New homes will be connected to super-fast broadband infrastructure

It has been announced recently by Stephen Conroy that new homes being built in Australia will be connected to the super-fast broadband infrastructure to speed up the roll out and save money in the long run.

Whilst the Australian government is keen to ensure that super-fast broadband is rolled out across the country, enabling consumers and businesses to benefit from the many applications that can be used and the many advantages that can be enjoyed from a high speed broadband services, there is little doubt that the move is going to be a costly one.

However, recently the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy has announced the introduction of new legislation that that will ensure that new homes that are being built in Australia will be connected to the infrastructure for super-fast broadband so that it is easier to roll out the technology in Australia.

The new legislation is the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Fibre Deployment) Bill 2010. Conroy stated: “Our legislation takes a sensible, targeted and measured approach to the implementation of this policy. It allows us to target those estates where it is possible to have fibre now, while ensuring others have fibre-ready infrastructure installed so it is easier and cheaper to connect them later.”

He added: “It doesn’t make sense for new houses to be fitted with old copper technology, particularly when it is easier to put fibre or fibre-ready technology in when homes are first built. High speed broadband is becoming a critical utility service like water, electricity and gas. We want to see people in new estates getting access to superfast broadband as soon as possible.”

Source – DBCDE.gov.au