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2007-06-19 Science & Technology

Australia announces vast national broadband plan

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Posted by 3dc 2007-06-19 21:10|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Rhetoric parted company from the facts sometime ago as Broadband became a political football here in Oz.

The reality is that we are currently on a par with comparable developed countries, especially given Australia never had a competing cable network to push the telcos to innovate on broadband.

This is good politics from John Howard. He's saying, we can give you fast broadband at half the cost of Labour.

And, building fibre to the node out in the bush is nuts. It would be cheaper to launch a couple of satellites and give everyone out in the bush, free satellite broadband.

Posted by phil_b 2007-06-19 21:48|| 2007-06-19 21:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Australia is way to vast to bury fiber to every home in 2 years. It's not even possible in the cities unless the fiber is already laid.

For Americans, it's possible to get low end DSL for $10/month (including DSL modem). AT&T is providing it in 22 southern states.
AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Basic Package
Up to 768 Kbps download
Up to 128 Kbps upload
$10.00/month

Go here and answer the question to see if the service is available in your area and you qualify.

Posted by ed 2007-06-19 22:50|| 2007-06-19 22:50|| Front Page Top

#3 That is a 14.95 service from ATT in the Northern states. Where is the extra five bucks going?

Posted by 3dc 2007-06-19 23:03|| 2007-06-19 23:03|| Front Page Top

#4 The $14.95 service is nationwide (CONUS?) The $10.00 deal is for the former Bell South and SW Bell areas that AT&T bought.

Posted by ed 2007-06-19 23:15|| 2007-06-19 23:15|| Front Page Top

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