Australian Govt to Provide 100 mbps Broadband to Every Citizen! Wow!
On what is to be called an aggressive technical decision, The Australian Govt. has announced that they don't want to completely redesign the internet service of the whole country. Magnanimous may it sound and it is, $ 43 Billion AU or US $ 30 Billion will be invested to build up this infra structure that may help Australia stand apart from the rest of the world in the area of telecom and internet service. As latimes quotes Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, it would deliver broadband speeds of 100 megabits per second to 90 percent of Australian homes, schools and businesses within eight years through fiber-optic cables direct to buildings. The other 10 percent of people would get a wireless upgrade. That means it will just be 100 times more than the one that exists. Full article (270 words) »
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