Monday 11th July 2022 |
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Fibre uptake across the completed UFB footprint grew by 0.9% to 69% (rounded) with deployment continuing
• 0.9% increase in the quarter while the fibre footprint passed another 9k customers
• mass market fibre broadband connections increased by 20k despite COVID impacts on installation and technician activity, and service company transition
• uptake reached 74% (+1%) in UFB1 areas and 50% (+2%) in UFB2 areas
• Auckland reached 79% (+1%) uptake, while Wellington continued to grow strongly to 68% (+2%)
• the fibre rollout was recently completed in Matakana Village, Seddon, Waikouaiti, Nightcaps and Ohai
Total broadband connections decreased 1k to 1,189,000* (Q3 FY22: +3k)
• 4k connections were added in Chorus UFB areas
• 1Gbps connections were ~30% of fibre adds in Q4
• Hyperfibre 2/4/8Gbps connections now ~1k
Copper broadband and voice connections declined by 33k (Q3 FY22: -29k)
• voice only disconnections were up slightly at 12k (Q3 FY22: -10k)
• copper withdrawal: 84 copper broadband cabinets no longer have active customers (Q3 FY22: 41 cabinets)
• total fixed line connections declined by 13k to 1,304,000* (Q3 FY22: -8k)
Average monthly data usage on fibre was 567GB in June (March: 578GB) likely reflecting workers returning to offices
*totals exclude ~9,000 broadband connections Chorus is partly subsidising for student households
Authorised by:
JB Rousselot
Chief Executive Officer
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