[LINK] Conroy ups the ante

[Kim Holburn]

Maybe I missed something but I'm not sure I understand from this article any great change.  It's not exactly a hard sell by either side.

On 2013/May/05, at 9:22 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:

> 
> http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/conroy-accelerates-nbn-rollout-to-13m-premises-20130504-2j06o.html
> 
> Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will announce on Sunday that a 
> further 1.3 million Australian households and businesses will become 
> part of the $38 billion national broadband network (NBN) project.
> 
> Mr Conroy will promise fibre to an extra 302,800 premises in 
> Victoria, 406,100 in NSW, 255,700 in Queensland, 181,500 in Western 
> Australia, 117,700 in South Australia, and 45,000 in the ACT will be 
> ''commenced or completed'' by mid-2016.
> 
> The government will promise that by mid-2016 construction of 
> high-speed fibre to the premises will have been ''commenced or 
> completed'' to 4.8 million homes and businesses.
> 
> Suburbs in Melbourne that have been added to the three-year plan 
> include Heidelberg, Glen Iris, North Melbourne, Oakleigh and Coburg. 
> Regional areas include Castlemaine, Kyneton and Winchelsea.
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> Missed out again. :-(
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