A Faster Future http://www.afasterfuture.com Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:43:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 World Bank says broadband is a ‘no regrets’ investment http://www.afasterfuture.com/world-bank-says-broadband-is-a-no-regrets-investment.html http://www.afasterfuture.com/world-bank-says-broadband-is-a-no-regrets-investment.html#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:05:47 +0000 Editor http://www.afasterfuture.com/?p=485 The World Bank’s lead ICT policy specialist Dr Tim Kelly has described investment in broadband infrastructure as a “no regrets” policy where even if the investment does not immediately deliver the direct benefits expected in terms of jobs and competitiveness, it will benefit the economy as a whole in terms of capacity-building, opportunity creation or speeding up the general flow of information.

In an interview with ComputerWorld Australia Editor Trevor Clarke, Dr Kelly said the broader intangible benefits of investment in broadband meant that it was rarely if ever a bad investment, and the Bank’s research indicated that every 10 percent increase in broadband penetration delivered a 1.4 percent increase in GDP.

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]]> http://www.afasterfuture.com/world-bank-says-broadband-is-a-no-regrets-investment.html/feed 0 Sydney residents to get first glimpse at the broadband-connected home of the future http://www.afasterfuture.com/sydney-residents-to-get-first-glimpse-at-the-broadband-connected-home-of-the-future.html http://www.afasterfuture.com/sydney-residents-to-get-first-glimpse-at-the-broadband-connected-home-of-the-future.html#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:03:33 +0000 Editor http://www.afasterfuture.com/?p=489 The NSW Government has announced that 40 homes in the Sydney suburb of  Middleton Grange will be the first to experience life connected to the National Broadband Network thanks to a trial service being established in that suburb.

The 40 homes are being connected using high speed fibre cabling and will have access to a range of applications including smart metering, touch-screen communications, a virtual world learning environment and high-definition Internet television services. The full release can be found by clicking here.

The trial will run until the end of 2010 and is designed as a testbed of new applications ahead of further trials across NSW. The government has also launched a new website to highlight the work of the NSW National Broadband Network Taskforce.

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