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The high speed broadband rollout in Tauranga is complete with 60km of fibre optic cable being deployed and installed to 147 new fibre fed cabinets.
Chorus installed the cable and the cabinets to enable broadband speeds of at least 10Mbps (mega bits per second) to homes and businesses across Tauranga.
The high speed broadband rollout in Tauranga is complete.
Chorus general manager of network build Chris Dyhrberg says about 52,000 Tauranga residents should now have access to faster internet services.
“We’ve extended our fibre optic cable network further into local neighbourhoods and installed new roadside cabinets.
“These cabinets provide broadband services to those customers who were previously too far from the broadband equipment in their local telephone exchange to access fast broadband.
“Service providers are already installing broadband equipment which can deliver speeds of up to 40Mbps for customers within about 1km of our cabinets.”
Tauranga customers near the local telephone exchange will continue to receive service directly from the broadband equipment located at the exchange.
Chris says in addition to completing the broadband network upgrade, Chorus has opened up access to its existing business fibre network for ultra-fast broadband services at significantly reduced prices.
“We have a large existing fibre network, particularly in the CBD area, which many internet service providers can use to connect Tauranga businesses to ultra-fast broadband today.”
Businesses wanting to know if they are in the Chorus’ business fibre coverage area can do so by checking online at www.chorus.co.nz/ch-ournetwork
Posted on 19-09-2011 11:52 | By mr mizprint
We are 9km from town (Welcome Bay) & are lucky if we crack 0.5 mbps. And Chorus have no plans to upgrade. Are we the forgotten ones?