Enable announces fibre deployment programme for Christchurch schools to 31 December 2015

Fibre broadband network provider, Enable has today announced its plans to make fibre broadband services available to 33 more schools within its coverage area by 31 December 2015.

Enable is planning to build fibre broadband to all schools within the coverage area by the end of 2015 – and it is on target to meet this plan.

“Delivering the benefits of fibre broadband in schools has been a significant focus of Enable since the business was first established in 2007,” said Enable CEO Steve Fuller.

“Being able to announce our plans to make fibre broadband services available to 33 more schools is a very positive milestone.” 

Over the coming weeks, Enable will complete its third year of fibre broadband roll-out across Christchurch and to a number of towns in Waimakariri and Selwyn districts. This programme has included a significant focus on schools – and will bring the total number of schools that can access Enable’s fibre broadband services to 113.

Enable is in the process of contacting all the schools to let them know when Enable plans to have services available to them. 

“We know that getting access to fibre broadband is vitally important to schools and wanted to ensure that we provided as much information as we could to schools about when services would be available,” said Mr Fuller.

The feedback that Enable has received from schools is that having a clear understanding of when fibre broadband services will be available helps the school plan whether to invest in short-term alternative connectivity solutions or not.

Schools to receive fibre broadband services by 31 December 2015