A kiwi salesman was stunned to receive a $1100 bill from Telecom for just 10 minutes of internet access from his laptop.

Telecom has announced a profit of $80 million in the December quarter, down 23.8 percent on the same period last year in what it called a 'solid result'.

Telecom's $5m 'goodwill gesture' is offered to affected XT customers located south of Taupo to the bottom of the South Island.

Pressure is on Telecom to reassure consumers that the XT mobile network is safe - with users group TUANZ warning that another failure would be catastrophic.

Mobile phone users affected by the latest Telecom XT network outage will have to wait until next week to hear how they may be compensated.