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Broadband performance continues to improve THE Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's 2007 international broadband rankings demonstrate that Australia's broadband performance continues to improve compared to the rest of the world."The OECD has declared that Australia has the sixth most affordable broadband prices in the world, the 9th fastest broadband speeds in the world, and the 4th fastest broadband connection rate in the world," Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Helen Coonan said. "Australia is now ahead of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada for broadband speeds, broadband affordability and growth in broadband connections. "While the Coalition is pleased with the OECD's findings, we have a practical plan for the future to extend high speed broadband to 99 per cent of the population by 2009 at retail prices of between $35 and $60 per month. "The remaining one per cent of the population in remote areas will receive a $2750 satellite broadband subsidy under the Australian Broadband Guarantee. "The Coalition also has a plan to facilitate the roll out of a blistering fast commercial broadband network without raiding Australia's Future Fund or abolishing regional Australia's $2 billion Communication Fund. "Contrast this with Labor's proposal which will miss one in four households, cost families upwards of $100 per month, and won't be available until 2013. "The OECD international rankings released this morning will be embarrassing for Kevin Rudd who has relied heavily on previous OECD figures to attack Australia's international broadband standing. "Mr Rudd has falsely claimed that Australia has the slowest broadband speeds in the world and that we are even behind the Slovak Republic. "There are now almost 5 million households and small business connected to broadband in Australia. "While the Coalition has a plan to connect every Australian to high speed broadband, Labor's broadband proposal will miss one in four people because they only picked one technology with a 1.5km coverage radius. "The Coalition's plan for a high speed broadband network involves a mix of next generation technologies, including fibre, ADSL2+ and WiMAX wireless with a coverage radius of 20kms," Senator Coonan said. |
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