National Broadband Network

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National Broadband Network

• What Will Mean For You?

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National Broadband Network - A History

• ALP Election Promise 2007
• Government expenditure of 4.7 Billion
• Broadband network delivering 12 Mb/s
• Fibre to the node, capable of upscaling -
• to 98 of the population
• Laid down over 5 years
• In partnership with the private sector

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National Broadband Network - A History

• 11/3/08 - Panel of Experts Announced
• 11/4/08 - Request for Proposals (RFP) for
  National Broadband Network (NBN) announced - due
  date 25/7/08
• 11/4/08 - Government call for submissions on
  regulatory issues associated with NBN - due
  25/6/08
• 22/5/08 - Parties to RFP to be given 12 weeks to
  consider network information from the date the
  information available
• 2/7/08 - New Date for RFP submission 26/11/08
• 26/11/06 - Receipt of submissions (not named)
  announced. Submitters Telstra, Acacia,
  Optus/Terria, Axia, TransACT, Tasmanian
  Government. Submissions to Expert Panel and ACCC
  for consideration (contd)

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National Broadband Network - A History

• 15/12/08 - Government confirmation that Telstra
  excluded from further consideration in the RFP
  process
• 22/1/09 - Final Report of Panel of Experts
  received by the Government

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National Broadband Network ISOC-AU Policy on NBN

• High quality and speed, support of symmetric
  applications with full capacity for
  implementation of IPv6
• Accessible to all Australians wherever they
  live/work
• Meet communications needs of people with
  disabilities
• Is affordable
• Existing consumer protections retained
• Is provided in a competitive environment that
  will give Internet users genuine choice of
  service and service provider, and provide the
  market forces to encourage improvements in
  services and pricing

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National Broadband Network

• THANK YOU
• The Internet Society of Australia is supported
  by the Australian Government through the Consumer
  Representation Grant program of the Department of
  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
  in convening this Forum