Labor – Senator Lundy briefly discusses the NBN expansion of fibre to 93%

Senator Lundy briefly discusses the NBN expansion of fibre to 93%

August 4, 2010 | By Pia Waugh | Posted in Blog
Senator Lundy briefly discusses the announcement of the NBN expansion of the fibre to the premises 100 Mbps network from 90% of the population to 93%.

TRANSCRIPT

Yesterday the Federal Labor Party announced the National Broadband Network would be going further than the 90% fibre to the premises.

They’ve now followed the advice of the implementation study and they’re going to extend the National Broadband Network fibre to the premises to 93% of the population.

This is fantastic news for Canberra.

It means that places like Hall are going to be on those maps for fibre to the home.

It also means that the remaining 7% will receive 12 megabits per second, which is 10 or 20 times the bandwidth than they’re currently receiving.

So regardless of where you are in Australia, 93% will get the 100 Mbps fibre to the premises, the remaining 7% – through a combination of terrestrial wireless and satellite will get 12Mbps.

These speeds outstrip anything that people are able to access at the moment. Particularly in outlying areas and RIM affected areas in cities like Canberra.

So can I say how proud I am of this policy.

I think it’s great news for everyone here in Canberra, and I’m getting a wonderful response to the National Broadband Network moving into Gungahlin as part of the first nineteen rollout sites, and I’m just really proud to be here to talk about the policy with voters because they know how much of a difference it’s going to make.