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SA to fill Adelaide's ADSL blackspots

The South Australian government has gone to market for a telecommunications carrier to fill Adelaide's ADSL black spots until the $4.7 billion national fibre-to-the-node broadband network (NBN) gets underway.

  • 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.

  • Sept start for bush broadband upgrade?

    Part of the government's National Broadband Network plan, the $250 million injection to create new backhaul links in regional areas could start construction by September this year.

  • No NBN winner: Govt goes FTTH alone

    The Federal Government has terminated the National Broadband Network tender process with no winner, instead flagging plans to invest billions in building its own fibre-to-the-home network to 90 per cent of Australians over the next eight years.

  • WA Govt bins $1bn broadband network

    The Western Australian Government has decided to bin its plan to roll out a statewide broadband network.

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