[LINK] The 2%

[Tom Worthington]

At 04:11 PM 24/04/2008, George Bray wrote:
>... how the 98%/2% figure is arrived at for 
>describing the expected coverage of the NBN. ... 
>percentage of population living/working a certain distance  ...

The government specification for the National 
Broadband Network  is for optic/copper access to 
98% of homes and businesses, NOT 98% of the 
population (that was the ALP election promise).

It is likely that this will result in less than 
98% of the population having access. But 98% was 
unrealistic anyway. A more realistic scenario is 
for about 90% by cable, 8% by terrestrial wireless and the rest by satellite.

>Has anyone seen an official document where this statistic is defined?

"Commonwealth’s objectives for the 
NBN...   covers 98 per cent of Australian homes and businesses ..."
From: "Request for Proposals to Roll-out and 
Operate a National Broadband Network for 
Australia", ATM ID DCON/08/18, Department of 
Broadband, Communications and the Digital 
Economy, 11-Apr-2008: 
<https://www.tenders.gov.au/?event=public.atm.show&ATMUUID=3B2F3C6A-C522-FE70-2190C9696025DA26>

"A Fibre To The Node broadband network with a 
minimum 12 megabits per second to 98 per cent of population ..."
From: "ALP: New Directions for Communications - A 
Broadband Future for Australia – Building a 
National Broadband Network", March 2007: 
<http://www.alp.org.au/download/now/a_broadband_future_for_australia.pdf>.

More in my Blog: 
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2008/04/national-broadband-network-for.html>.



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