Article: Expert panel to determine broadband network of the future


AAP General News (Australia)
06-18-2007
Expert panel to determine broadband network of the future

By Nick Lucchinelli

SYDNEY, June 18 AAP - Telstra has warned it expects absolute impartiality from an expert
panel appointed by the federal government to scrutinise the competing plans of Telstra
and Optus for a fibre-optic broadband network.

Telstra and the Optus-led G9 have separate plans for a super-fast network that would
seriously accelerate broadband, with the ability to revolutionise the health and education
sectors and deliver massive productivity boosts to business.

But both proposals have problems - Telstra's plan is bogged in a regulatory quagmire
over pricing and access for ...

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