Rotorua, Tauranga, Taupō experiencing internet outages

Residents are experiencing internet outages. Photo / NZME

Internet customers in Rotorua, Tauranga and Taupō are experiencing outages to their ultra fast broadband services.

Vodafone chief executive Jason Paris, via his Twitter account, said there were 272 cell sites down from the cyclone, “mainly due to power”.

He said the fibre link in Taupō, Tauranga and Rotorua was being fixed and some services should start again around 8.30am

The Vodafone website said the start time of the outage was 8.41pm on Tuesday and was under investigation.

People have taken to social media saying their connection was still down this morning in various locations.

New Zealand Telecommunications Forum chief executive Paul Brislen said the the fibre link had been cut off from a number of cell sites, however there was no sign of major coverage issues in Rotorua or Tauranga.

”There are some ups and down. It is intermittent so hopefully it means service will come back up relatively quickly.”