Chorus slows customer loss in March quarter as connections dip 1%

Chorus slows customer loss in March quarter as connections dip 1%
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth April 13 (BusinessDesk) - Chorus continued to slow its customer loss as households ditch their copper services in favour of fibre, with total fixed-line connections slipping 1 percent.  The Wellington-based telecommunications network operator said total fixed-line connections fell 16,000 to 1.54 million in the three months ended March 31, slowing the pace of decline in recent months after stepping up a marketing drive extolling the virtues of fixed-line access over wireless connections. Non-broadband copper lines drove t...