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Autralian Broadband Strategy! - Whats your excuse Irish leaders?

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  • 03-07-2008 10:22am
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    NullZer0
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    I was just reading an article on the Australian broadband plan which will cover 100% of the country (or so thats what I take from the article).

    Australia's government has launched an ambitious effort to build a new fiber-to-the-node national network that will provide at least 12Mbps connections to 98 percent of Australia's population. The two percent who won't have access will be covered under a program called the "Australian Broadband Guarantee" that provides funds to ISPs working in underserved areas. (Note to US regulators: this is what's known as a "national broadband strategy.")


    Read more here: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080702-australia-shows-us-how-a-real-broadband-strategy-works.html


    Why can't the government in Ireland do something like this? Infact... why HAVEN'T they done something like this?


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    peejay1986
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    Isn't it simple? Its a massive massive project that would cost an absolute bomb. Austrailia is in a much better position to offer something like this than Ireland is.


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    paulm17781
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    98% of the population is by no means 100% of the country. Australia has a lot of open space. Bare in mind it's bigger than Europe and has 20M inhabitants... I doubt they'll ever see proper broadband in the outback.


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    NullZer0
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    peejay1986 wrote: »
    Isn't it simple? Its a massive massive project that would cost an absolute bomb. Austrailia is in a much better position to offer something like this than Ireland is.

    I would expect it to be very important in Ireland with a number of International (and IT at that) companies basing their world/us headquarters here.

    With the prices being charged for broadband here why not make part of that payment a "tax like" amount to be contributed to the upgrade and maintenance of the current network.

    People love the technology if its provided for them regardless of where the money comes from.

    Apart from this - the network/broadband infrastructure in this country is a joke... but then you dont need me to tell you that!


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    NullZer0
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    paulm17781 wrote: »
    98% of the population is by no means 100% of the country. Australia has a lot of open space. Bare in mind it's bigger than Europe and has 20M inhabitants... I doubt they'll ever see proper broadband in the outback.

    I meant to say 100% of the population. They'll all be covered on one scheme or another. (speeds will vary.. but they will all be covered).


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    craichoe
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    iRock wrote: »
    I meant to say 100% of the population. They'll all be covered on one scheme or another. (speeds will vary.. but they will all be covered).

    Nah, dont think so mate, Aboriginal areas dont even have phones in some places let alone 12meg broadband


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    Mountjoy Mugger
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    iRock wrote: »
    Why can't the government in Ireland do something like this? Infact... why HAVEN'T they done something like this?

    New National Broadband Strategy in PDF format.

    http://www.dcmnr.gov.ie/NR/rdonlyres/F063026A-5896-4F44-A4CA-EF2357AA46D6/30908/NGNConsultancyDocumentJuly2008TheFinalversion.pdf

    Minimum downstream bandwidth required to support a number of consumer applications [Source: Ofcom]

    Next Generation broadband wil be required to support the operation of multiple services, for example a number of HD TV channels in one house, with a game console and basic Internet aces in diferent rooms. This would require 25 Mbps download speed and 5 Mbps upload speeds. In addition to the speed requirements, many of these advanced services require a high-quality connection with no delays in the signal.


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