词条 | Slingshot (ISP) |
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| name = Slingshot Communications Limited | logo = Slingshot-logo.png | type = Subsidiary | genre = | foundation = 1996 | founder = | location_city = | location_country = | location = Auckland, New Zealand | locations = | area_served = | key_people = Mark Callander, CEO Taryn Hamilton, GM | industry = Internet Service Provider Telecommunications | products = Broadband Dialup Telephony VoIP Mobile phone | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = Vocus Group | divisions = | subsid = | caption = A better place | homepage = www.slingshot.co.nz | footnotes = }}Slingshot is the third largest telecommunications company in New Zealand. It has an approximately 16% market share of the New Zealand fixed telephone landline and residential broadband market.[1] HistorySlingshot was founded in 1996 by Malcolm Dick and Annette Presley. The company was established as part of the CallPlus group of companies to provide residential customers with internet and toll calling services. Slingshot has grown from the small challenger brand in the marketplace to the third largest telco in New Zealand. Slingshot has more than 300 staff all working locally in Auckland CBD. Activities
Slingshot Fibre (Ultra-Fast Broadband)The New Zealand Government has undertaken an initiative which will see the delivery of Ultra-fast broadband using fibre optic cables to up to 75% of the population within a ten-year period[6] The nationwide ultra-fast broadband network uses Fibre connectivity to provide download/upload speeds of up to 100Mbit/s/50Mbit/s for residential customers. Fibre will enable faster downloads and streaming - content including movies may be up to 50x the speed of regular broadband. Slingshot Fibre is currently being trialled with a number of customers and will be rolled out across New Zealand soon. Products
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Market PositionSlingshot is the third largest ISP in New Zealand. As of 2015, it has 16% of the residential market.[1] Parent CompanySlingshot is a subsidiary of telecommunications company CallPlus. Callplus was founded in 1996 to provide NZ consumers with competitive deals on Calling and Tolls. CallPlus continues today as the B2B arm of the organisation, providing comprehensive Calling, Mobile, Broadband, VOIP and Fibre services to SME's across New Zealand. Slingshot was established in 2001 to provide residential solutions. Senior Management
CriticismOn 15 August 2008, Slingshot came under criticism from the public and the media about a problem with their web cache. The cache, set up to solve a known problem with YouTube, caused private information of customers to be shared among other customers. The error caused users logging into websites such as Gmail, Facebook, Bebo and TradeMe to be given access to the accounts of other Slingshot customers who were using those websites at the same time, instead of their own accounts.[11] Similar incidents occurred with Slingshot in September 2007 and May 2008[12][13] In December 2013 Slingshot was fined $NZ 250,000 after it admitted transferring competitors' customers to its business without authority. Slingshot pleaded guilty to 50 charges under the New Zealand Fair Trading Act in the Auckland District Court and admitted it had transferred 27 customers' accounts from other ISPs to Slingshot without the customers' authority.[14] References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=New Zealand ISP Market: Q3 2015|url=https://nztelco.com/2015/09/11/new-zealand-isp-market-q3-2015/|website=NZ Telco|accessdate=1 March 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Slingshot Global Mode|url=http://www.slingshot.co.nz/products/global-mode/about-global-mode/}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Slingshot Rollover|url=http://www.slingshot.co.nz/about/rollover/}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=World Cup Free WiFi|url=http://www.slingshot.co.nz/about/media-releases/}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Slingshot shares top Broadband Provider 2009|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/new-zealand/news/article.cfm?l_id=71&objectid=10590286 | work=The New Zealand Herald | date=12 August 2009}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Ultra-fast broadband|url=http://www.med.govt.nz/sectors-industries/technology-communication/fast-broadband/ultra-fast-broadband-initiative}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Un-metering Online Content|url=http://www.slingshot.co.nz/about/media-releases/}} 8. ^{{cite news | last = Taylor | first = Josh | title = NZ media companies order ISPs to stop 'global mode' access: Lightbox, MediaWorks, SKY, and TVNZ have threatened to sue local ISPs and companies that allow customers to bypass geoblock restrictions on services such as Netflix. | url = https://www.zdnet.com/article/nz-media-companies-challenge-global-mode-access/ | work = ZDNet | date = April 2, 2015 | accessdate = November 16, 2017}} 9. ^{{cite news | title = Global Mode dropped after legal action | url = http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/277042/global-mode-dropped-after-legal-action | work = Radio New Zealand | date = June 24, 2015 | accessdate = November 16, 2017}} 10. ^{{cite news | last = Fowler | first = Nina | title = Life after Global Mode for streaming fans | url = http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/business/283322/life-after-global-mode-for-streaming-fans | work = Radio New Zealand | date = September 4, 2015 | accessdate = November 16, 2017}} 11. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10527172|title=Internet glitch puts students' details on view|publisher=NZ Herald | date=15 August 2008}} 12. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/581901 |title=TradeMe 'annoyed' over web glitch |date=15 August 2008 |work=Stuff.co.nz |accessdate=12 November 2011}} 13. ^http://www.mediafetish.co.nz/2008/08/slingshot-update.html 14. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11171527|title=Slingshot fined over dodgy transfers|publisher=NZ Herald | date=12 December 2013}} External links
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