Rural Broadband’s Starlink Dependency: The Missing Context

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Media

WombatNET’s Alex Stewart expands on his 2nd Jun Herald NOW interview: infrastructure dependency stacking, spectrum constraints on local WISPs, and the TDL funding question.

The Rural Blind Spot | Part 2: They Were Warned

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Media

The Commerce Commission’s independent expert warned of LEO satellite monopoly risk in October 2025. MBIE internal documents from May 2024 described the same market as a monopoly while the formal OIA response said no analysis existed. Part 2 sets out what was known and when.

Is Your Antenna Holding Back Your Rural Broadband Speeds?

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Speed & Performance

If you’ve had 4G internet for a few years, the antenna on your roof could be the reason your connection isn’t performing as well as it should. Here’s what you need to know – and what you can do about it. A Common Setup That’s Now Outdated Across rural and semi-rural New Zealand, thousands of […]