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Broadband speed and coverage

Broadband speed and coverage

3G Mobile broadband gives you much faster access and download speeds than dial up access speeds.*

Speed

You can get an average download speed* of 800kbps - 1.4mbps on your 3G broadband devices (Vodems + HSDPA mobiles)

Fast download speed

What you can do?

How long it takes?*

View plain text emailLess than 1 second
Viewing full web page (e.g. NZ Herald)Less than 1 second
Download a 4MB email attachment or music track31 seconds
Download an album (134MB)Under 20 minutes

Coverage

We reach over 97% of the places people live and work in New Zealand. But before you buy, check your coverage here. Simply type in the locations where you are likely to want to use your 3G Mobile Broadband.

* Data capacity and speed experienced may be slower than advertised speeds and can vary due to coverage, location, hardware and software configuration, capability and load of sites visited and general network and internet traffic

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About Data

What is data?

Data is made up of bits and measured in bytes:

  • 8 bits = 1 Byte (B)
  • 1024 bits = 1 Kilobyte (KB)
  • 1024 KB = 1 Megabyte (MB)
  • 1024 MB = 1 Gigabyte (GB)

1 MB is equal to:

data is made up of bytes, 1024 bytes equal 1 kilobyte

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