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Milestone reached in school fibre rollout

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-395" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;05&sol;UFB&lowbar;TKI&period;jpg" alt&equals;"UFB TKI" width&equals;"200" height&equals;"150" &sol;>Ultrafast Fibre Ltd says its ultrafast broadband network is on track to have fibre passing 32 schools by the end of June in the cities of Hamilton&comma; Wanganui&comma; Tauranga and New Plymouth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And 23 schools will be passed in the second deployment&comma; between February and June 2012&comma; in the cities of Hamilton&comma; Wanganui&comma; Tauranga and New Plymouth&period; These are in addition to the nine that were passed between July 2011 and January 2012 in the urban areas of Hamilton&comma; Tauranga and Wanganui&period; Ultrafast Fibre&&num;8217&semi;s announcement of its school deployment follows on from other local fibre company&&num;8217&semi;s recent announcements about other school rollout programmes across the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>CEO of Ultrafast Fibre Ltd&comma; Maxine Elliott&comma; says access to high-speed Internet is expected to change the way teachers teach and children learn&period; &&num;8220&semi;Having access to ultrafast broadband means all the teaching resource that the Internet provides is instantly available&period; Tapping into the power of ultrafast broadband is expected to completely transform the classroom learning experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;For instance&comma; just some of the benefits include&colon; children being able to move through literacy programmes more quickly&semi; multiple children being able to access digital learning objects at the same time&semi; teachers having the ability to tailor their lessons to the specific needs of individual students&semi; and school administration systems becoming faster and more efficient&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Plus&comma; parents will get the opportunity to have a closer relationship when it comes to understanding their child&&num;8217&semi;s learning process&period; For instance&comma; a child will be able to upload a video of their assembly speech for parents to watch &&num;8211&semi; anywhere&comma; anytime&comma;&&num;8221&semi; explains Ms Elliott&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The fibre network being built by Ultrafast Fibre is part of a new&comma; 3000-kilometre fibre network that will enable schools&comma; hospitals&comma; businesses and individuals throughout the Central North Island to connect to a new generation of ultrafast broadband in their communities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ultrafast Fibre network build services the regions of Hamilton&comma; Te Awamutu&comma; Cambridge&comma; Tauranga&comma; Tokoroa&comma; New Plymouth&comma; Hawera and Wanganui&period; Construction of the Ultrafast Fibre network began in 2011 and will be completed in 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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