Bay Harbour: February 01, 2017

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Wednesday February 1 2017
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Fast internet for harbour settlements
AKAROA AND Diamond
Harbour are among 151
towns which will get
ultra-fast broadband
installed before 2024,
the Government has
announced.
The $300 million programme
will allow 85 per
cent of New Zealanders to
have access to fibre within
eight years – more than the
Government’s original goal
of 80 per cent by 2022.
Selwyn MP Amy Adams
said faster broadband had
incredible power to change
the ways people grew their
businesses and connected
with each other, as well as
how health and education
needs were met.
“What it really means
is that you no longer have
to choose between living
in the beautiful parts of
Selwyn [electorate] like
Diamond Harbour, Darfield,
Leeston and Rakaia,
or being close to jobs and
good schools and good
healthcare, actually you can
do both,” she said.
“The way high speed
connectivity makes that
possible is, I think, the
equivalent of the way
opening up the railroads
changed the reality for
rural and provincial worlds
back in the early part of last
century. I don’t think we
can even begin to imagine
all of the ways this will be
used in years to come.”
Communications Minister
Simon Bridges, who
took over the portfolio
from Adams in December,
said the second phase of the
UFB rollout would provide
up to 423,000 more New
Zealanders with access to
“world class broadband.”
The first phase of the
rollout focused mostly on
larger cities and, at last
count, around 300,000
people had access to fibre
internet connections.
Once the installations
are completed, Wellington
will have the greatest access
to UFB, with 95.4 per cent
coverage. Northland will
have the least access, at 53.5
per cent.
CONNECTED: Akaroa
and Diamond Harbour
will get access to
ultra-fast fibre
broadband before 2024.
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