Global costs are choke point for Australian broadband plan

Global costs are choke point for Australian broadband plan
The federal Government will closely monitor Australia’s international internet transmission capacity as its plans for building a $43 billion national broadband network move closer to fruition, reports Australian IT.A collision of geographic, cultural and market conditions has left Australian internet providers paying more for international bandwidth than their counterparts in other developed economiesSo far, most scrutiny of the plan to accelerate Australia’s networks has fallen on its promise to take fibre-optic connections capable of 100Mbps broadband to the doors of 90 per cent of the population within eight years.To read this Australian IT report in full, see:
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