Download speeds on the planned broadband network are still too slow

Plans to build a National Broadband Network costing $43 billion were announced four months ago by the Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy following a conversation with the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd.

Experts are confident that the lives of millions of Australians are set to be changed forever with the building of the high-speed broadband network, although so far information is limited and deadlines have been pushed back causing delays that have seen the project slow to a crawl.

There have been a number of occasions in the past where people have underestimated how fast technology can advance over a very short period and this has included specialists and experts in the industry.

In-home monitoring, emergency and disaster response, file sharing and the use of broadband to improve remote diagnosis as well as other areas of e-health are all things that the Communications Minister believes to be very important.

Senator Conroy recently advised ”Studies show that remote patient monitoring could reduce emergency room visits by up to 40 per cent and the length of hospital stays by up to 60 per cent. These are significant figures that highlight the substantial economic benefits on offer for a country that invests properly in enabling infrastructure.”

Prediction of better remote education and faster medical file transfer are both things that are don’t tend to grab the attention of the general public though.

Girls, gambling and games are considered by experts to be the key reason for the huge uptake of internet access over the years and many believe that things that can be visualized in a consumers lounge are the key to further improvements of the internet.

Having Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) playing the main role in the future of the internet is, however, something that everyone can currently agree on.

Source – Watoday.com.au