AU National Broadband Network Signs $11 Billion Deal With Telstra

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday June 20, 2010 @04:45AM from the going-for-the-gusto dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Australian government has signed an $11 billion deal with the country's largest telco, Telstra, to acquire the telco's physical infrastructure and migrate customers to the National Broadband Network. The NBN is a 100Mbps open access fiber network that will be rolled out to 94% of the Australian population, with wireless and satellite to cover the remainder. The deal marks a large step forward for the new network, as without a deal to bring Telstra's customers onboard, the NBN's viability was in question."

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Re:Yeah... by Anonymous Coward · 2010-06-20 04:56 · Score: -1, Troll

The quick brown nigger jumped over the lazy kangaroo.
Re:Good ( for the government ) by REALMAN · 2010-06-20 05:04 · Score: 0, Troll

Yeah, now they will be fucked by their Government instead. Who do you think has the bigger dick?

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What's with all the Australia news? by hellop2 · 2010-06-20 05:12 · Score: -1, Troll

Seems like we get it every day. Who cares? It's just one country.

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