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Wireless Broadband

How Lightwire's fixed wireless broadband works

A Lightwire technician installs a dish on the roof of your house that’s capable of receiving signals from a Lightwire tower site on a nearby hill. With a clear Line of Sight (LoS) between the site and your dish, the tower beams radio signals over which data is carried.

 

There are 200+ Wireless Broadband radio towers across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty spanning from the Bombay Hills to Te Kuiti to Whakatane beaming fast internet down to NZ rural properties.

99.99%

Average Tower Uptime

(last 30 days – all towers)

Closing the connectivity gap.

An avid computer enthusiast, Murray Pearson (PhD), wanted faster internet at his home in rural Waikato, but was frustrated to find that no options were available. He teamed up with the University of Waikato to find a way to close the connectivity gap between rural and city internet, Lightwire was born.

 

15 years later, Lightwire has gone from a research project to New Zealand’s largest independent wireless internet service provider, and our mission to close the connectivity gap has never faulted. 

Speed, reliability, and service are our ingredients for very happy customers.

Read about 95% customer satisfaction

Investing in here

At Lightwire we live and work across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. We’re in this together.

 

That’s why we heavily invest in our network so we can all enjoy rural living at city internet speeds.

 

Because rural living in NZ shouldn’t be about compromises.

$15 Million

In network investments over the last 5 years

65 Sites Upgraded

In 2023

8500+ Customers

in 2024

Where you can get high-speed wireless broadband IN NEW ZEALAND

Availability depending on range and line of sight to a Lightwire tower as well as tower capacity.

Where you can get high-speed wireless broadband internet in the Waikato and Bay Of Plenty regions In New Zealand.

Lightwire is widely available across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty. Click the link below to check if we can provide fast and reliable wireless broadband to your rural property.

Check for Wireless Broadband Coverage
Rural NZ wireless broadband for Waikato & Bay of Plenty. 48.5Mbps average download speeds. Unlimited Data for $155/month - No hidden costs or slowdowns.

Not in coverage?

If you have a great community champion that can get 10 or more customers to commit to one of our wireless broadband plans, we will deploy a tower free of charge.

Learn more about the community champion program

a network for more than just broadband

With over 200 high sites across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty, NZ, Lightwire is uniquely positioned to help other businesses unlock their connectivity potential. 

 

 

Projects include Hamilton City Council’s smart traffic network, Trilogy’s digital mobile radio, and Waikato Regional Council’s IoT Initiatives. 

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