Internet in New Zealand
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Most of New Zealand''s current international connectivity is provided by three under-sea fibre optic cables with a combined total throughput of 73 terabits per second. 1. The Southern Cross Cable (10 Tbit/s) operated by Southern Cross Cables Limited was founded in 1997 by agreement between Telecom New Zealand (50%), Optus (40%) and MFS Globenet (10%) (subsequently acquired by WorldCom, and then Verizon Business). Southern Cross owns and operate