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Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 30, 2002 @09:59AM from the vpn-clients dept.

ryuko writes: "Normally LANs are used by a single organization at best, but Wellington's 13-square-mile LAN comprises many of the city's businesses. The city council garnered a UNESCO Digital Access Award in recognition of its achievement in installing the 1,000 Mbps network. The full article is here on ZDNet. Drool ... gigabit internet ..."

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As opposed to Auckland (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday January 30, 2002 @10:04AM (#2924844)

Where they don't even have electricity most of the time in the CBD!

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LAN Party? (Score:2, Funny)

by u8nogard ( 546370 ) writes: on Wednesday January 30, 2002 @10:15AM (#2924895) Homepage

With Wellington's population of only 166,000 (excluding the suburbs)...

Hum... out of the percentage of the population here, how many of them are online gamers? In opinion, that is one nice LAN party going on!

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Re:Kiwi's with a supa fast MAN? (Score:2, Funny)

by Em Emalb ( 452530 ) writes: <ememalb AT gmail DOT com> on Wednesday January 30, 2002 @10:34AM (#2924983) Homepage Journal

You know, it's really interesting....

Australians say that New Zealanders sleep with sheep.

New Zealanders say Australians sleep with sheep.

Sounds to me like the sheep are the only ones getting any action!

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Re:WAN, not LAN, and other inconsistencies.... (Score:2, Funny)

by Alan Partridge ( 516639 ) writes: on Wednesday January 30, 2002 @10:58AM (#2925118) Journal

lucky you're such an expert, Justin. What with all your experience of building city-wide ethernet networks, why not give 'em a call in Wellington and offer some friendly advice you FUCKING TWAT.

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Forget this mega-LAN (Score:2, Funny)

by davidmb ( 213267 ) writes: on Wednesday January 30, 2002 @11:02AM (#2925142)

I wan't the revolutionary power over fibre-optic cable that the article mentions. I mean, they had it back in the eighties!

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Until it gets tot he US (Score:3, Funny)

by ruvreve ( 216004 ) writes: on Wednesday January 30, 2002 @11:22AM (#2925235) Journal

New Zealand has a fiber optic pipe that crosses the Pacific Ocean, which maintains generally high bandwidth along the way
And then when the fiber connection terminates somewhere in the United States we slow it back down so those people down under don't look better then us.

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Headlines... (Score:2, Funny)

by El Camino SS ( 264212 ) writes: on Wednesday January 30, 2002 @12:21PM (#2925530)

"New report from police shows clan based killing up 500%."

"Three downtown businessmen fragged after work."

"City's parents concerned that 31337 haXor sqillz are not be emphasized enough in school."

"Downtown city celebrates 3rd annual Everquest celebration festival... citizens urged to stay home."

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Imagine a beo... (Score:3, Funny)

by liquidsin ( 398151 ) writes: on Wednesday January 30, 2002 @12:51PM (#2925727) Homepage

...awww, fuck it.

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Re:Correction (Score:2, Funny)

by david614 ( 10051 ) writes: on Wednesday January 30, 2002 @02:29PM (#2926202) Journal

>..Just think of the millions of people using AOL...

I just did, and now no longer have an appetite.

thanks

D

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