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Unison Fibre is out there digging holes in the ground, getting their fibre network installed. Wayne Baird from UF is talking to the businesses that the fibre is going past to see who wants in. Well it was a bit of a no brainer for ABC Software to say YES. Fibre! What will that make my internet experience like? How fast will those Xero pages refresh? Remote access to client sites could become almost like being there (okay, they need fibre too to get the best result but some have and some will). The possibility of no more drumming fingers on the desk top waiting for a page to refresh or an action to complete gives me goosebumps.
And what new ideas will we have that will become possible with this new improved access to the big wide world?
In addition to the Unison Fibre we are moving our internet business to FX Networks, because they too move fast and said Yes to UF. FX Networks take my internet traffic out from HB, like Telecom and Vodafone will also do when they get their connectivity sorted with Unison Fibre (corporates tend to move at a slower pace, a few more layers of managers to get through I suspect).
For ABC Software, fibre is another tool that will help us do our job better and give our people a better working experience. We should be up and running in the next few weeks so I'll let you know how if the reality meets my expectations. I bet it does.
09:07, 18.02.2010
We have been using FX Networks as our ISP for about 4 months now – makes sense given we are in the same building I know – but the service and speed are great. The 10 Mb service is faster than the 20Mb we were getting from Telecom ADSL and are just about bring the hosting of our website inhouse. Uncapped data use plan is useful as well. I would recomend to anyone that has the opportunity to join up.