Australia Pledges 100Mbps Broadband for 90% of Population within 8 Years
Australia Pledges 100Mbps Broadband for 90% of Population within 8 Years
Posted 04/07/2009 at 11:50am
| by Paul Lilly
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Twenty years ago, Crocodile Dundee would have been the first thing we thought of when someone mentioned Australia. Eight years from now, we'll be thinking of crazy fast broadband when talking about our friends from down under. That's because Australia Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced an ambitious $43 billion project to build a high-speed, fiber-optic broadband network that would bring up to 100Mbps to 90 percent of the country's population.
"It's time for us to bit the bullet on this," Rudd said when announcing the decision. "The initiative announced today is a historic nation-building investment focused on Australia's long-term national interest."
According to Rudd, the broadband proposal would provide 37,000 jobs at the peak of construction and help boost the economy. The Government would be responsible for an initial investment of $4.7 billion, and up to 49 percent of the funds to be from the private sector. Under the project, homes not benefiting from the fiber-optic rollout will still have access to 12Mbps via wireless and satellite.
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jvc08
April 13, 2009 at 1:19am
right now, there are more important things that need to be done, besides internet download speeds. i think.
quadcoregammer
April 11, 2009 at 6:27pm
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I wonder if they are going to put those bandwith caps in place like in the U.S.
That would be the only downturn.
dag1992
April 07, 2009 at 11:05am
And the United States plans to have 90% with broaband in general never... in a country where the cable companies rather make more money than progress, change is needed.
DBsantos77
April 07, 2009 at 11:02am
12 MBPS on satellite doesn;t sound too bad, I wonder how much though?
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