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New Zealand To Bring Ultrafast Internet To 85 Percent Of Population (stuff.co.nz)

Posted by msmash on from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.

Ultrafast broadband is coming to more than another 200,000 homes, but doubts are already being expressed that the expansion of the network isn't quite ambitious enough. From a report: Another 423,000 people will be able get ultrafast broadband (UFB) by the end of 2024 as a result of a long-awaited decision to expand the network. Prime Minister Bill English said UFB would be extended to more than 151 additional towns, on top of the 33 cities that are already getting the service. The expansion will mean UFB will be available to "up to 85 per cent" of the population, up from the 75 per cent coverage that is planned to be delivered by 2020.

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  1. Re:Also redefines Ultra-Fast... by msauve · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ultra-Fast Broadband is taken to mean the availability of broadband services at a minimum speed of 100 Mbps Downstream (from the Internet to the user) and a minimum of 50 Mbps Upstream (from user to the Internet).

    - CFH, NZ.

    (Since neither the summary nor the linked article could be bothered to say...)

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  2. Re:Just out of curiosity by seyfarth · · Score: 2, Informative

    The speeds offered are 30 down/20 up or 100 down/50 up (in Mbps). So it is about like cable internet in the US.

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  3. Re:With an small download cap! by alavaliant · · Score: 5, Informative

    That would have been true perhaps a year or two back. Now in New Zealand almost all isps started offering an uncapped plan, I've been one one for some time now.

  4. Re:With an small download cap! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have UFB at home, its a 1000/500 connection with no data cap. Data caps aren't really a thing anymore in New Zealand, most ISPs moved away from that model a while back.