Conroy moves to make new housing developments NBN-ready
- 18 March, 2010 12:59
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Senator Stephen Conroy
The Federal Government has introduced the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Fibre Deployment) Bill 2010 into the Parliament which aims to ensure new homes built at greenfield estates include infrastructure capable of connecting to the National Broadband Network.
The Bill will insert a new Part 20A into the Telecommunications Act 1997, allowing the communications minister to specify which types of real estate developments will require that any fixed lines installed be optical fibre and any passive infrastructure installed be fibre-ready.
“The legislation will allow the targeting of those developments where it is practicable to have fibre now, while ensuring others are ready to have fibre installed as soon as it is possible and cost-effective in the future,” according to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE).
The Bill also amends the industry codes and standards processes under Part six of the Act to make it easier to create codes and standards about optical fibre infrastructure and services where this is required.
Installing fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) infrastructure in new developments would complement the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN), according to the DBCDE.
“The government considers it counterproductive to rollout fibre nationally and leave new developments behind,” the DBCDE’s website reads. “Installing fibre in new developments will give property buyers early access to the benefits of next-generation broadband and help avoid future retrofitting costs.”
The government argues that making new developments fibre-ready is already standard industry practice and reflects the value that would-be new home owners place on new developments which include FTTP infrastructure.
The government cites the developments at University Heights at Bundoora in Victoria, Forde and Crace in the Australian Capital Territory, Lochiel Park in South Australia and Bingara Gorge outside Sydney as examples.
Minister for broadband, communications and the digital economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, said the legislation took a sensible, targeted and measured approach to the implementation of the new policy.
"It allows us to target those estates where it is possible to have fibre now, while ensuring others have fibre-ready infrastructure installed so it is easier and cheaper to connect them later,” he said in a statement.
“It doesn’t make sense for new houses to be fitted with old copper technology, particularly when it is easier to put fibre or fibre-ready technology in when homes are first built.”
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Comments
Raymond McKeown
What does Minister Conroy propose for the fifteen percent of homes in the regional and outer country area's that are NOT going to be covered by NBN if and whenever it is built!
OR is this a metropolitan,high density dwelling partial NBN network that will be completely redundant upon it's completion!
Raymond
Simmo
Sorry Raymond, Australia cannot be held back from modern telecommunications by this restriction - that's what the previous Government fuddled and fumbled with and we got absolutely nowhere. Not sure how you can contend that laying fibre optics will be redundant upon completion; was that the cry when copper was laid 100 years ago for the phone network? Or when power cables were installed? Or gas pipes? (maybe all regional consumers should have mains gas too by your logic? I think you'd contend that none of us should have had power until we could guarantee to connect every last house in the country!). Fibre is highly resilient and scalable. I understand the plan for people who can't access the fibre network is satellite and/or other technologies - you're not being forgotten, but honestly, should we all be paying for a fibre to nowhere? It's impractical and I applaud the Government for just getting on with it. NBN is happening and this announcement by Conroy is another positive step. Roll on!
Bruce
A web search shows that 25-30 years is expected lifetime of optical fibre.
I see we may be replacing that first provided as we lay our last home.
Given the roof insulation fiasco there will be problems arise as the installing workforce is increased not the least being the safety issues .
It will not be all beer and skittles.
steve harrison
Go Conroy...it is a sad indicment of developers that they would not automatically add optical fibre infrastructure into a development and instead a government has mandate it! when will this country get is act together and realise optical fibre is as important as plumbing in water and electricity. Who want sto deliver in a new developmnet without brodband over optical fibre!!!
David
REPY to Bruce..
There are a few differnt types of fibre optic cable, the 25/30 year being the smallest cable, however even if that were the case, replacement is fast and cheap, its the conduits and intial roll out thats the big spend.
Unless threading the thicker bundled fibre, most of the cable going to homes is highly flexible and can do a cable change roll out very quickly.
I used to work for NTL(cable) in the UK and did cable changes every week.
Raymond McKeown
Simmo, you are a Goose! the NBN was Promised for All australians, not the few Chardonay sippers,if we follow your logic of abandoning the regionals and country,we would have milking cows in Collins St and rice paddies in George St.
Your comment of fibre to nowhere is so stupid! Are you prepared to pay $250 to $300 per month for this service?
Is there a business Plan?
If we follow your feeble logic, to make ready a few housing estates,well thank god you have nothing to do with this!
Ever heard of LTE, or 4G and the next Gen of capability.NBN will complete in 2018 are you prepared to say technology will stand still! Go back to dreaming! Raymond
Raymond McKeown
Simmo Dear Boy, ever heard of project Opel! would have been built by now! then again,you are probably of the Pink Batts mindset,you probably think that the BER Project is delivering anywhere near value for OUR taxes. And given that housing is at it's lowest construction rate! where do you think the good Sen Conroy's housing estates are going to be? Perhaps you wish to suggest that the 300 NBN newly appointed bureaucrats, paid for with borrowed Chinese money that my and others taxes have to repay,( i suspect you do not pay tax) can go into the Landf Development Business...Simmo you are a Goose from Gosseville...probably the Mayor!
Henryk
Excellent.
And while you're at it, can you also add a Bill that says they must also develop footpaths for kids to walk/ride on to school safely...on both sides of the street.
gnome
Hmmm, "Raymond McKeown", you sound just like ol' lala Telstra who claims to be from Manly.
But more seriously, given that the great monopolist has always failed to provide up-to-date technology while using its monopoly to screw everybody, why shouldn't we all be rejoicing that the govt is acting in our interests?
Don't tell me, you're a Telstra shareholder and that's much more important than the national interest.
Raymond McKeown
Dear All,not a sharholder or employee,just hate my taxes being wasted,and the lkes of PM Rudd and Conroylying to everybody,what is in that report they will not release,I kno what is there...much more later...nice to see ll the Tlstra haters putting down their Latteand Chard's to at least show a little interest,has anybody worked out $43 bil orrowed from China,how much i tax you me and everybody bar silly Simpmo,cause he does unot pay tax! w ill have to cough
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