Posts Tagged ‘broadband’
The government today announced a new ‘superfast’ [sic] national broadband network. This will be one of the biggest ever infrastructure projects in Australia and at its peek might support 37,000 jobs.
With the right incentives, this network should enable a significant reduction in business travel and employee commuting in Australia.
Around the same time that our new network was being announced, Al Gore said: “This is one of those rare times we all agree that the government needs to build out a green infrastructure that will free us from foreign oil and draw on clean energy.”
He was presenting at a conference on wireless networking technology and making specific reference to how wireless broadband networks support the roll-out of smart grid technology to improve energy efficiency.
Hopefully the right policies and design decisions are made now so our fibre to the premises network will support the roll-out of smart grid technology in Australia.
