Internet up to 60 times faster

According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Australians will be able to download high definition feature films in eight minutes when the national broadband network is built, according to a leading supplier of the technology.

The $43 billion fibre-to-the-premises network will run underground cables of glass fibres the width of a human hair to almost every home and business in the country.

The network will deliver households internet speeds of up to 100 megabits (or 12.5 megabytes) per second, up to 100 times faster than many services on offer now.

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emily | 8:27 AM | Technology |
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