[LINK] Just 16 per cent tipped to take up NBN

[Gordon Keith]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/08/2921462.htm

> Internode has today announced internet connection prices for residents in
> Scottsdale, Smithton and Midway Point which will be the Tasmanian towns to
> be switched on next month. 
> Users will be able to sign up for 15 gigabytes of data at 25 megabits per
> second for $30 a month.

As a resident of second stage NBN area who has just upgraded from internode 
5GB @ 256Kbs for $34.95 to 10 GB @ linespeed for $39.95, I'd be happy to jump 
onto the NBN.

On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 05:46:49 pm Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 10:12 AM 7/06/2010, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> >ONLY 16 per cent of homes and businesses passed by national broadband
> >network fibre-optic would choose to connect to it, even after 15 years.
> >
> >The surprisingly low estimates were prepared by the Tasmanian government
> >and have been released to The Australian under Freedom of Information
> >law, in a ruling by state Ombudsman Simon Allston.

Regards
Gordon

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Gordon Keith

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