Australian govt to build national broadband network

[Pawel Makowiecki]

The Government has announced it will establish a new company that will invest up to $43 bilions over eight years to build and operate a National Broadband Network delivering superfast (100Mbps) broadband to 90% of Australian homes and workplaces. The rest 10% will have access to fast satelite connections.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd: "It will connect all other houses and business in Australia with next generation wireless and satellite technologies that will deliver broadband speeds of 100 mega-bits per second," Rudd told reporters, adding that the service would be up to 12 times faster than that currently available.

During a joint press conference with Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner in Canberra, Rudd said the new network will deliver fast speed broadband to 90 percent of the country through optical fibre.

http://www.dbcde.gov.au/communications_for_business/funding_program...

[telecentre-europe]

Hi Pawel,
There is an interesting post in Telecentre.org about how different Governments are taking on new Broadband plans. Check it here, it is writen by Sandra Nassali, Uganda.