A farmer and his mate go out hunting out in the back blocks where there’s no cellphone reception. Time slips away and late in the day they shoot a deer down in a gully. By the time they get it out, it’s dark. Back at the farm’s homestead, the farmer’s wife is fretting. He’s not […]
Telecommunications
Thumbs up from Feds on rural broadband capacity upgrade
The announcement of a big push to upgrade capacity on congested rural broadband networks gets a big thumbs up from Federated Farmers. “Every year Feds surveys members on broadband and cellphone coverage in rural areas, to gather data on the worst blackspots and inform our advocacy to government,” Federated Farmers NZ President and telecommunications spokesperson […]
A fish hook for rural connectivity with ‘copper retreat’
Rural folk may have felt pretty secure as they read media reports last month on moves by Chorus and Spark to begin dismantling ageing copper phone and broadband networks. After all, the reports made it clear that this ‘copper retreat’ is only allowed to happen in areas designated a specified fibre area, meaning access is […]