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Thursday October 8 2020 The Star IT’S TIME for Greater Christchurch to come together again to focus on the future. Greater Christchurch, which includes the urban settlements in our neighbouring districts, is the fastest growing region outside of Auckland. We are the second largest urban centre in New Zealand and a strong economic, logistics, service and knowledge hub for Canterbury and the South Island. Through post-quake investment by the public and private sector, we have new infrastructure, new buildings and amenities, as well as beautiful public spaces and an amazing natural environment. When we look at Auckland, we can see challenges that high housing costs and congestion caused by sprawl bring about, and we can avoid these. We are well placed to build on our strengths and avoid these pitfalls. At the same time, there are new challenges to face as we look to the future. The need for us to respond and adapt to climate change, the impact Playground. of technologies on our economy and our lives, the role other global and national changes have on the competitiveness of our businesses and the attractiveness of city and region as a place to live, study, do business and invest. These offer enormous opportunities as well. Greater Christchurch 2050 is a project that has been designed to help us grapple with these questions on a collaborative OPINION 25 Focus on the future Mayor Lianne Dalziel AMENITIES: Christchurch has some beautiful public spaces such as the Margaret Mahy PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN basis with our neighbours. It’s easy to have your say – there is a short survey available online atwww. greaterchristchurch.org. nz, or you can start a discussion with your own community using the “host your own conversation” toolkit, also on the website. Help us as we look to the future and make sure Greater Christchurch is truly a great place for our children and grandchildren. THE 2020 GENERAL ELECTION AND REFERENDUMS Vote now in the General Election and referendums. Find your nearest voting place at vote.nz or call 0800 36 76 56 PROMOTED CONTENT Why kiwis should make sure they are on fibre broadband New Zealanders are spoilt for choice when it comes to the broadband technology available – thanks to world-class fibre broadband availability to 80 per cent of households. Despite fibre’s availability, choosing the right broadband can be a real headache managing all the technologies, deals and services from internet providers. As well as fibre, there’s other technologies around like cellular-based services sold as broadband (called fixed wireless) and some homes are still on old copper broadband (called ADSL and VDSL). The differences between these broadband technologies turn up as speed, service reliability and how much performance drops when lots of people are using their broadband service the same time – like during peak times in the evening. Sometimes bad weather can be a factor for some technology. These factors can have a significant impact on the internet experience you have at home and can even stop you doing the things you want to - The right broadband technology may eliminate or reduce stop-start streaming and buffering, or low-quality video when watching movies or video conferencing. streaming movies, connecting with family over video or gaming. The right broadband technology may eliminate or reduce stop-start streaming and buffering, or low-quality video when watching movies or video conferencing. Why you should not let your internet provider choose your broadband The simple answer is that only you can make the best decision for your family or household and you have a right to know what you are buying. Most people would not let someone else choose their new TV or car. It might seem like an odd comparison, but your broadband is likely to cost you up to $1000 per year, maybe more, and you could be tied in for two years. Broadband is a big purchase. Make sure you ask your internet provider exactly what technology they are offering you, what speed you can expect from that technology and to explain how it will meet your needs. How to choose the right broadband and compare different technologies The good news is the Commerce Commission publishes a quarterly broadband comparison report to help consumers make informed decisions. The latest report highlights the differences in performance in average download speeds on different technologies. On a 100Mbps (megabits per second - speed) fibre plan, you get an average speed of 99Mbps – so what you would expect and pay for. On a top end fibre plan the average speed jumps to over 708Mbps. Other technologies are much slower – ADSL (9Mbps), fixed wireless (26Mbps) and VDSL (43Mbps). Speed is the key to good broadband performance and the report highlights this. With fibre you can successfully stream ultra-high definition video nearly all the time (99 per cent). On VDSL this drops by about 10 per cent, on fixed wireless this will only work two-thirds of the time and one tenth of the time on ADSL. The report also highlights the difference in technology performance during the Covid-19 lockdown when so many people were dependent on the quality of their home broadband – with 100Mbps fibre service speeds unaffected and fixed wireless speeds reducing by 20 per cent to 25 per cent. Broadbandcompare.co.nz compares different deals available from internet providers. You can see what broadband technology is available, how much data is included and what the contract term is. Visit enable.net.nz to find out if fibre is available at your place.
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