Communications
Mesh radio, fibre to the home and the networks that replaced the copper line.
In the mid-2000s the big communications question for many New Zealand towns was whether they would get usable broadband at all, and wireless mesh networks looked like a shortcut. Since then the Ultra-Fast Broadband programme has taken fibre to most urban homes, and the mesh idea has moved indoors, into whole-home Wi-Fi systems.
Pieces here trace that shift and explain what it means for a connected household.
Communications: everything so far
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Communications
Wireless mesh, then and now: from city-wide mesh dreams to whole-home Wi-Fi
In the 2000s, mesh radio networks were going to bring broadband to whole towns. Fibre did that job instead, and mesh quietly moved indoors. Here is what changed and how to get good Wi-Fi in a New Zealand home.