Chorus connections keep falling in December quarter, expects data usage to grow in 2018

Chorus connections keep falling in December quarter, expects data usage to grow in 2018
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth Jan. 18 (BusinessDesk) - Chorus lost 23,000 fixed-line connections in the final three months of 2017, shedding lines at the same pace as the September quarter when it embarked on a marketing campaign extolling the virtues of fixed-line service.  The Wellington-based telecommunications network operator's total connections shrank to 1.56 million as at Dec. 31 from 1.58 million as at Sept. 30, and down from 1.68 million a year earlier. Within that, broadband connections decreased 3,000 to 1.18 million in the quarter and were d...