[LINK] Coalition unveils $6b broadband plan

[Jan Whitaker]

Mr Abbott is putting his foot in it on 7.30 report right now.

At 07:37 PM 10/08/2010, Kim Holburn wrote:
>If private sector broadband works so well why give them a huge
>handout?  And for what?
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>Nice commentary here:
>http://www.buddeblog.com.au/frompaulsdesk/reviving-opel-is-this-the-best-the-opposition-can-come-up-with/
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>On 2010/Aug/10, at 12:46 PM, Kim Holburn wrote:
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> > http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/10/2978634.htm
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> >> Coalition unveils $6b broadband plan
> >> By online political correspondent Emma Rodgers
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Fibre optic: The Coalition plan will use a number of different
> >> technologies (Reuters: Hannibal Hanschke, file photo)
> >>
> >> The Coalition has promised over $6 billion to improve internet
> >> broadband services for Australians if it is elected to government.
> >>
> >> Finance spokesman Andrew Robb and communications spokesman Tony
> >> Smith have unveiled the plan in Canberra today as an alternative to
> >> Labor's National Broadband Network.
> >>
> >> The major policy announcement was left to Mr Smith and Mr Robb as
> >> Opposition Leader Tony Abbott campaigned in Sydney today.
> >>
> >> Under the plan, 97 per cent of homes would have access to networks
> >> which would deliver broadband at speeds of between 12 Mega bits per
> >> second (Mbps) and 100Mbps by 2016 through a combination of
> >> technologies.
> >>
> >> The remaining three per cent of homes would be serviced by satellite
> >> services
> >>
> >> Main points of the policy include:
> >>
> >>      • $6.3 b of investment to get a private sector network up and
> >> running
> >>      • speeds of between 12Mbps and 100Mbps
> >> another $2.75b to extend the fibre-optic network
> >>      • $750m to improve DSL services
> >>      • $2b for improved rural regional and metropolitan wireless networks
> >> Mr Smith said the Coalition's plan would deliver improved services
> >> quicker than the Government's plan to households that need improved
> >> speeds.
> >>
> >> And he said it was both faster and more affordable.
> >>
> >> "Labor's NBN risks tens of billions of taxpayer dollars," he said.
> >>
> >> "The Coalition will deliver the new platform and structure to
> >> unleash competition and drive private sector deployment of faster
> >> broadband across a range of technologies."
> >>
> >> Finance spokesman Andrew Robb said the plan will encourage
> >> competition.
> >>
> >> "We will embrace and ensure Australia has choice and that the heavy-
> >> handed Government is not dictating their telecommunications
> >> options," he said.
> >>
> >> Labor has pledged to spend $43 billion on a National Broadband
> >> Network, of which the Government would be a majority stakeholder.
> >>
> >> The NBN would offer speeds of 100Mpbs through "fibre-to-the-home"
> >> technologies but questions have been raised over how many homes
> >> would want to pay for such a high speed.
> >>
> >> The network has already begun to be rolled out in Tasmania and is
> >> due to be completed by 2018.
> >>
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