Copper

Chorus is no longer selling copper-based services in areas where fibre infrastructure is already in place, and the plan is to fully retire the copper network in these areas by December 2026.  

For rural regions where fibre is yet to reach, copper-based services remain available for now and continue to be a great option for properties located near to a Chorus cabinet or exchange with access to VDSL. However, longer term i.e. likely by the end of the decade, the intention is to phase out the copper network in these areas too.

Due to the Copper Stop Sell in SFA and our announced intention to exit all copper in the next 10 years there will be no new copper builds.

Find out more about the copper withdrawal process in areas where fibre is available.  

Find out more about Fibre Frontier. 

Baseband Copper

In areas where fibre is not available Baseband Copper enables you to provide a voice service to your customers over our copper lines, this can be combined with a copper broadband service, either ADSL or VDSL where available. 

Baseband IP

Baseband IP enables you to provide a voice service to your customers, it can also be combined with a copper broadband service. This product is only available in areas where fibre is yet to be installed.
 

ADSL

ADSL provides basic broadband access, it relies on our legacy copper network to connect and is only available in areas where fibre is not available.

VDSL

VDSL offers more speed and a better internet experience with less buffering than basic ADSL broadband. 

VDSL is the fastest of our copper broadband products, it uses our fibre to a cabinet, and the final mile is copper. This product is available in areas where fibre is not available.