![]() Usage allowance (with no restrictions within these limits on downloads or uploads or usageĬosting the consumer, over three years of no more than $2500 including equipment, Quoting them, their criteria for “metroĪccess to the internet at a peak data speed of at least 512/128 kbps and 3GB per month Satellite Service, which is effectively the old broadband guarantee stripped ofĮverything except satellite. Wasn't good enough for the “National” Broadband Network. WiMAX and satellite, and would only sponsor satellite if WiMAX wasn't available. Guarantee for people who couldn't get ADSL. The previous Government introduced a so-called Australian Broadband ![]() SatelliteĬommunications are bad because of latency, reliability and traffic cost. Previous, and considerably more expensive.Īnywhere in Australia you can get satellite, by far the worst option. Available in most areas with mobile phone coverage. Unfortunately, the coverage is very limited. It's pretty much as fast as ADSL, and only a little moreĮxpensive. All you need is a telephone exchangeĪnd an ISP who cares enough to install theĪccessing the Internet. Even in outback communities suchĪDSL coverage at the same cost as in the city. What options are available? In rough (decreasing) order of desirability, they are:ĪDSL (or cable). Making up well over 90% of the land area, don't benefit. I can't find the details on the NBN site, but I recall that fibre would be installed to onlyĪbout 93% of the population-easy when 89% lives in cities. Rollouts of 100 Mb/s fibre have already taken place, mainly to people who don't really care. Population, most of whom can already get ADSL or better, who will benefit. According to Wikipedia, 89% of the population lives in cities, and over 50% of the population live ![]() Paradoxically, Australia is one of the most urbanized countries in By putting the national infrastructure in the hands of aĬompany who did not compete in the retail market, and which would ensure coverage for all ofĪustralia, we could only have advantages.īut that didn't happen. Telstra, who owns all the copper, had stifledĬompetition and thus progress. ![]() Was a welcome move: prior to that, a couple of rival companies, first and foremost One of the projects that the new government brought in when they came to power was the Australia's Urban Broadband Network: not National ![]()
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