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MichaelNZ

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#318065 11-Dec-2024 21:20

Over the last few days Chorus has been rolling out "custom" UFB for an RCG cellsite at the Norsewood township. This does not go past our place, however, I have noted a couple of things:

They appear to be building something which they intend to do more with at some stage judging by the amount of cabling they are installing. This is a new pit. See photo.
Their estimate for a custom UFB install to our place has dropped from ~$55k to ~$15k. The network extension to our boundary is around 230m.
If they rollout UFB here our address would certainly be included.

So for the dilemma. Do I pay $15k (which is an amount I still need to think about) or hold out for a rollout? There was no way it was going to happen at $55k but at $15k I am thinking a bit too much about it.

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#3319451 12-Dec-2024 08:38

The 15k will probably include the cost of the OLT card, etc. and will drop more if someone else orders it first. I'd ask Chorus how much of the cost is shared infrastructure versus my install only, and have a chat to some locals about sharing that shared infrastructure cost.

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#3320711 15-Dec-2024 12:00

MichaelNZ:

Jase2985:

Name some please.

You can just as easily look on the Broadband Map and see it explained far better then I can in a post.

But to pick some random examples:

Hokio Beach Population 190 (June 2024)

Pukawa Population 50 (June 2024) Location is super close to Omori 260 Population, which likely made it easier/cheaper to install.

Kuaotunu Population 230 (June 2024)

Tapu Population 260 (June 2024

Waiomu Population 370 (June 2024)

Puriri Population 240 (June 2024)

Maungatapere Population: 350 (Jun 2023)

Those are among the smallest according to the map. But at the next tier up (settlements, not even towns) there is easily 100+ examples.

Norsewood Population: 150 (Jun 2023)

see above, every other place has a higher population, and when looking at a map a higher density of houses than Norsewood.

Sorry, mate, but it's starting to sound a little like sour grapes that your town has missed out. There has to be a cut-off somewhere, as there was only limited funding and as has been mentioned there are very few connections where you live and of those that do have connections most have good reliable and fast connections.