Rants & Raves: Long wait for landline

Is three months too long to wait to get a landline connection? Photo / Thinkstock

Tell us what you love about life in New Zealand - and what needs to change. Email rantandrave@nzherald.co.nz

Rant
In this busy city of ours, I suppose I might expect to wait several days to get a phone landline connection. Just a metre or two from the pole to the boundary and then a connection along an existing cable to the house. How hard can that be? But a three-month wait and still waiting! Regular calls and waiting on hold for information and updates do not seem to be getting anywhere.

Yvon

Rave
Rave for the team at Mt Smart Stadium. Attended the Eagles concert on Sunday with my husband, who is in a wheelchair. The process to obtain mobility parking in the stadium was just one phone call and we received a pass via courier the next day. When we arrived at the concert they had volunteers meet us at the gate and escort us (and push my husband) to our seats. They did the same in reverse when the concert was finished. And all of this in that terrible weather. Can't rave enough, thanks team at Mt Smart for making our concert experience even more enjoyable.

DJ

Rant
On Friday morning my car was nearly hit by a dangerous, aggressive driver in a company ute between Penrose and Greenlane. When I honked my horn to warn him that I was there, he proceeded by giving the fingers, slamming on his brakes, more fingers and then dangerously weaved through the morning rush to exit at Greenlane.

Jon

Rave
I love the new Birkenhead Transport bus timetable, especially in the evenings. It is nice not to have that feeling of abandonment, particularly while waiting at the Victoria St bus stop where I never feel very secure. I spend a lot more time in the city now and it is a fun place to be.

Barney

Rant
About a year ago, I was paying $2.20 a litre, in Auckland, for petrol and oil was $90-$100 a barrel. Today, according to market figures, oil is $44 a barrel and has been dropping in price for the past several months. Why then is a litre of petrol, in Auckland today, $1.97 a litre when a few months ago it was around $1.60?

Tom A

Rave
Thank you to the people responsible for lighting up the harbour bridge each night. It gives a sense of vibrancy and I hope the council consider keeping it lit up once the Auckland Festival is over.

Deanne