New Zealand going nowhere ultra-fast

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Thu Jul 19 2012 12:00:00 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)

New Zealand going nowhere ultra-fast

Thursday, 19 July 2012, 4:14 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party

Clare
CURRAN
Communications and IT Spokesperson
19 July 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT
New Zealand going nowhere ultra-fast

National's flagship ultra-fast broadband service is delivering nothing as New Zealand languishes half way down the OECD ladder for broadband subscribers, says Labour’s communications spokesperson Clare Curran.

"National is spending over $1 billion on ultra-fast broadband but our take-up hasn't improved. New figures today show we are at stuck at 17th in the OECD despite National making ultra-fast broadband a flagship programme. We are going nowhere ultra-fast.

“The communications minister Amy Adams has told us, ‘New Zealanders are hungry for faster internet speeds and are excited about the opportunities for innovation that it will bring’.

“But ultra-fast broadband is a scheme nobody seems to want. There’s barely a thousand people signed up so far and Orcon have even offered to pay your bills for the rest of the year in a bid to sign-up customers.

“In the four years since they launched this policy the government has racked up less than a customer a day. That’s ultra-slow.”

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