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On-Farm vs Coverage Extensions… what’s the difference?
Rural broadband, we do a lot of great things with it here at Lightwire. By erecting broadband sites in remote areas of the Waikato and Bay of Plenty, we connect communities and enable businesses to operate effectively. One of the ways we do this is by on-farm extensions, coverage extensions and sola...
Win prizes with Lightwire at the Fieldays®
We're excited to be attending this year's Fieldays® — the largest agricultural event in the Southern Hemisphere. This year is the 50th annual Fieldays®. It's an amazing local success that we are so proud of. If you’ll be at the Fieldays® too, make sure you come and see us at site PB13 in the ...
Moo’ving with Lightwire Rural Internet
As the industry enters the new season, thousands of sharemilkers pack their families, possessions and livestock into trucks and move to their new farms.At Lightwire, we make it easy for you to get connected to fast and reliable rural internet at your new place — especially at such a busy time....
Innovating smarter rural broadband infrastructure
Lightwire is building smarter broadband infrastructure for the Waikato and Bay of Plenty so rural folk can enjoy great internet speeds and reliability.This year, the Lightwire Rural Team is focusing on innovating a custom-built operating system, upgrading the network to Ubiquiti® AC hardware an...
Farewell to our Founder, Dr. Murray Pearson
Throughout his 15 years with Lightwire, Murray has made an outstanding contribution to internet connectivity in New Zealand. His passion for pioneering innovative wireless internet solutions for rural communities has been the founding driver of what Lightwire is today.What’s particularly speci...
Lightwire rural network upgrades improving speeds and reliability
Lightwire rural internet users can expect continual improvements in speed and reliability of their fixed wireless internet. We are continuing to invest heavily in ongoing optimisation and upgrades of our rural network.In July 2017, we announced a large-scale, long-term project to access, optimis...
What are my rural internet options?
Many kiwis I talk to aren’t aware of all the internet connectivity options available to them and until I started working in telecommunications, I didn’t fully understand either. The good news is that what you need to know to choose the best connection type for your property is actually quite str...
Conserving our Waikato River
Respecting the Waikato and Bay of Plenty land that our Rural Network spans across is important to us. We believe it’s our duty to support land conservation initiatives.This August, Lightwire has donated $1,000 to Waikato RiverCare’s Te Onetea Stream Extension Project. This is a great initi...
Lightwire innovation for extending connectivity to multiple properties
Connecting multiple properties by extending wireless rural broadband coverage is something Lightwire is well known for in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions.We've always risen to the challenge of connecting rural properties and farms in tricky locations. No two farms are the same and so rathe...
Site upgrades and new technologies improve internet speeds
We have been working hard on exciting new initiatives to continuously improve the performance of our rural network and provide internet connectivity that exceeds customer expectations.These initiatives fall into two main groups: (1) upgrading and/or optimising the performance of sites, and (2) d...