<P> Internet access is widely available in New Zealand . Like Australia, it first became accessible to university students in the country in 1989 . As of October 2015, there are 1,926,000 broadband connections and 53,000 dialup connections in New Zealand, of which 1,661,000 are residential and 316,000 are business or government . (For reference, there are 1,679,800 households in New Zealand as of September 2013 .) </P> <P> Digital subscriber line (DSL) over phone lines provides two - thirds of broadband access in New Zealand . ADSL2+ is available in most parts of the country, with VDSL2 available in some areas . Fibre to the home cover over half of the main towns and cities . The phone and fibre networks are mostly owned by network company Chorus Limited, which wholesale services to retail ISPs . Parts of Wellington, Kapiti and Christchurch have cable internet access . Nearly all of the population is covered by 3G mobile broadband, with 4G available to the majority . Satellite internet is available throughout the country . </P>

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