internet speed

Unlike much of rural England, Clapham boasts one of the best internet connections in the country – and the locals built it themselves.

A new fingernail-sized chip that can transmit data at 40 Tbps through a single optical fibre connection of the same kind used in the NBN has been developed. That’s about three times the record data rate for the entire NBN network and about 100 times the speed of any single device currently used in Australian fibre networks.

In the past month, global Internet traffic has increased by about 30%. Spectrum resources, or frequencies, can be made available by governments during times of crisis.

Even if the government simply made an in-principle commitment and NBN Co started the planning now, it would give industry and people generally greater confidence in the future than currently exists.

The secret of internet speed success in NZ is that both sides of politics have always agreed on the need for a state-of-the-art broadband network. Australia needs a bipartisan rescue plan for the dud NBN. And we need one now.