NBN expands FTTP from 90% to 93%

Senator Kate Lundy discusses the policy announcement to expand the NBN fibre to the premises 100Mbps network from 90% to 93% of the population, with the remaining outlying areas serviced by next generation 12Mbps wireless and satellite.

Transcript:

Yesterday the Federal Labor Party announced the National Broadband Network would be going further than the 90% fibre to the premises.

They've now followed the advice of the implementation study and they're going to extend the National Broadband Network fibre to the premises to 93% of the population.

This is fantastic news for Canberra.

It means that places like Hall are going to be on those maps for fibre to the home.

It also means that the remaining 7% will receive 12 megabits per second, which is 10 or 20 times the bandwidth than they're currently receiving.

So regardless of where you are in Australia, 93% will get the 10Mbps fibre to the premises, the remaining 7% - through a combination of terrestrial wireless and satellite will get 12Mbps.

These speeds outstrip anything that people are able to access at the moment. Particularly in outlying areas and RIM affected areas in cities like Canberra.

So can I say how proud I am of this policy.

I think it's great news for everyone here in Canberra, and I'm getting a wonderful response to the National Broadband Network moving into Gungahlin as part of the first nineteen rollout sites, and I'm just really proud to be here to talk about the policy with voters because they know how much of a difference it's going to make.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• nbn
• fibre
• fttp
• gungahlin

[DrSunnz]

Would love to get a faster network, as digital economy is the future and even now. Would hate censorship of any form though...