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Australia To Build Fiber-To-the-Premises Network

Posted by kdawson on from the no-censorship-on-the-wire-of-course dept.

candiman writes "The Australian PM, Kevin Rudd, has just announced that none of the private sector submissions to build a National Broadband Network was up to the standard, so instead the government is going to form a private company to build a fiber to the premises network. The network will connect to 90% of premises delivering 100Mb/s. The remaining 10% will be reached with wireless and satellite delivering up to 12Mb/s. The network cost has been estimated at 43 billion AU dollars over 8 years of construction — and is expected to employ 47,000 people at peak. It will be wholesale only and completely open access. As an Australian who voted for the other guys, all I can say is, wow."

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  1. Wahoo! by mcrbids · · Score: 5, Funny

    Soon, people down under will be able to hit their download caps in a matter of minutes! Yay progress!!!!

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  2. It's for the cameras by Colin+Smith · · Score: 5, Funny

    How on earth do you expect them to keep track of you without sufficient bandwidth?

     

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