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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about the implementation of broadband and its implications for the use of egovernment services.
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- Bracks Government delivering affordable high speed broadband
- In Victoria, Information and Communication Technology Minister Marsha Thomson has encouraged property developers to seek advice from the Victorian Government to ensure that they do not pay over the odds to provide ultra fast fibre to the home (FTTH) broadband in new housing estates.
Added: 26 October 2006
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- Broadband access - Canada
- Articles and resources about trends and issues relating to broadband access in Canada.
Added: 12 December 2005
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- Broadband access - United Kingdom - Archive
- Articles and resources about broadband access within the United Kingdom.
Added: 15 December 2005
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- Broadband Articles - Australia - Archive
- Archived articles and resources about trends and issues relating to broadband access in Australia.
Added: 7 December 2005
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- Broadband boost for Rural Breastscreaning
- The Victorian Government has provided $1.9 million to help BreastScreen Victoria establish the Australian first Rural Broadband Digital Mammography pilot project.
Added: 10 August 2006
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- Broadband Reports - Australia - Archive
- Archived reports about trends and issues relating to broadband in Australia.
Added: 6 December 2005
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- Chronic Healthcare Transformed in Mildura
- Medical care in Mildura has been transformed thanks to a broadband-based technology that is helping hospital patients monitor and manage their health in the comfort of their own homes.
Added: 9 January 2008
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- Regional Broadband Investment to Boost Environment
- The Victorian Government has launched a three-year Broadband Innovation Fund (BIF) Spatial Imaging Project will vastly enhance the state's ability to manage environmental issues such as water quality and land degradation.
Added: 2 October 2007
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- Victoria a Centre for Innovation, Ideas and Creative Leadership
- Victoria's position as a leader in global collaborative research has been strengthened with the launch of the Optiportal node.
Added: 17 January 2008
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- Victoria leading the way on information superhighway
- Victoria's broadband subscriber base has increased by over a quarter of a million customers in the past nine months, recent research commissioned by the Brumby Government has revealed.
Added: 7 February 2008
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- National Digital Economy Strategy
- Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. "The National Digital Economy Strategy (NDES) sets out a vision for Australia to realise the benefits of the National Broadband Network (NBN) and position Australia as a leading digital economy by 2020. To achieve this vision, the Strategy outlines eight Digital Economy Goals, the Way Forward, Government Initiatives and Industry Initiatives. Senator Stephen Conroy launched the Strategy at CeBIT in Sydney on 31 May 2011..."
Added: 31 May 2011;
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- The National Broadband Network
- Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. "The NBN is an Australian Government initiative and represents the largest ever infrastructure project undertaken in this country. The NBN is an Australian Government initiative which will deliver high speed broadband to all Australians. The NBN is a new, wholesale only, open access high speed broadband network. The NBN will involve the laying of fibre optic cabling to at least 90 per cent of Australian homes, schools and businesses, capable of delivering speeds of 100 megabits per second, or up to 100 times faster than many people experience today. The remaining premises will be connected via a combination of next generation high speed wireless and satellite technologies delivering broadband speeds of 12 megabits per second or more..."
Added: 14 October 2010;
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- National Broadband Network Implementation Study
- Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, 2010. "On 6 May 2010 the Australian Government released the National Broadband Network Implementation Study. The Implementation Study examines the Governmet's coverage, commerciality and competition objectives as well as the detailed operating arrangements of NBN Co Limited, its ownership and structure, ways to attract private sector investment and longer term privatisation. The Government is currently considering the Implementation Study and its recommendations. Interested parties are invited to provide comments or submissions on the Implementation Study and its recommendations. Please provide comments via the NBN Implementation Study wiki, via email to NBNImplementationStudy@dbcde.gov.au or by post to NBN Implementation Study, GPO Box 2154, Canberra ACT, 2601. It may not be possible to consider comments received after 27 May 2010..."
Added: 6 May 2010;
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- National Broadband Plan: Connecting America
- Federal Communications Commission, March 2010. "The Omnibus Broadband Initiative (OBI)... In early 2009, Congress directed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to develop a National Broadband Plan to ensure every American has 'access to broadband capability'. Congress also required that this plan include a detailed strategy for achieving affordability and maximizing use of broadband to advance 'consumer welfare, civic participation, public safety and homeland security, community development, health care delivery, energy independence and efficiency, education, employee training, private sector investment, entrepreneurial activity, job creation and economic growth, and other national purposes'. Broadband networks only create value to consumers and businesses when they are used in conjunction with broadband-capable devices to deliver useful applications and content. To fulfill Congress's mandate, the plan seeks to ensure that the entire broadband ecosystem—networks, devices, content and applications - is healthy. It makes recommendations to the FCC, the Executive Branch, Congress and state and local governments..."
