Australian broadband won't come cheap
Posted in: Government & Policy at 18/08/2009 02:18
The first national broadband network rollout, in Tasmania, will cost an estimated $20,000 for each premises that takes up the superfast internet connection -- and business leaders say its impact may be minimal, reports The Australian.
The Rudd and Bartlett governments, which are jointly undertaking the rollout, refuse to reveal the taxpayer-funded plan's cost, business plan or an estimate of the take-up.
However industry sources told The Australian that the take-up rate had been estimated at 17 per cent of the 200,000 target premises -- homes and businesses.
To read this report in The Australian in full, see:
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25938987-5018020,00.html
