Aussie National Broadband Network Will Be Gigabit

schmidty-au writes "NBN Co, the Australian Government company established to build Australia's national fibre-optic broadband network, announced today that, instead of the previously announced 100 Mbps network, it will provide 1 Gbps, within the existing AU$43 billion budget. Meanwhile, the Australian opposition, which has announced that it will scrap the network if it wins the 21 August election, and instead provide incentives to the private sector to improve the existing copper network, and to install wireless broadband (with promised peak speeds of 12 Mbps), does not understand or believe that this would be possible. The man who wants to be Australia's next Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, said today 'This idea that "hey presto" we are suddenly going to get 10 times the speed from something that isn't even built yet I find utterly implausible.'"

implausible? it's magic!

[kernkopje]

The man who wants to be Australia's next Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, said today 'This idea that "hey presto" we are suddenly going to get 10 times the speed from something that isn't even built yet I find utterly implausible.'" "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke

Re:I don't think aussies want to fork up that much

[Thanshin]

$43bn for speeds faster than what the internet naturally provides... There isn't a need for gigabit connections when the average pipeline of a website is less than a megabit. I suppose if you want to watch 75 HD porn videos at a time, now you'd get the chance

Are you trying to say that "1Mb should be enough for anybody."?

NBN vs Abbott:

[Arancaytar]

NBN: Over 1000 Mega!
Abbott: O RLY?
NBN: YA RLY.
Abbott: NO WAI
NBN: WAI

Re:implausible? it's magic!

[redemtionboy]

Honestly it's just too much speed for Australia to handle. How can you expect the government to be able to censor these high speeds properly. We must protect our citizens from themselves!

Re:Somebody Tell Tony Abbott about Moore's Law

[Ash Vince]

14 terabits over 160km? does tony abbot's advisors do any research?

Sort of. His advisers went and asked Telestra what they thought.