THE Federal member and Labor candidate for Eden Monaro Dr Mike Kelly held a forum at Club Narooma on Saturday to discuss the benefits of the National Broadband Network and to answer any questions about the rollout.
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Around 55 people attended and heard how under Labor’s current plan, the majority of homes in and around Narooma will be connected by mid-2016, although he admitted homes in outlying regions would rely on a new high-speed satellite and wireless services.
Dr Kelly said the NBN provide every child with access to new educational resources from around the world; improve the way health care is delivered, allowing access to specialist services locally; and help Narooma’s businesses to compete in a global economy with fast broadband that enables teleconferencing, video conferencing and virtual private networks.
“The alternative is Tony Abbott and Peter Hendy’s plan to charge families and businesses as much as $5000 each to be connected to fibre, something that is provided at no cost under Labor’s NBN,” he said.
A spokesman for Dr Kelly said Labor’s plan was costed at $40million and 7 per cent return on investment going to Treasury.
While the Coalition’s plan would be completed two years sooner, the speeds would be much slower at 50 megabytes per second compared to the fibre-to-the-home speeds of 1000 megabytes per second.
Dr Kelly was critical of the Coalition’s plan that would see exchanges on each street that could be vandalised.
Liberal candidate for Eden-Monaro Peter Hendy meanwhile was joined by Shadow Minister for Communications and Broadband Malcolm at his own telecommunications forum at Cooma on Monday.
Around 55 people attended and heard how under Labor’s current plan, the majority of homes in and around Narooma will be connected by mid-2016, although he admitted homes in outlying regions would rely on a new high-speed satellite and wireless services.
Dr Kelly said the NBN provide every child with access to new educational resources from around the world; improve the way health care is delivered, allowing access to specialist services locally; and help Narooma’s businesses to compete in a global economy with fast broadband that enables teleconferencing, video conferencing and virtual private networks.
“The alternative is Tony Abbott and Peter Hendy’s plan to charge families and businesses as much as $5000 each to be connected to fibre, something that is provided at no cost under Labor’s NBN,” he said.
A spokesman for Dr Kelly said Labor’s plan was costed at $40million and 7 per cent return on investment going to Treasury.
While the Coalition’s plan would be completed two years sooner, the speeds would be much slower at 50 megabytes per second compared to the fibre-to-the-home speeds of 1000 megabytes per second.
Dr Kelly was critical of the Coalition’s plan that would see exchanges on each street that could be vandalised.
Liberal candidate for Eden-Monaro Peter Hendy meanwhile was joined by Shadow Minister for Communications and Broadband Malcolm at his own telecommunications forum at Cooma on Monday.
