Wanganui's fibre broadband internet network is complete.
It will be officially launched with the Beyond Broadband expo at UCOL from May 14-16.
The free expo will include workshops on a range of subjects including education, healthcare, business and home use, and how fibre broadband relates to it.
By July last year only 2.4 per cent of properties which could connect had done so. That was expected to increase as more providers offered the service.
Ultrafast Fibre began installing the $35 million network in July 2011, and in December 2012 Inspire Net was the first provider to offer a UFB connection in Wanganui. Many more are now on board.