Well, the Japanese for a start, who get an average connection speed of 61mbps (versus our 1.7mbps) at a fraction of the price. This great infographic compares broadband speed, price and penetration around the world. See how behind we really are.
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Country voters miss out on blogging PM
PM Kevin Rudd may be in a tweeting and live-blogging frenzy, but it’s alienating regional voters who don’t have access to the fast speed internet required to interact, writes North Coast Voices.
Will East Africa become the new India?
You know internet use is rocky when pirate attacks and damaged sea cables can stop connections and only 5 in every 100 people use the internet. But with the arrival of broadband to Tanzania, there is talk of East Africa becoming the new outsourcing hot spot.
Telstra set to embrace National Broadband
The possible addition of Telstra means the dominoes are falling into place for the Federal Government’s National Broadband Network.
Alston’s cold, dead hand still controls broadband
The National Broadband Network should be the solution to Australia’s commerical television woes. It isn’t.
OECD: Australia’s broadband is rubbish. Who knew?
The OECD’s latest broadband report confirms what we already know: Australia ain’t exactly the leader of the pack.
Nerd alert: new fibre lands in Australia
1.29 terabits of new data capacity arrives in Australia. Geeks are there to welcome it with open arms.
Cable broadband: the real challenger to the NBN
Cable broadband networks are moving to deploy fibre-to-the-premise for new network builds, writes Dermot Cox.
I’ll compile your secret black list, Minister Conroy
If you want the country moulded by an invisible hand, Stephen, and I notice you do, then I’m the guy, writes Anson Cameron.
Five broadband myths busted
The Rudd Government’s proposed fibre to the premises (FTTP) broadband network has generated a rich variety of ill-informed media commentary. It is time to debunk some of these myths, writes Rod Tucker.
Arnhem Land finally gets wired
Today in the remote Indigenous community of Oenpelli, adjacent to Kakadu National Park in West Arnhem Land, residents can access the internet at speeds comparable to those available in Sydney and Melbourne, reports Graham Ring.
Will ABC Online charge taxpayers to download Question Time?
Isn’t it extraordinary that despite taxpayers paying for ABC content, licenses and ABC’s development and web-hosting costs, they have to pay again because for all other ISPs, ABC content is metered? asks Joshua Gans.
Not too late for Conroy to stack broadband
Nick Minchin is right in predicting that there’ll be more litigation from Telstra – or its competitors – before this is over, writes Bernard Keane.
$21 billion! The true cost of snappy broadband emerges
Can we believe the Government’s costing of $8.7b for a Fibre-To-The-Node network? Perhaps not, writes Bernard Keane.
Stilgherrian: Rudd’s slow digital revolution
Of $4.7b promised for the National Broadband Network, only 0.16% has been committed, writes Stilgherrian.
Senator Conroy flexes his muscles on Telstra
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has been getting a kicking on Crikey in recent times, so it’s nice for once to feel a warm inner glow about him, writes Margaret Simons.
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Conroy scraps Coonan’s rural broadband plan
It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that the Government’s cancellation of the regional broadband contract with Optus and Elders it inherited from Helen Coonan was inevitable, writes Bernard Keane.
Summit tale: I got picked for 2020 (but not in the cool group)
When it comes down to it, I suspect that being an economist at this Summit is not the ‘cool’ area, writes Joshua Gans.
Kevin 07 in chapter and verse
Kevin was rock and roll, Kevin was angry. Even delivering broadband makes Kevin cross. Or is that determined? Jonathan Green ponders the ALP campaign launch.
Shock: Conroy reveals policy detail worth $200 million
Labor’s spokesman for Media and Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy seems to have let slip some details of a central plank of Labor’s forthcoming election campaign in Brisbane last week.
