Aug 18 2010
The New Zealand-based provider of telecommunication networks, Chorus announced that it will complete the installation of fibre line in New Zealand by the end of 2011. The company is installing the fibre line as part of its commitment to offer broadband connections with minimum speed of 10 Mbps to the New Zealanders.
The company has installed 15 fibre-fed cabinets and 7km of fibre in Richmond. The customers located near the local telephone exchange in Richmond will continue to get direct service from the broadband device at the exchange.
Chorus, after completing the network installation in Nelson, will focus on finishing the installation of 21 cabinets in Stoke. The company has installed more than half of the 3600 fibre-fed cabinets throughout New Zealand.
The Fibre-to-the-Node programme manager of Chorus, Ed Beattie stated that the capacity of each cabinet is equal to a mini telephone exchange. The new fiber-fed cabinets, containing ADSL2+ broadband equipment, have been connected to nearly 2600 customers. Beattie added that about 50% of the houses linked to the new cabinets are within 500 m, while 90% of the houses are within 1 km of the fiber-optic network. This provides a platform to provide faster broadband speeds using fibre-to-the-home and VDSL2 technology in the future.