How Lightwire Became Rural New Zealand's Trusted Internet Provider | Mike Cook

Mike from Lightwire caught up with Jason at Fieldays for a chat about a genuine Kiwi success story. Lightwire's hooked up Jason's own internet out on the farm for the last 12 years, so this one's personal.Mike's the GM of Infrastructure at Lightwire, which started out as a Waikato University experiment 20 years ago before local businessman Andrew Johnson took it on and grew it into a company running 200 wireless towers from Bombay down to Taupō, connecting around 9,000 rural homes, farms and businesses across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty.What sets them apart is how they look at a whole property rather than just the farmhouse, dairy sheds, wool sheds, cottages, the lot, and if anything goes wrong you're onto a local Hamilton based team who pick up the phone in 45 seconds flat. They're also moving into farm security setups with cameras and gate control, pushing fibre into communities the big players left behind, building private networks into retirement villages, and now offering mobile plans too.If you're out on a rural property and need better connectivity, sheds included, Lightwire's offering 2 months free internet and 6 months free mobile for new customers who come find them at Fieldays.#rural #internet #newzealand #podcast #kiwibusiness