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Wednesday June 2, 2004 Fast internet project slow to take off Government plans to roll out high-speed internet to rural areas are looking shaky as doubts grow over the ability of key supplier Woosh Wireless to deliver. Speculation is mounting that the wireless network provider may have to pull out of three of its four awarded regions because it cannot implement a network in time. The Provincial Broadband Extension project (Probe) is the Government's plan to extend high-speed internet access to rural and regional schools and communities throughout New Zealand. It wants to reach all schools by the end of the year but is running behind schedule. Woosh Wireless won the tender process for four regions - Southland, Northland, Wairarapa and Canterbury - but has signed a contract only with Southland. The four regions could be worth millions of dollars in Government funding to Woosh but the contracts remain unsigned almost a year after they were awarded. Woosh chairman Rod Inglis said the next few days would Decide whether Woosh would remain Probe's pick for Canterbury, Northland and Wairarapa. He said Woosh had suggested some new provisions to the Government and regional bodies to try to make Probe work. Read complete article at: Stuff.co.nz source: Stuff.co.nz
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