Telecom is working hard behind the scenes to ensure that it can be a part of the UFB fibre roll-out.  

With 25,000km of fibre in the ground, Telecom needs to be part of the UFB.  It is an economic nonsense for it not to be.  

To be a part of the UFB, Telecom is having to go through the struggles of separating its lines access business unit (Chorus) from the rest of the company.  It is doing this because the government require it as a part of its regulation of the telecommunications industry.  

Rural Connect says that such regulation is not only ott but also counter-productive to the government making timely progress in its stated aim of creating a step-change in the provision of broadband services.  Read the NZ Herald article that backgrounds this issue here...