Venture Southland and the Southland District Council, in Partnership with Industry New Zealand and the Ministry of Economic Development have for some time been actively encouraging the establishment Broadband and High speed Communications to all consumers within the province. Particular focus has been given to methods of providing services to the fringe of the network (end of line consumers) and ways in which viable services can be provided and barriers to service provision can be overcome.

These concepts are outlined in the recently published:

	Blazing a Trail To The Information Highway
Companion sector research documents covering existing communication service standards and needs for the:
	Farming Sector
	Education Sector
	Tourism Sector
	Health Sector
	Residential Sector

On going work is being undertaken to facilitate the rollout of improved communication services in the South and this site will be updated on a regular basis to reflect these strategies as they become available for publication.

Work Currently being considered includes (yet to be published):

Radio Spectrum Management
Whole of Community Communication Solutions
Communication Service Specifications
Consumer Service Aggregation Pilots