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GORE FARMER SET TO SWAP HIS SWANNI FOR HIS SWIMSUIT WITH HOLIDAY COMPETITION WIN Farmside Media Release - 25th August 2010 In the midst of yet another cold winter’s day, Gore Farmer and Farmside broadband customer Richard Young received some bright news – he and his family were drawn as lucky winners of a $5000 holiday package offered by Farmside, the Rural Trader and Flight Centre. |
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FARMSIDE CONNECTS THE BURTON NZ OPEN IN CARDRONA TO THE WORLD Farmside Media Release - 5th August 2010 Setting up satellites in the snow, laying lines under ski lanes and connecting cameras to cables to feed live streaming video to a global audience will all be in a day’s work for Farmside’s technical team next week. The result will mean immediate updates, footage and information direct from the Burton NZ Open snowboarding competition to a global audience. |
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ESCAPE WINTER AND LET THE POWER OF THE INTERNET TAKE YOU ON HOLIDAY Farmside Media Release - 14th July 2010 Having a fast and reliable Internet connection can make all the difference when you’re online looking at exotic holiday destinations. Slow speeds make downloading pictures difficult and viewing video clips impossible. |
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CHANGES AT FARMSIDE Farmside Media Release - 18th June 2010 Farmside Chief Executive Tony Baird has resigned from his role after three years heading the fast growth telecommunications company. In the interim Board Chairman Richie Smith will assume the role of Acting Chief Executive. |
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FARMSIDE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTS SOUTH ISLAND MILITARY OPERATIONS Farmside Media Release - 16th May 2010 Over 500 military personnel will be able to communicate more effectively during their upcoming two‐week military exercise with the support of Farmside’s mobile satellite communications platform. The rugged portable communications platform will support high‐speed broadband, an Internet connection and the Army’s local area network (LAN) during the exercise. |
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Satellite trial proves rural schools can have high - speed broadband now Farmside Media Release - 7th May 2010 New An eight week trial of satellite delivered high‐speed broadband for two remote rural South Island schools has been successfully completed. |
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Haast School children talk with Prime Minister via satellite Farmside Media Release - 29th April 2010 Children at Haast Rural School had the chance to talk with Prime Minister John Key for 30 minutes this morning via a satellite delivered high‐speed broadband link. READ FULL RELEASE DOWNLOAD IMAGE |
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New Zealand Young Farmers and Farmside team up Farmside Media Release - 29th April 2010 New Zealand Young Farmers is pleased to announce a renewed partnership with Farmside as sponsors of the Farmside NZYF Upload Me Film competition 2010. The short filmcompletion is open to all current New Zealand Young Farmers member and will be awarded at the NZYF National Conference in Gore, July 7-11 2010. |
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Farmside Sets New Standard for Rural Broadband Farmside Media Release - 25th April 2010 Rural communities have said they need faster, cheaper and more reliable high speed broadband access. In response Farmside, New Zealand’s leading rural telecommunications provider, has raised the standard in data provision for rural Kiwis. |
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Farmside Standard Terms and Conditions Our Standard Service Terms and Conditions for broadband and associated services have been updated and are now presented in a more user friendly, plain English style. One of the key changes to the new Terms is to include our new products, Homeline, Dial up and Webline. The new Farmside Standard Service Terms and Conditions will become effective for all existing customers one month from the date of this email, on 16th May 2010. If you have any queries once you have read them, please don’t hesitate to contact our friendly customer services team on 0800 Farmside (32 76 74) or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you have any questions. DOWNLOAD NEW FARMSIDE STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS |
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Dairy Women Learn How to Attract ‘Y’ and Repel ‘P’ Dairy Womens Media Release - 29th March 2010 Two of the hottest topics on the programme of this year’s Dairy Women’s Network annual conference are aimed at teaching women how to attract ‘Y’ and repel ‘ P.’ READ FULL RELEASE |
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Government's rural broadband plan too slow says Farmside Farmside Media Release - 16th March 2010 Tony Baird, Farmside's CEO is disappointed that rural children and their communities will now have to wait even longer to get 21st century broadband technology based on the government's rural broadband plan that was released this morning. READ FULL RELEASE |
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Farmside March 2010 Newsletter |
