This is the email I just received from TiVo…

‘We know that many of you have been patiently waiting for TiVo to arrive in New Zealand, having registered with us as early as March this year.

One of the main reasons we have not revealed our retail plan is because we understand how important it is for you to be able to download our movies and TV content through your broadband connection without it impacting your monthly download allowance.

So we’re delighted to tell you that Telecom have agreed to give everyone with a Telecom Broadband connection the freedom to download our movies and TV content through their broadband, without it impacting their monthly data allowance.

When you registered, you told us that you aren’t currently a Telecom Broadband customer. Please be aware that TiVo will be available only through Telecom when it goes on sale in November and the whole TiVo service will only be available to Telecom broadband customers.

To ensure you’re ready when TiVo goes on sale in November, why not take up Telecom’s current broadband offer of a free wireless modem plus one month’s free broadband plan charges? See here for all the details www.telecom.co.nz/broadband/offer.

Thanks again you for your interest, we’ll keep sending you all the latest information and updates on all things TiVo.’

I’ve been with Vodafone for 4 years never had any problems, why would I change to Telecom who I constantly have to deal with for my client, trying to work out what the technical support is saying in broken english…

Just finish off my rant, they are also not allowing skipping of Adverts…which is my biggest grip about NZ TV when they turn up those bloody Harvey Norman Adverts…

(problems reading this email? read in at http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html?id=231)
Hi Lee Howard, we thought you’d like to know that the S92A has been scrapped.
The Creative Freedom Foundation are celebrating tonight after National’s announcement this afternoon that Section 92A will be scrapped, and that they will work towards finding an alternative.
Chris Keall at the NBR reports: "Prime Minister John Key has announced that the government will throw out the controversial Section 92A of the Copyright Amendment Act and start again. Section 92A has been scrapped.". This is fantastic news, and it’s great that Prime Minister John Key has taken a stand on this important issue. This draconian and naive law was originally championed by former-MP Labour’s Judith Tizard. Now we need to help make some sensible copyright law that will protects artists and well as New Zealanders. The CFF are preparing to take part in this process.
Today is a victory for New Zealanders – artists and non-artists alike. The CFF thanks everyone of you who supported this movement: we couldn’t have done it without you!
Further details at
http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html?id=231

‘Having a bit of trouble trying to find a cordless Skype phone, I think the one I brought for your computer is one of the last in the country.  There are a few wireless ones that use a wireless network like the one you have at home, but they are expensive compared to the phone you already have (I’ve had a look and they seem to be $400+)

I’ve found a solution on Trademe.co.nz for $79 but I’m not sure what sort of warranty I will get even though they are brand new.

The alternative is to use a headset like ClearChat Pro USB™ which is $69.81+GST.’

I’ve managed to buy a couple of phones a Philips 312 and a Logtech Cordless Skype Handset.  The Philips has disappeared from this country and seem to have come out in 2006 and the Logitech does not work on Vista.

I’m just curious if the way everyone is using Skype is though headsets or has the rest of the world decided to stop supplying New Zealand?

I’ve just been listen to TWIT, their complaining because they are getting a 180Gb limit on their data, I think they need to live New Zealand. I am currently paying $90NZ a month for my phone and broadband, this gives me 20Gb of data, that’s all of my data uploaded and downloaded. I normally kill this pretty quickly, this month I downloaded a couple of demos, halflife and half of my data was gone.

I think NZ need to pull there finger out and get more out to us. I was thinking about apple tv, there’s no point, just watching the trailors would use up my data.

Anyway rant over….

Also blogged from my iPod, how cool is that!