An Address by Mr. Tom Worthington in Launceston
Why Max? Demystifying Broadband options for Tasmania

Both political parties have released broadband policies for the next federal election.

These contain terms such as "WiMax" and "FTTN".

Recently a debate on the accuracy of broadband statistics broke out, with competing definitions of broadband being debated. The future of the Australian economy depends on the outcome of these debates.

This presentation will demystify some of the terms in the current debate, look at what we have now and what the policy options for the future are. As an example of the uses for broadband, the ACS's online education system, using Australian developed open source software will be discussed.