However, the Economic Development Ministry said in a briefing to Mr Joyce that Telecom could ask for a further delay.
The ministry estimated there were more than a million low-speed modems in service, of which about 200,000 were integrated with security and medical alarms.
It said the problem was poorly understood and a solution needed to be found before the "mass deployment" of VoIP could be contemplated.
"It is things like fax machines, medical alarms and Sky de-coders," Telecom spokesman Ian Bonnar said.
"Pretty fundamentally, if they are on the line, then VoIP isn't working at the moment."
There is no need for fax machines ... Read this is in New Zeland and shortly in India...
www.stuff.co.nz-Next-gen-issues-for-Telecom-New Zeland.
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