrastructure.
Meantime, no decisions have been made on who and how ultrafast broadbanad will be laid out in New Zealand. Fifteen months since the election. Not one millimetre of govt-funded fibre laid. The Govt’s biggest election pledge. Steven Joyce is the Minister.
