The federal government is announcing a major upgrade to the National Broadband Network (NBN), promising to deliver ultra-fast internet connections to homes if users choose to significantly upgrade their plan.
The federal government is announcing a major upgrade to the National Broadband Network , promising to deliver ultra-fast internet connections to homes if users choose to significantly upgrade their plan. Almost 10 million homes and businesses will be offered access to the new scheme under a $4.5 billion upgrade.
The new scheme would see fibre cables rolled out down the street connecting homes to faster internet. The Communications Minister is expected to give a speech today where he will argue against a former Labor plan to connect all Australian homes to a fibre network, saying the scheme was proposed “well before people actually needed it or were willing to pay for it”.
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