Pegasus will be fast town with TelstraClear

26 March 2007

Pegasus will be fast town with TelstraClear

Pegasus Town today announced TelstraClear has won an exclusive contract to install telecommunications services.

TelstraClear Chief Executive Dr Allan Freeth says Pegasus Town is an exciting, uniquely innovative concept that will benefit from the company's triple-play services.

"It's a one of a kind development that will deliver New Zealand's best in home services, and we're excited to be associated with a project of this standard. Pegasus Town represents cutting edge thinking, something that fits with the way we like to do things at TelstraClear," says Dr Freeth.

"We'll deliver a unique InHome triple play TV, Internet and phone line package, working to future proof Pegasus Town homes, business and its community," says Dr Freeth.

Pegasus Town will get free local calling to Christchurch, a dedicated contact centre service and a unique phone number range. A one-off connection fee will provide customers with a broadband modem, TV set top box, boundary and premise cabling and a telephone line connection.

Infinity Investment Group Chief Executive Bob Robertson said he chose TelstraClear to install its telecommunications services because their solution fitted his vision of Pegasus Town.

"Pegasus is New Zealand's first master-planned town, and we wanted the town to be digitally wired, to get fast broadband and to have the latest communications services so residents, businesses and schools are fully equipped for the future," says Mr Robertson.

"Pegasus Town businesses will be broadband hungry, needing fast speeds to move large data and image files. With speeds of up to 10 mbps downstream and up to 2 mbps upstream, Pegasus Town will be a fast town. What's more there's capacity to increase speeds in the future," he says.

"Another part of the Pegasus Town concept, is its philosophy to live where you play. We didn't want unsightly satellite dishes and streets being continuously dug up. TelstraClear's solution fits with this vision," he says.

Pegasus Town is being built 25km north of Christchurch. It will be New Zealand's largest fully zoned, integrated town. The $1 billion project will include 2000 residential and commercial lots and will be home for about 5,000 people.

Stage one of the development saw 765 residential sections offered for sale. Pegasus received an overwhelming response when it was released in April 2006 and at this stage 98% of the original release of sections have been sold.

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