The footprint is small but the reach of WIZwireless ? who take up Orcon Wairarapa infrastructure and customers from today - puts the Wairarapa based broadband service where the big wireless players fear to tread.
Scott Bensemann, project manager for Canning & Associates Limited WIZwireless broadband service, said the uptake of
hardware and accounts from Orcon (formerly WiseNet) will lead to a focus on rural residents from Akitio to Cape Palliser and will make the company by coverage areas one of the largest privately owned wireless networks in New Zealand.
He said the company had invested in nine towers sited throughout rural Wairarapa that also feature four live feed netcast cameras that may be accessed through the company website.
The towers stand at a height of about 6.5m and operate at a frequency of 5.8 megahertz that allows a transmission field of about 35kms, he said.
"We have no tall ugly towers. We've put about $300,000 on rural infrastructure and that's local money and knowledge on local infrastructure for local people. We also welcome urban customers ? nobody will be turned away - and we're looking to have hotspots in each town and some free hotspots as well.
"We cover a very large area so the needs of the rural residents can be met, the farmers and their workers. Wireless pockets for instance that can service several households at once.
"People are moving away from dial-up and our main focus will be those rural people who can't get fixed line broadband.
"I can guarantee we can deliver where Telecom and other big providers won't even look and their million dollar towers won't reach."
Orcon Wairarapa will continue to operate, he said, concentrating on providing fixed line broadband, dial-up and satellite connections.
"This agreement will benefit our existing customers as well as Orcon's because, with a greater critical mass, we can offer a better service. All customers will see ongoing improvements created from the synergy of combining the two networks," said Bridget Canning, Managing Director of Canning & Associates Limited.
"We welcome Orcon's wireless customers to WIZwireless. We're a local business and we're committed to going the extra hundred miles.
"Our existing customers will vouch for the quality, reliability and speed of our service that can now only get better for everyone," she said.
Mr Bensemann said there would be no disruption to either service as the transfer "will be seamless".
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The footprint is small but the reach of WIZwireless ? who take up Orcon Wairarapa infrastructure and customers from today - puts the Wairarapa based broadband service where the big wireless players fear to tread.
Scott Bensemann, project manager for Canning & Associates Limited WIZwireless broadband service, said the uptake of
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