Rural Broadband Initiative

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The Rural Broadband Initiative is the government's policy to provide affordable broadband services to rural schools and communities.

The Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI)  aims to:

  • connect 97% of schools to fibre, enabling speeds of at least 100 Mbps, with the remaining three percent to achieve speeds of at least 10 Mbps (the rural schools objective);and
  • improve coverage of broadband services so that 97% of New Zealand households and enterprises are able to access broadband services of five Mbps or better, with the remainin three percent to achieve speeds of at least one Mbps (the rural community objective).

This page contains public documents relevant to the initiative.