RBI- AN INTRODUCTION
Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) is a rural counterpart of Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB). The difference between them lies in the area of their deployment, i.e. Rural Broadband Initiative is a government initiative to provide high speed internet access to rural areas whereas Ultra-Fast Broadband provides high broadband speeds to the urban areas. Rural Broadband Initiative came into picture in the year 2009 and upon its completion in the year 2016; it will provide broadband to more than 250,000 households in the rural areas at prices which are comparable to the urban areas. This initiative is expected to provide high speeds of at least 5Mbps to around 86% of rural houses and businesses. Prior to this, only 20% of these rural houses and businesses had access to high speed internet of 5Mbps.[1]
WHAT LED TO THIS INITIATIVE?
Although New Zealand is an extensively developed country but the population is widely spread throughout. The population density (people living per square kilometer) varies comprehensively from around 500 in urban areas …show more content…
Figure 2 indicates that the Ultra-Fast broadband and Telecom’s Fibre-To-The-Node (FTTN) program will cover almost 75% of the total New Zealand population which primarily lives in the urban areas. The next group of people living in the rural areas will be provided fast broadband through the Telecom’s FTTN program along with the Stage Two of RBI. In the FTTN configuration the final connection to a customer is provided through copper cables. Fibre terminates far away from the customer’s location in a street cabinet. The last part which constitutes of people living in remote rural areas will benefit from the RBI Stage One for getting access to high speed
Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) is a rural counterpart of Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB). The difference between them lies in the area of their deployment, i.e. Rural Broadband Initiative is a government initiative to provide high speed internet access to rural areas whereas Ultra-Fast Broadband provides high broadband speeds to the urban areas. Rural Broadband Initiative came into picture in the year 2009 and upon its completion in the year 2016; it will provide broadband to more than 250,000 households in the rural areas at prices which are comparable to the urban areas. This initiative is expected to provide high speeds of at least 5Mbps to around 86% of rural houses and businesses. Prior to this, only 20% of these rural houses and businesses had access to high speed internet of 5Mbps.[1]
WHAT LED TO THIS INITIATIVE?
Although New Zealand is an extensively developed country but the population is widely spread throughout. The population density (people living per square kilometer) varies comprehensively from around 500 in urban areas …show more content…
Figure 2 indicates that the Ultra-Fast broadband and Telecom’s Fibre-To-The-Node (FTTN) program will cover almost 75% of the total New Zealand population which primarily lives in the urban areas. The next group of people living in the rural areas will be provided fast broadband through the Telecom’s FTTN program along with the Stage Two of RBI. In the FTTN configuration the final connection to a customer is provided through copper cables. Fibre terminates far away from the customer’s location in a street cabinet. The last part which constitutes of people living in remote rural areas will benefit from the RBI Stage One for getting access to high speed