[AusNOG] News: Minister Conroy contemplating Government-Funded undersea cable?

[Kai]

Outback Qld goes it alone for high-speed internet
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-29/outback-qld-goes-it-alone-for-high-speed-internet/4287308

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http://www.itnews.com.au/News/317202,conroy-mulls-government-funded-subsea-fibre-link.aspx 



Threatens 'unfettered power' to drive down prices. 

Communications minister Stephen Conroy has threatened to fund a new submarine link between Australia and the US out of the National Broadband Network budget if international pricing does not fall to reasonable levels. 



Discuss! 




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