THE lack of publically available information on the rollout of the NBN (National Broadband Network) for the Paterson electorate is of serious concern, Forster Tuncurry branch ALP secretary Louise Collins says.
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Anyone who has been on the NBN rollout website and typed in a Great Lakes address would be similarly in the dark, as the website states merely, “The NBN rollout has not started in your area. Keep checking the website for updates and more information”. This response has remained unchanged since the roll-out began.
In a letter to the Advocate, Ms Collins said MP Bob Baldwin made an election promise that the Liberals would deliver at least 25 megabits per second to all households by 2016 – “a promise that has already been broken”.
“The Liberals should finally concede that Labor’s plan to rollout fibre to the premises technology, which delivers speeds of up to 1000 megabits per second, is superior to their poorly planned hotchpotch alternative,” she said.
In response to Ms Collins’ concerns, Mr Baldwin released information about six NBN towers, three of which have started construction at Booral, Nabiac and Darawank. His office said the Darawank NBN tower and service is due to go live before the end of the year, while there will also be a NBN tower at Rainbow Flat, which will service part of the Great Lakes Shire.
“The three remaining towers at Stroud Town, Stroud North and Marshdale are due to begin construction in by July and to go live at the end of the year,” the statement said.
Mr Baldwin has stated that the Coalition government’s NBN must be a “realistic solution” which should be completed using a multi-technology mix. He said by 2019, 90 per cent of Australians should have minimum download speeds of 50 megabits per second.
