On Radio National’s Life Matters Paul joins Richard Aedy, Jane Bennett and Peter Cox to discuss what the appropriate broadband policy should be for Australia.
Our previous discussions on this are covered in our Freeways of the Future article and presentation.
Some of the topics we’ll be looking at include;
- if we choose to go with the est $43b broadband fibre to the door policy – does this mean they’ll be coming along digging up the street to lay cables into every yard?
- if we don’t do this but choose to rely on wireless connection from hubs – what does that mean for reliability of internet connection?
- how do any of the options compare to the current speeds Australian cities, and rural and remote regions have?
- are we over-building if we proceed to take fibre to every household in the country?
- are we simply ensuring that we will be ready for expansion of services on the internet?
The show is live at 9.00am Australian Eastern time and will podcast on the Life Matters site shortly afterward.