Broadband plans for New Zealand
These days broadband Internet is as important and useful as hot and cold running water, or electricity. But plenty of Kiwis lack access to broadband. Over the next 5 years that picture will change:
[Telecom] plans to spend $1.4 billion over the next five years on a broadband network capable of delivering up to 20 megabits per second to towns with 500 or more phone lines. That compares with the current average of 2 to 3Mb/s. The upgrade will involve laying fibre cables to many smaller centres and extending fibre closer to homes and businesses to improve speeds, enabling customers to use services like voice-over internet protocol, or phone calls over the internet.
The roll-out of fibre is particularly significant. It promises speed, the absence of which has become a huge bugbear for customers, whether business or residential.
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