Broadband woes in southern suburbs
Many angry southern Perth suburbs residents are being denied the most
basic Internet service access and feel the Federal Government’s planned
National Broadband Network in the future is irrelevant when their needs
are not being met today, Federal Member for Tangney Dennis Jensen said
Wednesday.
“The level of demand for Internet service in my electorate is extremely high……and it has become increasingly obvious that delivery of Internet services to the area is woefully inadequate,” he said in a speech to Parliament.
“The Federal Government has taken pains to outline a grand vision for high-speed data links to almost every home in the country.
“But promises of what might be - and what strike most as mere pipe-dreams, at that – resonate emptily with citizens who are being denied even basic Internet service because of complete disinterest demonstrated by the Prime Minister and his Communications Minister.
“Being told of the great possibilities of high-speed links means little to those with no speed.
“The potential of the information superhighway is superfluous to those who can’t even enter the on-ramp.”
Dr Jensen told parliament of constituents in Booragoon who had been unable to access any ADSL services, let alone the higher speed connections available elsewhere.
“Their only option, they say, is to pay for wireless services, which as most of us should know, can be prohibitively expensive,” he added.
Other constituents in new housing estates in Canning Vale had found that although they had below ground services cables for utilities and even television, they could only have dial-up Internet access because some of the area’s hardware was not upgraded from the days before development, when it hosted mostly small semi-rural properties.
Similar complaints had been heard from across the electorate, which spans from Attadale and Winthrop in the west to Parkwood and Canning Vale in the east.
The government’s proposed $43 billion high-speed national broadband network did not meet the need for urgent action today to ensure all residents had access to reasonable Internet service, Dr Jensen said.
“They want real change, and they want it now,” he added.
“They don’t want fancy plans with an excess of spin, as delivered by the government. They want results.”
“The level of demand for Internet service in my electorate is extremely high……and it has become increasingly obvious that delivery of Internet services to the area is woefully inadequate,” he said in a speech to Parliament.
“The Federal Government has taken pains to outline a grand vision for high-speed data links to almost every home in the country.
“But promises of what might be - and what strike most as mere pipe-dreams, at that – resonate emptily with citizens who are being denied even basic Internet service because of complete disinterest demonstrated by the Prime Minister and his Communications Minister.
“Being told of the great possibilities of high-speed links means little to those with no speed.
“The potential of the information superhighway is superfluous to those who can’t even enter the on-ramp.”
Dr Jensen told parliament of constituents in Booragoon who had been unable to access any ADSL services, let alone the higher speed connections available elsewhere.
“Their only option, they say, is to pay for wireless services, which as most of us should know, can be prohibitively expensive,” he added.
Other constituents in new housing estates in Canning Vale had found that although they had below ground services cables for utilities and even television, they could only have dial-up Internet access because some of the area’s hardware was not upgraded from the days before development, when it hosted mostly small semi-rural properties.
Similar complaints had been heard from across the electorate, which spans from Attadale and Winthrop in the west to Parkwood and Canning Vale in the east.
The government’s proposed $43 billion high-speed national broadband network did not meet the need for urgent action today to ensure all residents had access to reasonable Internet service, Dr Jensen said.
“They want real change, and they want it now,” he added.
“They don’t want fancy plans with an excess of spin, as delivered by the government. They want results.”
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