The Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB) initiative is underway in Christchurch.

Christchurch City Council-owned broadband company Enable Networks will spend another $36 million and will seek $500 million of government funding to deliver its fibre optic network to every city household.

The $500 million of funding would be sought from the government’s $1.5 billion broadband fund.

A recent function in Christchurch hosted by Enable Networks (formerly Christchurch City Networks) was the occasion of much mutual congratulation by those on the city’s quango cocktail network.