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Conroy gives rural ISPs guidance on bush broadband

Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy has issued a new set of guidelines for ISPs servicing rural and regional Australia, on the back of the Federal government's decision to extend the Australian Broadband Guarantee as part of last Tuesday's budget.

Rural broadband guarantee extended till 2012

The government has extended its subsidy to help rural Australians establish a broadband connection by four years.

  • Will Rudd's bush backhaul bonanza deliver?

    Rural areas will be welcoming the government's decision to put its money where its politicising is, funnelling $250m into a regional fibre upgrade. The investment could be the firmest step yet for Labor's NBN dream — but Rudd and Conroy need to deliver, and quickly, to preserve the NBN's credibility.

  • Extra $60m for regional telecoms

    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has tabled his "initial" response to the regional telecommunications review completed by Dr Bill Glasson's team last year: $60 million in extra funding.

  • Rural highways get $8m mobile phone signal boost

    The government yesterday laid down AU$8 million for the next year to fill mobile phone black spots on sections of highway as well as selected towns in WA and NT.

  • CDMA shutdown: Rural communities left in black spots

    The official word from Telstra and the Federal government is that the Next G Network provides equivalent or superior coverage to CDMA. Try telling that to the people of Mangoplah, NSW.

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