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[Michael]

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The Federal Government has scrapped the controversial broadband tender process and will instead form a new public/private company to build a national network, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced.

Unveiling the surprise plan today, Mr Rudd described the $43 billion fibre-to-the-home scheme as the single largest infrastructure project in the country's history and said it would create 25,000 jobs a year during construction, with 37,000 in the busiest year.

Full source here: http://www.abc.net.a.../07/2536726.htm

Pretty good start in my opinion, but 8 years? And how much will the access pricing cost? Still I think this is well worth the investment and hopefully will be done properly and not monopolized in the future like Telstra was. Any thoughts on this?

[Lindsey]

Any money that they won't do that in the NT. >_<

[Michael]

Lindsey, on Apr 7 2009, 01:33 PM, said:

Any money that they won't do that in the NT. >_<

Yeah I'll bet $43 billion I'll be happy with a competitive priced 12Mbs.

Edit: Just realized my title says "Australia's $43 Fibre-to-the-home network", that's one cheap network.

Edited by Michael, 06 April 2009 - 09:48 PM.

[Lindsey]

Michael, on Apr 7 2009, 01:15 PM, said:

Yeah I'll bet $43 billion I'll be happy with a competitive priced 12Mbs.

Edit: Just realized my title says "Australia's $43 Fibre-to-the-home network", that's one cheap network.

LOL, well I'll be happy with $100/m Downspeed=>50mbs Upspeed=>40mbs

That will never happen in Australia tho. It may but not in the NT ROFL

[Joshua]

finally. a network that's not redundant tech before it's even built

8 years though! i want meh fibre now! lol

[Lindsey]

And...I was correct lol.

[Joshua]

wait.... people live in the NT? haha

[Lindsey]

Joshua, on Apr 13 2009, 06:21 PM, said:

wait.... people live in the NT? haha

Yes , It's amazing hey ?

[DiGiT]

Lindsey, on 13 April 2009 - 07:41 AM, said:

Yes <img src='http://www.devfuse.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' /> , It's amazing hey ? <img src='http://www.devfuse.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

i thought they were eaten by crocs :s

Hopefully this will be expandable, because a 100mbit line isn't that new, optus does it, a 4g network would do it . . . honestly it needs a gbit connection!!