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Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it’s Shadow Minister for Communications and Broadband Malcolm Turnbull, who flew into Drouin yesterday by helicopter to officially activate the first high-speed internet connection at new housing estate Jackson’s View.
This is not a Government NBN project; the fibre to the home connection was installed by commercial operator OptiComm, and developers claim the project cost half as much as the Government’s NBN would.
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Mr Turnbull demonstrated the technology with a Skype conversation to Tasmania, but was interrupted by the call dropping out on several occasions. (See end of video.)
Discussion was focused on national issues, but Mr Turnbull did discuss how the coalition believes private enterprise and competition in broadband can benefit Gippsland.
You can find out what Mr Turnbull said in the video, which includes a summary of what he told his cross-state audience and an interview with The Warragul Citizen.
If you want to skip straight to the interview, click here.
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NBNco is the installer of last resort in Greenfields for Estates over 100 premises. Telstra is the installer of last resort in Greenfields for Estates under 100 premises.
NBNco has not tried to exclued the public sector.
EDIT:
NBNco has not tried to exclued the Private Sector…
Actually Mr Turnbull, towns of more than 1000 premises will get fibre to the home will get fibre. And some with more than 500 premises with fibre backhaul will get fibre also.
See here:
http://www.cecc.com.au/nbn.php