Submissions to the draft Broadband Investment Fund criteria

As part of Budget 2008 the Government announced a major contestable fund aimed at facilitating high speed broadband connections to businesses in urban centres and key users in the health and education sectors, to extend the reach of broadband into underserved regions, and to improve the resilience of New Zealand's international connections.

Consultation on the Broadband Investment Fund closed on 30 June 2008.

Government received 40 submissions on the draft process and criteria for urban and rural funding applications.  You can view the submissions in PDF format from the table below.*

* Please note that parts of any submission may be withheld under the Official Information Act where submitters have indicated that information is confidential or commercially sensitive and the Ministry determines that there are grounds to withhold that information under the Act.

Submission Number

Organisation/Name

Date received

1

Christchurch City Networks Limited (CCNL)

4 June 2008

2

Virtual Education Networks Limited (VEN)

8 June 2008

3

Stuart Morice

10 June 2008

4

Alan Marston (Commspace, KC Internet, P1.Net) and Thomas Lee (WorldNet, Commspace, LinkTel)

25 June 2008

5

Vector Limited

26 June 2008

6

Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ)

26 June 2008

7

Enterprise Franklin Development Trust

27 June 2008

8

Bay of Plenty Local Authority Shared Services (BoP LASS)

27 June 2008

9

BayCity Communications

27 June 2008

10

Demand Aggregation Steering Group - State Services Commission (SSC)

27 June 2008

11

Ministry of Education: Education Sector ICT Standing Committee (ICTSC)

30 June 2008

12

Ministry of Health (MoH)

30 June 2008

13

The Wellington Loop Trust

30 June 2008

14

2020 Communications Trust

30 June 2008

15

Scorch Communications

30 June 2008

16

Federated Farmers

30 June 2008

17

Business New Zealand

30 June 2008

18

Counties Power Limited

30 June 2008

19

Auckland Regional Broadband Advisory (ARBA)

30 June 2008

20

Nelson Regional Economic Development Agency

30 June 2008

21

Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ)

30 June 2008

22

Cathie Harrison

30 June 2008

23

Smartlinx 3 Limited

30 June 2008

24

Auckland City Council

30 June 2008

25

Environment Canterbury

30 June 2008

26

Venture Southland

30 June 2008

27a

Vector Limited

30 June 2008

27b Vector Limited 30 June 2008

28

Northland Regional Council

30 June 2008

29

InternetNZ

30 June 2008

30

Waitakere City Council

30 June 2008

31

Southland District Council

30 June 2008

32

Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand (TUANZ)

30 June 2008

33

TelstraClear Limited

30 June 2008

34

Telecom New Zealand Limited

30 June 2008

35

Gisborne.net Limited

30 June 2008

36

Ericsson Communications Limited

30 June 2008

37

CityLink Limited

30 June 2008

38

Digital Development Council

30 June 2008

39

Vodafone New Zealand Limited

30 June 2008

40

Wellington City Council

1 July 2008

41

Development West Coast

3 July 2008

42

Woosh Wireless

4 July 2008

43

Kordia

8 July 2008