Australia ranks 11th in a Strategy Analytics survey of household broadband access with 72 per cent penetration – behind South Korea (95 per cent), Singapore (88 per cent), the Netherlands (85 per cent), Denmark (82 per cent), Taiwan (81 per cent), Hong Kong (81 per cent), Israel (77 per cent), Switzerland (76 per cent), Canada (76 per cent) and Norway (75 per cent).
(Via Australian IT)
Mike Arrington has built his reputation on clear, insightful reviews of all things Web2.0 so it’s no surprise he has put together a perfect package – this thing is compelling.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/10/about-those-new-crunchpad-pictures/
National Broadband Network | Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
Finally, the Decision – restore the Office of the Postmaster General!
Intriguing. I thought an Axia/Optus or Axia/Acacia deal would have had merit. Axia because this is what they do – they have the runs on the board.
If the Government’s going to be doing it then we know it will be subjected to all manner of special interests as that’s the way government works. It’ll be interesting to scrutinise the consultants. Then again, maybe Conroy really does want to shake up the status quo.
The NBN was born and now remains a political child. I’m looking forward to this primer?
World’s Fastest Broadband at $20 per Home
Telstra likewise just announced an upgrade to DOCSIS 3 on the Australian cable network. No prices yet but expect the usual high cost munged in with Foxtel and Voice. Will be interesting to see if they try and block VoIP calls to other providers.
No mention in these articles that DOCSIS 3 has asymmetric characteristics in common with aDSL technology. I’d expect, anecdotally, that 100Mbps down would be 4 or 8Mbps up.
Be 24 meg broadband, the UK’s fastest broadband ISP.
Be’s service is unlimited with no qualifications other than the ‘fair and reasonable usage’ clause but just limited on the speed up to 8Mbps or up to 24Mbps.
This company is definitely an inspiration behind my interest in launching a retail ISP. The old bogey of it being impossible to do ‘real unlimited’ down under isn’t going away but the single and simple focus is right as is the price.
In the US, “MetroPCS is driving the same low-entry point/no objections sale for mobile. As with aDSL2+ in the Be example above, a new provider can get the door open if they can get to these entry points sans objections.
The answer, for wireless in Australia is HSPA with VoIP which means the critical technology is in the software stack on the user device. It’s early days.