Added: 17 March 2010;
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- Five pros and cons of the NBN
- By Phil Dobbie, ZDNet Australia, May 17, 2012. "It's fast, ubiquitous and it boosts productivity. Are there any downsides to the National Broadband Network (NBN)? It would be hard to say that the NBN will do any harm. The contentious issues tend to revolve around whether it will achieve the same — or more — in a better way. This week on Twisted Wire, we summarise some of the arguments you have heard over the last few years into a half-hour catch-up on the major areas of debate..."
Added: 18 May 2012;
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- Government gives councils up to $375,000 to help build NBN support
- Eleven councils across Australia will be able to access funding to build their online services, by Stephanie McDonald. Computerworld, 11 May, 2012. "The government is continuing to build support for the National Broadband Network (NBN) by offering up to $375,000 to 11 councils across Australia to aid them in offering more services on the network..."
Added: 17 May 2012;
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- NBN a 'game changer' for regional Australia, inquiry told
- The National Broadband Network will "put regional Australia on the map", a parliamentary committee has been told, by AAP. CIO Australia, 16 April, 2012. "The National Broadband Network (NBN) will be a game changer for regional Australia, allowing major telecommunication firms to enter the broadband market for the first time, a joint parliamentary committee has heard. The Joint Committee on the NBN, chaired by independent federal MP Rob Oakshott, met in Sydney on Monday to discuss the ongoing rollout of the technology..."
Added: 18 April 2012;
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- Sooner or later, the NBN will change your life
- by David Braue. The Age, March 30, 2012. "... But what will the NBN really do for you when it finally arrives in your neighbourhood? Its benefits in enabling teleworking are already well appreciated by the millions of Australians that either work from home or would if their jobs allowed it. Its role in entertainment has been dismissed by critics of the project, but the delivery of video-on-demand services over the Internet and NBN are nonetheless a multi billion-dollar industry that will expand the reach of pay TV well beyond the confines of Optus and Telstra cable networks. Beyond those applications, however, much of the NBN's potential remains blue-sky territory. Some Australians will warm to high-quality videoconferencing if it suits their needs, whilst others will benefit from remote health services..."
Added: 30 March 2012;
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- Three year rollout plan for NBN announced
- NBN Co, News Release, 29 March 2012. "NBN fibre rollout to be completed or underway in a third of the country over the next three years. Construction to be underway or complete in areas containing over 3.5 million homes and businesses in 1500 communities in every state and territory. NBN Co today announced Stage 1 of the large-scale rollout of the National Broadband Network..."
Added: 29 March 2012;
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- NBN key for Royal Children's Hospital
- By Josh Taylor, ZDNet Australia, March 22nd, 2012. "Although the new Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne is already equipped with a fibre backbone, director of ICT architecture Brendan Kelly says "thank god" for the National Broadband Network (NBN)... ... although the hospital itself has high capacity over the fibre built into its network, Kelly said that the NBN would play an important role in delivering care to patients."
Added: 23 March 2012;
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- High-definition videoconferencing to enhance service delivery
- Joint media release - Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Human Services; Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Digital Productivity, 19 March 2012. "A high-definition videoconferencing pilot announced today will improve people's access to services such as Medicare and Centrelink via the National Broadband Network (NBN). The pilot will give Australians access to specialist services that may not be readily available locally such as family, health, education, employment and financial services offered by the Department of Human Services (DHS) through Centrelink, Child Support and Medicare programs. The high-definition videoconferencing required for the pilot can only be delivered over high-speed broadband like the NBN..."
Added: 20 March 2012;
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- The Issue Is the Digital Economy, Not Broadband
- By Paul Budde. CircleID, February 21, 2012. "After some five years of public debate on the national broadband network it is heartening to see that more and more people are getting the message that the network means more than just fast internet access. Increasingly key decision-makers in business and government are reaching an understanding of the transformation that is underway in the economy..."
Added: 19 March 2012;
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- Government kicks off NBN video conferencing pilot
- The trial aims to increase access for rural Australians to services such as Centrelink and Medicare, by Chloe Herrick. Computerworld, 19 March, 2012. "The Federal Government has kicked off a video conferencing pilot over the National Broadband Network (NBN) which aims to give regional Australians increased access to services such as Medicare and Centrelink. The trial will offer customers access to services under the Department of Human Services (DHS) portfolio which is part way through consolidating Centrelink, Medicare and the Child Support Agency..."
Added: 19 March 2012;
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- US and Canada Drop in Broadband Penetration Worldwide - January 2012 Bandwidth Report
- Website Optimization, LLC, Last modified: February 27, 2012. Summary: The United States and Canada both dropped in worldwide broadband rankings last year, according to a recent broadband survey. The US dropped to 23rd place in Q1 2011 in broadband penetration.
Added: 19 March 2012;
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- NBN Rollout Map
- These maps show the estimated likely coverage areas based on our rollout schedule, which may change following more detailed planning and design work.
Added: 9 March 2012;
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This category last updated: 18 May 2012
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