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Rural Broadband Copper Service Upgrades

We are pleased to announce that Chorus has been awarded funding under the Government’s Rural Connectivity Upgrade programme to upgrade the broadband service to more than 1,500 homes and businesses served by 32 rural cabinets to VDSL, high speed copper broadband. These upgrades are under way and will be completed by mid-2023. 

Timing is subject to resource availability and some sites require local authority and/or Iwi approval. As each cabinet upgrade is complete Chorus coverage maps and order portals will be updated to show increased VDSL coverage. 

All connections of the cabinets will receive some improvement in access speed and stability, with the change from ADSL to VDSL. The connection between the cabinet and the Chorus and RSP network will also be improved. 

Actual individual improvement will depend on distance from cabinet and may require a change in the customer’s modem.

Chorus Cabinets

District

Timing

AH/S02

Manawatu District

Nov 2022

BM/CK

Marlborough District

Jan 2023

CLV/01

Thames-Coromandel District

Jan 2023

JFK/S01

Manawatu District

Nov 2022

KAO/A

Far North District

Nov 2022

KC/BG

Far North District

Dec 2022

KEN/S02

Invercargill City

Apr 2023

KGR/H

Palmerston North City

Nov 2022

KHA/01

Rotorua District

Dec 2022

KHA/02

Rotorua District

Dec 2022

KME/01

Auckland

Nov 2022

KTA/F

Far North District

Nov 2022

KTA/L

Far North District

Dec 2022

KV/01

Far North District

Dec 2022

KWK/R

Kaipara District

Feb 2023

LTN/S02

Palmerston North City

Nov 2022

LVN/BI

Horowhenua District

Jan 2023

LVN/S01

Horowhenua District

Mar 2023

LVN/S02

Horowhenua District

May 2023

MAU/S03

Kaipara District

Jan 2023

MGI/AC

Far North District

Apr 2023

MNK/E

Horowhenua District

May 2023

MWI/Q

Kaipara District

Apr 2023

OAH/G

Far North District

Feb 2023

OF/04

Rotorua District

Dec 2022

OPA/T

Thames-Coromandel District

Apr 2023

ORH/W

Whangarei District

Feb 2022

RUK/S01

Whangarei District

Mar 2023

SHN/B

Horowhenua District

May 2023

TGI/S01

Taupo District

Jan 2023

WHI/01

Opotiki District

Jan 2023

WRH/B

Whangarei District

May 2023

Total

32