The company originally indicated it would be in a position to pay its first dividend in 2022. Enable, which now delivers broadband to more than 132,000 homes and businesses throughout Christchurch, was established in 2011 to ensure the city had greater access to fibre connectivity to support the city’s growth. The global Covid-19 pandemic presented considerable uncertainty for the year and Enable expected to have 127,500 customers connected to fibre broadband by June 30, Fuller said STACY SQUIRES/STUFF Otautahi Community Housing Trust and Enable are teaming up to provide all of OCHT's 2300 tenants free internet. Many of these residents, who all live within the city boundary, had been told they would have to pay thousands of dollars to get access as Enable said it was not cost-effective to install fibre to their homes.