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ACCC clears Optus to scrap HFC network and use NBN instead
The ACCC has cleared, provisionally, the proposed deal between Optus and NBN Co under which Optus is to be paid around $800m to shut down its HFC network and transfer customers onto the NBN. read moreDraft guidelines & website on metro broadband black spots
Stuart Corner
Thursday, 17 November 2005 17:27
The program will commence on 1 January 2006 and aims to speed up the connection of around 200,000 households in metropolitan and outer-metropolitan areas that, for a variety of reasons, are unable to connect to ADSL or wireless broadband.
Releasing the guidelines, communications minister, senator Helen Coonan, said: "Two years ago there were 900,000 premises in metro areas that could not access an ADSL or wireless broadband service. Today that number is only 200,000 for the whole of Australia.
The minister also announced a website dedicated to the initiative, MBC Online, saying: "This web site will allow customers in metropolitan Australia to identify the full range of broadband services available to them and to register their interest in receiving MBC Service. This online tool will also benefit registered Internet service providers who will have access to information on where best to target their broadband roll-outs." However her press release failed to include a URL for the site.
The guidelines set out the proposed rules for the operation of the program and invite feedback from stakeholders. A final set of guidelines will be released once submissions are considered. Feedback is required by COB Thursday 15 December 2005. The draft guidelines are available online at www.dcita.gov.au/tel/mbc
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