Inadequate home wiring, old hardware and software are all creating broadband bottlenecks in the home.

More than halfway through the Government's term and the promised fibre roll-out to 75% of Kiwis over the next 10 years still hasn't delivered.

Telecom chief exec Paul Reynolds has floated the idea of splitting the company into two listed entities.

When the industry is heading along the right path, it is perhaps ironic that the largest step is the most uncertain, writes Mike Cranna.

Broadband speeds are improving but are lagging outside Auckland because ISPs are installing most of their equipment in that city.

Vodafone has joined up with a Canadian company in a bid to take part in the Government's $1.5b broadband plan.

The Auckland-based telco will report a 47 percent decline in profit and more downbeat news could still come, according to analyst Guy Hallwright.

Vodafone NZ's market share sank below 50 per cent last year as new kid on the block 2degrees mobile entered the market.

More than one million New Zealand homes used broadband to connect to the internet in 2009.