Auckland Council Plans Better Broadband

The Auckland City Council — frustrated at the lack of action by the private sector — is planning a 100km fibre network to provide faster and cheaper broadband across the city. All going to plan, the citywide network could be providing high-speed broadband to thousands of businesses and most residents by 2010, including a wireless network in the central city. The network would be available to customers within 200m of the proposed route, designed to be close to businesses, government departments, libraries, emergency services, schools and universities