The Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy revealed that the Federal Government’s National Broadband Network (NBN Co) would be ameliorated to provide speed of 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps). This was 10 times faster than originally envisaged. In this case, the businesses necessitating greater bandwidth for video conferencing would be advantaged. This speed of access was provided through fibre technology. Moreover, the prime minister,Ms Gillard demonstrated that the super-fast broadband was the economic infrastructure to generate economic growth in the future. However, Senator Conroy said that communities would lose the fast internet presently enjoyed if the coalition won the election. Currently, the introductory prices of the access to the fibre technology ranged from $29.95 a month for 25 Mbps to $59.95 a month for 100Mbps.
This improvement in broadband is a desirable step to achieve economic growth in the future. It will attract foreign investors to invest in the country as well since the economic infrastructure was ameliorated.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I’m wondering why Australia is able to reach 1 Gbps, but Malaysia can only access to 4 Mbps, and even this 4 Mbps is available in several areas only. Perhaps Malaysia does not have genius? I don’t think so as the first pen drive was invented by Malaysian. In my opinion, the main cause is the poor services provided by the TM which is the biggest broadband company in Malaysia. This was what I have experienced last month.