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Enable Networks connects 50,000 to fibre
Hats off to
Christchurch local fibre company Enable Networks. The
company says it now has 50,000 customers connected to its
network. CEO Steve Fuller says that means one in three of
those who can get the company's services are now
connected.
Fuller says 24,000 have switched to fibre in the last 12 months. He says: “We’ve connected about 100 customers to fibre every business day – about 50 percent more than we thought we would connect at peak uptake rates".
Enable now has 6,240 business connections which is an increase of 2,142 in a year. By the time Enable's network build finishes next year, it will reach around 180,000 premises.
The Canterbury town of Rolleston is Enable's star performer with a connection rate of around 70 percent.
Enable's 50,000 connection milestone an achievement by any measure. The fibre build hasn't been easy for Enable Networks, which was named as the government's Christchurch UFB partner soon after the 2011 earthquake. At the time, the city was still reeling from after shocks.
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