THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: MOST homes will have broadband communication speeds up to 100 times faster than what is currently available, under the Rudd Government's plan to wire Australia for the 21st century.
Federal Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy told The Sunday Age that early discussions on the Government's promised broadband network indicated that it would be much faster than previously thought.
"This is going to revolutionise the way Australians live their lives," Senator Conroy said.
Before last year's election, Mr Rudd promised to contribute $4.7 billion to help build a national broadband network accessible to 98% of homes, with a guaranteed minimum speed of 12 megabits per second.
But by deploying VDSL, (also known as Very High Speed DSL) technology, Senator Conroy said the new network would be able to carry up to 25 megabits per second.
Most broadband users currently receive only 256 kilobits per second — 100 times less capacity than 25 megabits — using ADSL technology.
With internet speeds like 25 megabits per second, people living in the same house will be able to use the network simultaneously for different purposes.
This could include a broadcast-quality video telephone call , while someone else watches high definition internet television, and another person plays online gaming.
Pay television would also be delivered through internet cable, with people able to watch different channels at the same time in different parts of the home, while a feature length film was also being downloaded to a computer hard drive in another room. Lightning internet on way >>> By Jason Jason Koutsoukis | March 2, 2008
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