Broadband

The rollout of ultrafast broadband is still on course to start in Queenstown sometime between July this year and June 2013.

A new fibre network bringing more ultrafast broadband to Dunedin is spreading through the central city.

The Government has confirmed security threats were raised around New Zealand's broadband scheme, but is refusing to say whether a Chinese company that has been blocked from Australian contracts was involved.

Ultrafast broadband is confirmed to be deployed in central Queenstown and five other New Zealand towns from July this year.

The ultrafast broadband network will take the "remoteness" out of the South, Gen-i Otago-Southland sales manager Peter Thomas says.

Telecommunications utility company Chorus, and the Government, have been accused of putting profit before people as they begin the roll-out of ultrafast broadband (UFB) in Dunedin.

British actor Stephen Fry's criticism of New Zealand's broadband does not appear to have the Government too abashed, with Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams today boasting about the "excellent progress'' made in the last three years.

The Clutha District Council is looking into the district's digital future and is seeking residents' feedback on its broadband infrastructure.

About 6600 pupils at 14 Dunedin schools will have access to ultrafast broadband by July next year, the Government announced.

The ultra-fast broadband (UFB) rollout is picking up pace, with the first fibre laid in Auckland and plans to link up more than 50,000 premises throughout the country over the next year.