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I just got an e-mail from a Frenchman who is considering moving to New Zealand to work as a software developer, to see if I would mind answering some questions of his. I'm happy to do this ... if anybody reading this is considering moving to New Zealand or wants to know more about the culture / jobs down here, leave a comment on this post and I'll try and make a FAQ out of it.
The questions have started coming in, so here we go!
Dwight Shih asks: What's the broadband availability in NZ?
You can get broadband in most places in NZ. Speed and price varies. At home I have a 128K DSL connection, capped at 10 Gb/month, and it costs me NZ$60 per month through paradise.net and NZ Telecom. NZ$60 is about US$35.
A tempting alternative is Woosh Wireless's 250K Everyday Unlimited plan. The website doesn't tell you how many gigabytes you can download before they cut you off, but I'm guessing maybe 3-5 Gb/month would be considered "reasonable".
TelstraClear has various high speed cable plans, but these are only available in certain places in Christchurch and Wellington. I'm in Christchurch, but there's no cable in my street.
You can get faster (> 1 Mbit) connections, but they get pretty expensive. TelstraClear's $150.90/month 10Mbit / 10 Gb plan seems quite reasonable. Telecom's JetStream equivalent costs > $500 for this, I think.
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