? Lull in LTE 700 deployment in the Waikato

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davsri

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#161709 16-Jan-2015 20:31

After the blitz in December in terms of deployment of the LTE 700 - there seems to be a lull currently -anyone has heard anything recently as still many licensed sites in the Waikato are yet to go live?

plambrechtsen

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#1216322 16-Jan-2015 20:38

There has been this annual event that tends to mean that people like to take breaks. Plus most telcos have a change freeze over this period.

I'm sure things will crack back into it in the next few weeks when people come back.

davsri

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#1221188 23-Jan-2015 22:48

I can see that Putaruru LTE 700 has been switched on this afternoon - hit 80 mbps download speed today

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#1221493 24-Jan-2015 17:53

davsri: I can see that Putaruru LTE 700 has been switched on this afternoon - hit 80 mbps download speed today

Yep

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#1221498 24-Jan-2015 18:01

Putaruru was a fun site to move not that long ago .. Same as cambridge

davsri

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#1221711 25-Jan-2015 09:18

I wonder when sites like Te Miro and Piarere are going to be switched on.

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#1221846 25-Jan-2015 14:10

davsri: I wonder when sites like Te Miro and Piarere are going to be switched on.

Probably over next few weeks, now that workers are back and brown out is over.
I'm guessing you live somewhere in Waikato area too?

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#1225679 30-Jan-2015 21:52

4g just got switched on in ngaruawahia :)

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#1227462 2-Feb-2015 10:10

davsri: After the blitz in December in terms of deployment of the LTE 700 - there seems to be a lull currently -anyone has heard anything recently as still many licensed sites in the Waikato are yet to go live?

Hi Davsri,

We did go on a big blitz in the lead up to Christmas and the New Year because it's always a busy time, especially for areas that don't get a lot traffic ordinarily. Looks like we had a pretty good results over the holidays as a result :)

We're taking the opportunity now to focus on some high priority sites and on our underlying work on our network and equipment, so before too long we'll be looking to turn on larges swathes of LTE700 again very soon!

We normally round up the latest on our network on a weekly-ish basis on our corporate twitter account @sparknzltd too if you're interested, but always happy to answer any questions i can here!

Cheers! ^Sam

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