I was going through this satellite wireless broadband company. I found an interesting page titled “Australian Broadband Guarantee Subsidy.” This was interesting as India does not has any such practices. I searched around and found few references. On 26 February 2009, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, had announced a new provider application round under the Australian Broadband Guarantee. The release has said that currently 16 providers approved to offer the Australian Broadband Guarantee. Registered providers receive a subsidy enabling them to offer fixed wireless or satellite services at prices comparable to metropolitan areas.
Look at this satellite broadband australia company website. They say “we can provide you with a satellite broadband service where no other metro-comparable service is available to you.” But what does the Australian Broadband Guarantee mean?
As per the OZ govt website:
The Australian Broadband Guarantee is a targeted Government program aimed at providing universal access to a metro-comparable level of broadband service across Australia. The Australian Broadband Guarantee will ensure that the broadband access rights that regional and rural Australians have enjoyed under the Government’s HiBIS and Broadband Connect programs are maintained, and extended into all metropolitan areas.
Internet Service Providers such as Neighbourhood Cable have registered with the Department of Communications, Information, Technology and the Arts (DCITA) to receive an incentive payment for anyone connected under the Australian Broadband Guarantee program to Ballarat Premium Wireless. These incentive payments are used to reduce the installation price of broadband services and to offer incentives to ISP providers to roll out further broadband infrastructure to people living in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia.
Hope India too comes out with policies like this.
