After two internet outages, Chorus fibre finally moved out of reach of Auckland City Rail Link contractors
23 Apr, 2021 05:35 AM
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Artist impression cutaway of Aotea Station and planned tower block. Image / Supplied
Businesses in the Auckland CBD should finally be safe from broadband outages - or at least those caused by blundering City Rail Link contractors slicing through fibre laid near the $4.4 billion rail project. Over the past few nights, techs have prepared an alternative duct route from the Mayoral Drive Exchange and hauled in 300 metres of new 312-fibre cable. This now bypasses the CRL Aotea station site and removes the risk to the Chorus network, a Chorus spokesman told the Herald early this week.
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Fibre cut in Auckland CBD might not be fixed until 4pm today
12 Apr, 2021 08:24 PM
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Chorus says a fibre issue in the Auckland CBD - which the Herald understands is an accidental cut - might not be fixed until 4pm today, 24 hours after it was first reported.
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Around 4pm yesterday, multiple businesses around the Auckland CBD, including Herald publisher NZME, experienced broadband outages or intermittent service. With interruptions continuing, NZME switched to a secondary provider mid-evening.
Chorus runs the UFB fibre network used by retail internet service providers including Spark, Vodafone, Vocus (Orcon, Slingshot), 2degrees and Trustpower.