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Curia poll on mobile phones

August 12, 2009

Curia did a poll for Exceltium in August 2009 of 800 mobile phone owners. The full results are here: 090807 Curia Report

Key findings:

48% on Vodafone, 47% Telecom, 3% both and 2% other
33% said their choice of network was influenced by whether the people they call or text are on the same network
73% say mobile phone charges are higher in NZ than overseas and 3% disagree
81% believe Telecom and Vodafone are over-charging and only 5% disagree
86% say they should be able to call someone on a different network for the same cost as someone on the same network, and 88% say the same for texting
85% think it is wrong it often costs more to ring a mobile phone domestically than to call someone living overseas
37% trust companies to lower their prices voluntarily, 55% do not
81% want the Government to accept the Commerce Commission’s recommendation to lower the termination rate, and 14% do not
15% said they are more likely to vote for a party that lowered mobile phone costs through reducing the termination rates and only 1% said they are less likely

July 11, 2008

Polling Company: DigiPoll

Poll Method: Random Phone

Poll Size: 514 (4.2% maximum margin of error)

Dates: 20 to 27 June 2008

Client: Exceltium

Emission Tradings Scheme

34.2% support ETS legislation, 24.3% oppose
45.1% thing climate change is caused by humans and am important issues which must be addressed alongside other major global issues such as hunger
49.2% say NZ should be one of the worl’s leaders on climate change and work at the same pace as other countries determined to make a difference
42.8% are prepared to pay an extra $10 a week in energy costs to tackle climate change. At $20 a week only 16.3% are prepared and at $40 a week only 4.8% are prepared.
47.9% agree NZ’s climate change policies are mainly about our politicians wanting to grandstand on the world stage.
Only 33.9% think NZ should proceed with the ETS legislation rather than wait a month to see what the Australian scheme looks like.
34.4% say the ETS as written won’t cut carbon emissions enough to make a difference, with 26.7% disagreeing.

Note there are 14 pages of detailed results in the full report.