[LINK] Entire towns with satellite NBN?

[David Boxall]

If I'm reading this right, then Queenstown will be relying solely on 
satellite NBN. Evidently, it isn't alone. Speechless, I am.

> ANNE URQUHART
> LABOR SENATOR FOR TASMANIA
>
> JUSTINE KEAY
> LABOR CANDIDATE FOR BRADDON
>
> QUEENSTOWN NBN REVELATION AN ‘EMBARASSING BLOW’ FOR WHITELEY
>
> Labor Senator Anne Urquhart has said revelations from yesterday 
> afternoon’s Senate Hearing that Queenstown is the largest town in the 
> nation to get the slowest NBN technology is an ‘embarrassing blow’ for 
> Braddon MHR Brett Whiteley.
>
> The admission that Queenstown will be the largest Australian town to 
> be connected to the satellite network came from NBN CEO Bill Morrow 
> under gruelling session of questioning from Senator Urquhart in a 
> Senate hearing yesterday.
>
> “We know now beyond the shadow of a doubt that Queenstown will be 
> worse off than any other town its size when it comes to the NBN,” 
> Senator Urquhart said.
>
> “Senator Urquhart said satellite was designed for small rural and 
> remote hamlets, not regional hubs like Queenstown, Rosebery and Zeehan.”
>
> “It’s nothing short of economic vandalism to let a $372 million 
> economy flounder with the slowest internet technology.”
>
> Labor Candidate for Braddon Justine Keay said the revelation from Mr 
> Morrow that the “Government has not asked NBN Co to consider any other 
> options” was an appalling indictment on Brett Whiteley’s performance 
> as Federal representative for the West Coast.
>
> “Mr Whiteley hasn’t even bothered to fight for this community. Instead 
> he just sat back and watched while Mr Turnbull hung the community out 
> to dry."
>
> “How can the West Coast compete for business and investment 
> opportunities without first-class broadband and more importantly how 
> can Mr Whiteley just stand idly by and let this happen?”
>
> “I can assure the West Coast community I am strongly lobbying my 
> federal colleagues to ensure the West Coast receives a better deal 
> under Labor.”
>
> Senator Urquhart said the revelation vindicated her long-standing 
> belief that the West Coast satellite decision is “more about paying 
> for Malcolm Turnbull’s NBN budget blowout than doing the right thing 
> for the West Coast.”
>
> “The West Coast was slated for a fibre-based solution right up until 
> July last year. Soon after, we found out that Mr Turnbull’s NBN budget 
> had ballooned from $29.5 billion to $56 billion,” Senator Urquhart said.
>
> “It’s clear the people of the West Coast have been dudded to pay for 
> Mr Turnbull’s own mismanagement and his NBN budget blowout.”
>
> WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH 2016

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