Wanaka businesses outside the town's CBD will get ultra-fast broadband in the second half of 2019. The timeframe was confirmed by Chorus yesterday after last week's announcement Wanaka would be one of 151 towns involved in the next phase of the UFB roll-out. Ignite Wanaka Chamber of Commerce chairman Alistair King welcomed the news, saying he hoped the town was a high priority. "Wanaka has a large community of people who work from home and we've suffered with slow internet speeds for some time. There were "corporates who are lining up to come to Wanaka but 2019 will give them two years to plan for the move''.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 02, 2017 20:24 UTC