Auckland is a step closer to getting the network bandwidth required for a major increase in business to business e-commerce.
Wellington-based network operator CityLink, which is building a high-capacity broadband fibre-optic network in the Auckland central business district, is promising to go live by November, two months earlier than the network being built by UnitedNetworks using standby gas mains.
CityLink was started in 1995 by the Wellington City Council, and passed into private ownership.
In Wellington, it strung its fibre along the overhead wires which provide power to the city's trolley bus fleet.
Managing director Neil de Wit said the Auckland service would start with a 3km underground loop running parallel to Queen St.
The first connections should be available by November.
The 1000-fibre capacity network can deliver high-speed connections of more than 10 gigabits a second.
CityLink will offer a range of high-bandwidth services, including point-to-point dedicated fibre links and dedicated IP ( Internet Protocol) links.
United Networks strategic development manager David Stone said United was still choosing a vendor for the switching equipment.
But "planning was well advanced, he said "and we're working to tight timeframes."
Auckland to have high bandwidth network by November
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