1. Synopsis 2. New South Wales 2.1 Broadband penetration Wagga Wagga 20% 2.1.1 Can-do city wants video quality broadband 2.1.2 ADSL2+ offers 10x higher speeds 2.1.3 Infrastructure alternatives for Wagga 2.1.4 Broadband over Powerlines (BPL) 2.1.5 Fibre backbone and Telstra’s last-mile network 2.1.6 Fibre and wireless broadband 2.1.7 Time for action 2.2 Broadband for the Central West 2.3 The broadbanding of Port Macquarie 2.4 Clear Networks to supply broadband to Eden and other NSW towns 2.5 Soul and Country Energy partner for rural fibre network rollout 2.6 Homexone and Netxone 2.7 Rural BASH Shire Council Broadband Project 2.8 The Hunter IN-REACH Project 2.9 Vocational Educational Training for remote and rural communities - 2005 2.10 Tweed Shire Council - June 2006 2.11 The Broadbanding of Armidale (New England) 2.11.1 Introduction 2.11.2 The projects 2.11.3 Community takes charge 2.11.4 The infrastructure 2.11.5 The first-mile challenge 2.12 Broadband developments in Orange 2.12.1 Riverina First 2.12.2 Ideate 2.13 Digital River - wireless broadband developments 2.14 Wagga Wagga to take lead role in WiMAX pilot - April 2006 2.15 Telstra’s operations in regional NSW 2.16 Key telcos in the region 2.16.1 Norlink Communications Ltd - Northern Rivers 2.16.2 Southern Phone Company 2.17 Bucketty (Lower Hunter Valley) 3. Australian Capital Territory (ACT) 3.1 Australian Capital Region Development Council (ARDC) 3.2 TransACT Communications - Canberra 4. Related reports Exhibit 1 - Armidale demographics
