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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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- Vic Govt invests $3m in IBES
- The investment is part of the $21 investment in the institute and will create 38 new jobs over the next three years, by Chloe Herrick (Computerworld), 12 July, 2011. "The Victorian Government has pitched in $3 million to support the development of the University of Melbourne's Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES) over the next three years..."
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- NBN wireless network set for rollout
- by David Ramli. Financial Review, 14 July 2011. "The government's $35.9 billion national broadband network has secured all the contracts and wireless spectrum it needs to complete a huge part of its rollout, with some experts predicting it could be one of the few election-proof piecies of the NBN. Under the NBN, fixed-wireless will be used to service 4 per cent, or almost 1 million premises, in areas too remote to get fibre optic cabling. Wireless spectrum is the digital space needed to host broadcast signals for equipment such as televisions and mobile phones..."
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- Broadband Internet Service Adoption and Use in New York State Households
- Center for Technology in Government, 10 May 2011. "Broadband access for households has become an important resource for individuals and communities. A high speed connection to the internet provides opportunities for a great many economic, social and cultural benefits. This study was to done to explore the extent to which those opportunities and benefits are currently available to households in New York State. With the support of the NY State Office of Cyber Security, and the New York State Broadband Development and Deployment Council, the Center for Technology in Government partnered with Stony Brook University to conduct the study..."
Added: 13 July 2011;
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- Broadband: Broadening horizons or getting left behind?
- Posted by Jon Wilcox. Public Technology, 11 July 2011. "Ofcom's recent report into the UK's broadband speeds capped off a flurry of recent news on the continuing drive – or slog, depending on who you read – towards achieving the Government's plan to deliver the country to the top of Europe’s broadband league. The plan, which includes universal broadband of at least 2Mbps as well as giving access to superfast connections for up to 90% of the population in each local authority by 2015, is already considered by some as a significant challenge. The issue is being addressed on central, devolved, regional, and even local levels, as well as across both public and private sectors; it's a web of proposals, funding, challenges, and pressure to meet deadlines both from Whitehall and Brussels. But where does the Government's broadband plan current stand with less than four years to go? ..."
Added: 13 July 2011;
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- Making Broadband A Right – A Lesson For The States?
- by Jeff Smith. Governing People, Posted July 6, 2011. "Broadband access in the United States is an issue fraught with strong opinions on topics from speed to funding to net neutrality. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) backed by the support of the Obama Administration is pushing a variety of initiatives to increase broadband access nationwide in order to close the technology infrastructure gap between the US and much of the developed world. Yet, these initiatives have faced push-back from state legislatures and incumbent private sector providers, leading some supporters of broadband to push the idea that broadband is more or less a public utility. They argue that as the economy becomes increasingly reliant on high speed access in order to do business effectively, broadband access should be available just as one would be able to turn on water or electricity. Indeed, some countries are taking this a step further and making access to broadband a right. Recently, the United Nations also signed on to this idea and recognized broadband access as a human right..."
Added: 12 July 2011;
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- Vint Cerf calls for clarity in NBN cost data
- By Kim Chandler McDonald. IT news, July 8, 2011. "Google VP urges Australian Government to develop global case study. Google chief internet evangelist Vint Cerf, credited in some quarters as the 'founder of the internet', has called on the Australian Government to provide a full and frank breakdown of the costs of building the National Broadband Network. A detailed report on the costs, provided at the conclusion of the project, could greatly aid and inform attempts by other countries to build national network, Cerf said in a new interview..."
Added: 11 July 2011;
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- Communications Infrastructure Report 2011: Fixed Broadband Data - in pdf format (345kb)
- Ofcom, 6 July 2011. "... This report provides data on various aspects of broadband services delivered over fixed telecoms networks... This report does not consider broadband delivered using wireless technologies, nor does it consider high speed data connections provided primarily to business customers using traditional 'leased lines’..."
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- Ofcom broadband report highlights the challenge ahead
- Posted by Jon Wilcox. Public Technology, 6 July 2011. "A report by Ofcom into the UK's broadband speed has revealed the contrasting network performance experienced by the population, and highlighted the challenge ahead if the country is to meet the government's objective of delivering 'the best superfast broadband network in Europe' by 2015..."
Added: 6 July 2011;
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- NBN to launch rural broadband satellite service
- From: AAP. AustralianIT, July 1, 2011. "Rural and remote Australians will soon have access to broadband services similar to their city cousins with the launch of the National Broadband Network's interim satellite service. NBN Co is offering the service to residents, small businesses and indigenous communities in rural and remote Australia without current access to broadband comparable to that available in cities..."
Added: 4 July 2011;
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- NBN stage two begins in Tasmania
- From: AAP. AustralianIT, June 30, 2011. "Construction on the second phase of the $35.9 billion National Broadband Network has begun in Tasmania. Three towns on the Apple Isle last year became the first locations to be plugged into the network in its initial stage..."
Added: 30 June 2011;
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- TransACT signs up to offer NBN services
- By Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet Australia, June 29, 2011. "TransACT has signed a trial agreement to become a retail service provider (RSP) for the first release sites on the National Broadband Network (NBN). The provider will now be able to service customers over the NBN as well as on its own network..."
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- Third and final reading for UFB and RBI bill
- "Telecom as we know it will cease to exist": ICT Minister Steven Joyce, By Sarah Putt - Auckland. Computerworld, Friday, 24 June, 2011. "The bill designed to enable the government's broadband initiatives passed its third and final reading yesterday. The Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband and Other Matters) Amendment Bill was passed with a majority vote of 65 to 58, with National, the Maori Party, United and three members of the Act party voting in support of the new legislation. Following Royal Assent, the bill is scheduled to come into force on July 1..."
Added: 27 June 2011;
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- Singtel's Optus signs $800m HFC NBN deal
- Optus will migrate its HFC customers to the NBN Co starting 2014, by Tim Lohman (Computerworld). CIO, 23 June, 2011. "Singtel (ASX: SGT) subsidiary, Optus, has reached an $800m agreement with the NBN Co for the migration of its hybrid coaxial cable (HFC) customers to the National Broadband Network (NBN). The agreement will involve steady payments to Optus for its migrating customers to the NBN as and when the service becomes available in areas currently serviced by Optus’ HFC service..."
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- NBN rollout to benefit from agreement with Optus
- The Hon Wayne Swan MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Treasurer; Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate.Joint media release, 23 June 2011. "The Gillard Government today welcomed the announcement by NBN Co and Optus that they had entered into an agreement that will see Optus decommission its Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) cable network and migrate customers to the National Broadband Network (NBN)..."
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- Government - Telstra - NBN Co deal Delivers Historic Telecommunications Reform
- The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister of Australia; Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate; Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Joint media release, 23 June 2011. "Super fast broadband for all Australians took another step forward today as the Gillard Government welcomed the landmark announcement by Telstra and NBN Co to enter into Definitive Agreements on the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN). The Definitive Agreements will allow for a cheaper, more-efficient rollout of the NBN, which will mean Australians will begin gaining access to the NBN sooner and hasten the Government's delivery of super fast broadband to all Australians, no matter where they live across our vast country. The Definitive Agreements are also an important step in the reform of the telecommunications industry, paving the way for structural separation of Telstra and construction of the NBN. Telstra's structural separation is a critical reform that will enable the telecommunications sector to provide competitive and innovative services to Australian consumers..."
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