Election 2017 - Party Policies - Information and Communications Technology - Access
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- Develop a nationwide digital divide strategy that aims to increase online access.
- Improve public access to ICT by supporting the establishment of community technology hubs in schools, tertiary institutions, public libraries and other community centres, including free Internet access of a reasonable quality.
- Support training opportunities for individuals, community groups and businesses to make best use of ICT.
- Investigate the feasibility of council-owned free wireless Internet systems along the lines of those already operating in some cities in the US.
- Investigate ensuring free wireless internet access on public transport in metropolitan centres.
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- Create the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) who will report directly to the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
- Support the roll out of low cost internet access to those communities facing financial difficulty in accessing the internet; and work with the private sector to facilitate the provision of internet services to low income communities.
- Work with rural communities to provide initial connectivity equipment which can then be managed by the community. Other funded initiatives would aimed at regional development working with local government and communities to extend ultra-fast broadband.
- Extend support to engage seniors, for example through Seniornet; and engage ethnicities with lower than average ICT usage including Maori and Pasifika.
- Initiate discussion with fibre operators about pulling their UFB2 build programme forward.
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- Invest an additional $270m to fasttrack the Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) rollout and extend it into more rural areas.
- This will help bring forward the completion of the UFB rollout to the end of 2022 – two years earlier.
- Invest an additional $130m to deliver UFB to 190 more towns – 60,000 households and businesses – by the end of 2022.
- Invest an additional $140m to roll out highspeed broadband to a further 74,000 rural homes and businesses.
- Through the MBSF we will also provide mobile coverage on around 1,000 kilometres of black spots on State Highways and more than 100 remote tourist areas.
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- Develop a framework for the sharing of telecommunications infrastructure to enhance seamless consumer and business access – especially with next generation networks.
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