{"id":2556,"date":"2020-09-20T12:45:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T00:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralconnect.co.nz\/wp\/?page_id=2556"},"modified":"2020-09-20T13:04:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T01:04:14","slug":"about-rural-broadband-progress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ruralconnect.co.nz\/wp\/about-2\/about-rural-broadband-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"About Rural Broadband Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2556\" class=\"elementor elementor-2556\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7116a5b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7116a5b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6439be06\" data-id=\"6439be06\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-198df6ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"198df6ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Rural Broadband Progress<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b825db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b825db\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e96fd8\" data-id=\"9e96fd8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f89ea7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0f89ea7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aafa74b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aafa74b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rural Broadband<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5308290 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5308290\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rural internet and broadband connectivity is a priority for our economic recovery from Covid-19. And more importantly, the education opportunities, health and well-being of our communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here\u2019s the good news\u2026nationally<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">NZ ranks 17 of 207 countries for our broadband speed, with a mean download speed of 33Mbps<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Vodafone: \u201cOur (cellular) network covers over 98.5% of the population\u2026\u201d Oh and \u201c5G is live\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And the not so good news\u2026rurally. Why is my internet so slow?<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>A survey by Dairy NZ found that 50% of farmers said they don\u2019t have the broadband internet they need on their farm.&nbsp; And 51% said they don\u2019t have the mobile reception<\/li>\n<li>\u201c\u2026government assistance would be needed to bring rural networks up to the standard currently enjoyed by urban broadband customers\u201d<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The authorities think it&#8217;s fixed, but the reality is there&#8217;re heaps of people around with sub-standard or zero internet connection.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Over the last 2+ years Chorus have performed a copper network lifecycle replacement using equipment configured for urban environments, leaving an estimated 10s of 1000s of rural NZ\u2019ers that rely on this technology with very slow internet or the internet drops out<\/li>\n<li>The government RBI2 (Rural Broadband Initiative 2) programme has been limited in its achievements by the main build partner, 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