Broadband to the home for Australia
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PM Rudd announced today that the government would set up a new government and privately funded organisation to set up a fibre to home broadband for every school, business and home in the country.
The cost is huge and much more than previously thought, but the reason for that is that the main telecommunication company in Australia did not put forward a tender for this operation. This company also controls the lines to homes and businesses, making it difficult for other telecommunication companies to rent their lines. Also, it was to be fibre to node before, but the old copper wiring used by the main telecommunications company made the speed slow. The speed will be as fast as in Singapore, Malaysia, Korea and New Zealand.
This is a huge task, given the size of Australia but without knowing how much it will cost for the individual, I think it’s great. I’ve never liked Wireless. Too insecure for my liking.
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