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Farmside offers cowshed to cottage high-speed broadband Farmside Media Release - 2nd March 2010 Farmside has developed a new communications system that allows farmers and the rural community to spend more time outside focusing on productivity and less time inside doing paperwork with the launch of three multiple satellite broadband packages. READ FULL RELEASE |
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Ultra Fast Satellite broadband to be trialled in rural schools Farmside Media Release - 28th February 2010 Children at two rural South Island schools will soon have access to high-speed rural satellite broadband thanks to a one month trial set up by Farmside due to begin this month. READ FULL RELEASE |
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Nelson Search and rescue caving exercise goes satellite Farmside Media Release - 24th February 2010 A homegrown solution that takes satellite provided high speed broadband internet access to rugged and inaccessible parts of New Zealand is to be used for the first time in a caving Search and Rescue exercise in Nelson during the weekend of 26 - 28 February. READ FULL RELEASE |
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Satellite technology helping save lives Farmside Media Release - 19th January 2010 State of the art satellite technology in New Zealand’s first digital mobile breast screening unit is helping to save the lives of women living in rural parts of Waitemata and Northland. READ FULL RELEASE |
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Fair go for rural Farmside Media Release - 1st January 2010 Having also played the poor cousin when it comes to internettechnology, rural New Zealand now wants to step out of the shadows and join the global internet community. But how can this be done and at what cost? READ FULL RELEASE |
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Broadband a key issue for rural schools Farmside Media Release - 31st December 2009 A computer and internet connection are now considered essential classroom tools. But for teachers in some of this country's rural schools the idea of setting work based on access to the internet is little more than a dream. READ FULL RELEASE |
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Timaru Call Centre makes Top Two
Farmside Media Release - 5thOctober 2009 Farmsideflewfour of its call centre team to attendthe 2009 CRM Contact Centre Awards at a gala dinner at Sky City in Auckland following its selection as finalist in the Telecommunications and Internet Provider category. |
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Farmside October 2009 Newsletter |
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Farmsidecan connect rural New Zealand in 2 years
Farmside Media Release - 10thSeptember 2009 Farmside welcomes the minister's new targets for the roll-out of broadbandto rural communities yet state that they can roll-out the service in two years with existing satellite technology. |
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Vodafone and Farmside team up to deliver rural broadband
Farmside Media Release - 12thAugust 2009
Vodafone and Farmside are partnering to bring broadbandto rural New Zealand. Farmsideis the national service operator for IPSTAR satellite-based communication products throughout New Zealand. Vodafone is the country's leading mobile communications provider and the lead challenger in the total communications market. |
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Farmside July 2009 Newsletter |
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Satellite Provider Welcomes TSO Review
Farmside Media Release - 12th June 2009
Satellite broadband provider BayCity Communications is pleased to see Communications Minister Steven Joyce has no plans to undermine the essence of the Kiwi Share governing Telecom, but supports Vodafone'sstatements around the urgency for the remainder of the TSO agreement to be rewritten. "We believe the TSO's provision for rural New Zealanders urgently needs updating.. |
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FarmsideDoubles Rural Broadband Speeds
Farmside Media Release - 9th June 2009
In an aggressive move NewZealand‐wide satellite broadband wholesaler BayCity Communications has announced that its retail division Farmsidewill be doubling the download speeds on all of its satellite based Rocket Broadband plans permanently from July. At the same time, it will remove the speed cap on its top plan enabling rural New Zealanders to connect to the Internet at speeds up to 4Mbps.... |
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NZ Satellite Broadband Provider Calls on Government to deliver more than just Fibre.
Farmside Media Release - 10th Feb 2009
Leading satellite broadband provider BayCityCommunications is urging the government to focus on meeting the communication needs of rural New Zealand with an equal priority to any urban fibre rollout.... |
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Changing Consumer Behaviour Reflects Growth in Rural Broadband Uptake
Farmside Media Release - 2nd September 2008
Changing consumer behaviour in the rural services market is a reflection of steadily increasing rural broadband uptake, according to Nick Carter, sales and marketing director for rural broadband company Farmside.“The Farmsidecustomer base has grown 140% since January 2007. With so many more rural people now on broadband, particularly satellite, the pull through to rural consumer behaviour is really starting to emerge,” he says. |
