http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/conroy-accelerates-nbn-rollout-to-13m-premises-20130504-2j06o.html
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will announce on Sunday that a further 1.3 million Australian households and businesses will become part of the $38 billion national broadband network (NBN) project. Mr Conroy will promise fibre to an extra 302,800 premises in Victoria, 406,100 in NSW, 255,700 in Queensland, 181,500 in Western Australia, 117,700 in South Australia, and 45,000 in the ACT will be ''commenced or completed'' by mid-2016. The government will promise that by mid-2016 construction of high-speed fibre to the premises will have been ''commenced or completed'' to 4.8 million homes and businesses. Suburbs in Melbourne that have been added to the three-year plan include Heidelberg, Glen Iris, North Melbourne, Oakleigh and Coburg. Regional areas include Castlemaine, Kyneton and Winchelsea. --------------- Missed out again. :-( Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [email protected] blog: http://janwhitaker.com/jansblog/ business: http://www.janwhitaker.com Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth. ~Madeline L'Engle, writer _ __________________ _ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
