Hi, we just bought a house in Ardgowan St Oamaru and the previous owners told us about 18 months ago some contractors laid "blue cable" along the street outside the house. The house is 900m from where the Chorus website map indicates fibre ends.

I've contacted Chorus via B4Udig and they do have a cable along the street in front of the house, however their plan doesn't say what it is. I've phoned them and the person on their end simply regurgitated what I already saw for myself at http://www.chorus.co.nz/maps which indicates no fibre.

I also called the council and they said anything blue is water, and that telecoms is green. I can't see the previous owner confusing blue cable compared with a mains water supply, nor can I see why a new water supply would be laid beside a road that has already had it for decades.

I also see here http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/rodney-times/8958611/Fibre-optic-cable-en-route a blue fibre-optic cable being laid.

Wondering if anyone has any theories as to what this blue cable might be, and how I could go about finding out what it is. Perhaps I should just dig it up and break it, and see who comes knocking :D

Please tell me its fibre :D