Friday, 7 May 2021, 2:01 pm New Zealand’s rural mobile users face slower download
speeds than people in towns. In almost every case the rural
mobile experience is worse.
Although the gap between rural
and urban has closed, it could open again as carriers roll
out 5G networks.
Both the
updates to the Rural Broadband Initiative and the Mobile
Black Spot Fund have played a role.
Rural
Connectivity Group kudos
Above all, credit must go
to the Rural Connectivity Group. This is a joint venture
between Spark, Vodafone and 2degrees set up to deliver rural
network upgrades.
The three companies had government