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Farmside wins Deloitte FAST 50 category
Farmside Media Release - 30th October 2009
Farmside, New Zealand’s rural telco ranked 18th in the Deloitte Fast 50 and won the Fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications business for the Canterbury and Upper South Island region.
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Timaru Call Centre makes Top Two
Farmside Media Release - 5th October 2009
Farmside flew four of its call centre team to attend the 2009 CRM Contact Centre Awards at a gala dinner at Sky City in Auckland following its selection as finalist in the Telecommunications and Internet Provider category.
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Farmside can connect rural New Zealand in 2 years
Farmside Media Release - 10th September 2009
Farmside welcomes the minister's new targets for the roll-out of broadband to rural communities yet state that they can roll-out the service in two years with existing satellite technology.
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Vodafone and Farmside team up to deliver rural broadband
Farmside Media Release - 12th August 2009
Vodafone and Farmside are partnering to bring broadband to rural New Zealand.
Farmside is the national service operator for IPSTAR satellite-based communication products throughout New Zealand. Vodafone is the country's leading mobile communications provider and the lead challenger in the total communications market.
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Farmside July 2009 Newsletter
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Satellite Provider Welcomes TSO Review
Farmside Media Release - 12th June 2009
Satellite broadband provider BayCity Communications is pleased to see Communications Minister Steven Joyce has no plans to undermine the essence of the Kiwi Share governing Telecom, but supports Vodafone's statements around the urgency for the remainder of the TSO agreement to be rewritten. "We believe the TSO's provision for rural New Zealanders urgently needs updating..
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Farmside Doubles Rural Broadband Speeds
Farmside Media Release - 9th June 2009
In an aggressive move NewZealand‐wide satellite broadband wholesaler BayCity Communications has announced that its retail division Farmside will be doubling the download speeds on all of its satellite based Rocket Broadband plans permanently from July. At the same time, it will remove the speed cap on its top plan enabling rural New Zealanders to connect to the Internet at speeds up to 4Mbps....
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NZ Satellite Broadband Provider Calls on Government to deliver more than just Fibre.
Farmside Media Release - 10th Feb 2009
Leading satellite broadband provider BayCity Communications is urging the government to focus on meeting the communication needs of rural New Zealand with an equal priority to any urban fibre rollout....
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Changing Consumer Behaviour Reflects Growth in Rural Broadband Uptake
Farmside Media Release - 2nd September 2008
Changing consumer behaviour in the rural services market is a reflection of steadily increasing rural broadband uptake, according to Nick Carter, sales and marketing director for rural broadband company Farmside.“The Farmside customer base has grown 140% since January 2007. With so many more rural people now on broadband, particularly satellite, the pull through to rural consumer behaviour is really starting to emerge,” he says.
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