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TUANZ Rural Symposium, 26 June 2018 Mike Smith, Deputy Chair, WISPA WIRELESS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION OF NZ INC AGENDA Update since last years presentation Three successful WISPs talk about their services and

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TUANZ Rural Symposium, 26 June 2018 Mike Smith, Deputy Chair, WISPA

WIRELESS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION OF NZ INC

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AGENDA

Update since last year’s presentation
Three successful WISPs talk about their

services and networks:

Velocity, Southland (Trevor Fulton)
AONet, Central NI (Lachlan Chapman)
Unifone, Otago (Travis Baird)
Current issues in the world of WISPs

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UPDATE

Last year Murray Pearson presented the WISPs to this event as follows:

Most started as small owner operator businesses
Many had backgrounds in telecommunications companies
Head count ranges from 1 to 30 plus
Rapid Growth in recent years
Collectively now 40,000 customers, 800 sites

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SINCE THEN

WISPA membership has grown from 15 to 23 companies
Nine have been awarded RBI2 contracts and are well

advanced towards completion

More RBI contracts confidently expected soon
Site count is way more than 800
WISPs have become recognised as a national force by

commentators and government

WISPA has become a highly effective industry group

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SELF-INTRODUCTIONS BY 3 RANDOMLY SELECTED WISPS:

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Providing Quality Solutions

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What we do

Private Fibre Installations
3G 4G Networks

– Specialised networks for Stadiums, Event Centres, Motor Sports

Wireless Networks for:

– Rural Communities – Isolated locations – Sporting Events – Video Streaming Conferences, Sports Events.

– Business and Home

Fibre - Copper - DSL

– VoIP Phone systems

Either on site or as a hosted service

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Who and where we are

VelocityPlus

Southland Based
Circa 3000 Customer Connections
Auckland
Wellington
Christchurch
Dunedin
All over Southland, Central & Coastal Otago

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Our Rural Network Otago and Southland is a Story about Becomes This becomes This

And Becomes This

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The Challenges

Terrain
Overall Size
Lack of Population 2.8 people / sq km

Physical Long Term

Succession for WISPS.
Retaining the support of our clients under what will become extreme pricing and give away pressures
IOT
LTE
Do our Communities and the Country need us.

I THINK SO

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AoNet Broadband

Connecting the Unconnectable

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About us

Started because of demand for options from

Rural Sector

Rural customer base our Focus
Rural network makes us efficient vertically

integrated provider

Work hard to offer affordable, reliable services
We try to keep it simple (where we can)
Small team, distributed around North Island
We love what we do (Most of the time!)

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Where we operate

Customers from Auckland to Manawatu
Largest proportion of customers based in

Hawkes Bay

Hawkes Bay also fastest growing customer

base

Ruapehu District – RBI2 Grant funded

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What we offer

Wireless

broadband

Friendly personal

service

VoIP Services
Wholesale

Wireless, Fibre, Copper

Custom high

capacity wireless solutions

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RBI2 – Ruapehu - Challenges

Difficult Access Isolated Valleys

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RBI2 – Ruapehu - Solutions

Simple Lightweight Design Site under construction

Able to be hand carried to

sites

Fits on a side by side to get

parts onsite in a single trip

Prefabricate and Prewire as

much as possible

Lowest possible power

consumption

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UNIFONE

Otago based.
Existing wireless broadband coverage from South of Oamaru

to South Otago.

All our wireless broadband plans are uncapped.
UFB, RBI1, DSL and VOIP are important and growing parts of
ur business.
External contracting is now a major component of our

turnover.

10 staff (and growing)
RBI2 upgrade and expansion planned throughout existing

coverage and into Central and North Otago.

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Upgraded site for RBI2 project.

Covers south Taieri Plains and Tokomairiro areas. Licensed backhauls. Cisco ASR router Mains powered.

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Network challenges

Population density: 7.2/km2 with most living in Dunedin city. Mountainous terrain and rolling hills.

Market challenges

Transient nature of some of our customers. Emerging technologies (5G, IOT)

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CURRENT ISSUES IN THE WORLD OF WISPs

Constant reinvestment to meet demand for live or VoD

streaming (RWC)

Managing the unavoidable overbuild from RBI2
Providing service to ever more remote customers
Accessing a cellular service to complete the bundle
Growing pains

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STRENGTHS OF THE WISPS:

1 Technology leadership

Innovative and appropriate
Reliable and Resilient
Low power
Cost Effective

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STRENGTHS OF THE WISPS:

2 Local Customer Focus

Know our local geography
Know our communities
Work with others for best customer outcomes
Superior customer service

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STRENGTHS OF THE WISPS:

3 Reliable

Built for longevity
Proven track record
History of staying on line in disasters
Hands on

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STRENGTHS OF THE WISPS::

4 Nimble

Not bound by large legacy systems
Access to technologies (building blocks) enabling flexible and

fit-for-purpose solutions to be rolled out in a timely manner

E.g. Wholesale and layer 2 access
Local land owners support maintenance and access

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Questions?

Contacts:

Mike Smith, Deputy Chair - mike@ubb.nz Ernie Newman, secretariat - ernie@ernienewman.com