Work is under way to give Egmont Village faster and more secure internet connection.
Primo is installing fibre optic cables in the area with the aim to give consumers the same broadband speed and capacity as urban users.
The installation in the village is one of Primo’s first large-scale rollouts of rural fibre in the Taranaki region, and aims to connect nearly 100 homes and businesses.
Primo owner Matt Harrison says after a successful trial on Upper Weld Road in Ōakura late last year, Primo is fully up-skilled and able to expand the company’s fibre offerings in newer and larger areas.
“We have kept everything local by contracting New Plymouth firm Subterrain Drilling, who will be laying the fibre optic ducts in the village and running fibre to the homes of people interested in getting a fibre connection.”