A Timaru-based national company has seen some of its biggest successes through Covid-19 and thinks some longer term positives could come out of it. The company offers internet connections through fibre, ADSL and VDSL, wireless and satellite depending on location, some of which are self-installation which was a “god-send” during alert level four, he said. Bejon Haswell/Stuff Farmside general manager Jason Sharp said the company is proud to be based in Timaru. Farmside has been operating for about 16 years and, with Vodafone now its parent company, is responsible for rural internet connectivity across New Zealand, with two thirds of its customer base in the North Island. It is heartland, and we have people that live in the heart of rural New Zealand and are connected with farming and that comes through to our rural customers,” he said.

Source: Stuff June 21, 2020 03:45 UTC