Cost and lack of video on demand could hold back broadband uptake

摘要

New Zealand's Commerce Commission has identified connection costs and a shortage of video-on-demand services as the main barriers to the uptake of high-speed broadband services. It found the same appetite for high-speed broadband services in rural areas but rural residents had a more fundamental need: to be connected to basic broadband. "They fear that they could be left behind as New Zealand moves forward with high speed broadband services," the report said.