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Higher Bandwidth Incentive Scheme (HiBIS)
All funds have been allocated and the program has now been completed.
HiBIS was a $157.8 million initiative of the Australian Government providing registered Internet service providers with incentive payments to supply higher bandwidth services in regional, rural and remote areas at prices comparable to those available in metropolitan areas. HiBIS was part of the Australian Government's contribution to the National Broadband Strategy and was the Government's response to recommendation 6.3 of the report of the 
Regional Telecommunications Inquiry (RTI) - 
HiBIS brochure (File size: 2.5Mb).
The new $878 million Broadband Connect program commenced on 1 January 2006 and builds on the success of HiBIS which ended on 31 December 2005.
Resources
- ISDN availability checking tool (to be used in conjunction with the Incentive Levels map);
List of Indicative areas with existing access to Telstra ADSL (File format: xls, File size: 75kb) ;- List of Indicative areas with Imminent Access identified at the start of HiBIS (File format: xls, File size: 17kb) ;
- List of Indicative areas with existing access to a metropolitan-comparable service at the start of HiBIS where not coinciding with Telstra ADSL (File format: xls, File size: 30kb) ;
- List of Remote ESAs for the purpose of claiming travel allowance(File format: xls, File size: 29kb) ;
Checking the eligibility of premises for HiBIS vDec04 (File size: 106Kb) ;- List of Telstra ESAs which have been ADSL enabled since the start of the Scheme (File format: xls, File size: 36Kb); and
- List of Telstra ESAs which have been ISDN enabled since the start of the Scheme (File format: xls, File size: 16Kb).
HiBIS Updates
- HiBIS Update 7 November 2005 - ADSL enablement of Telstra Exchanges since the commencement of HiBIS
- HiBIS Update 12 September 2005 - ADSL enablement of Telstra Exchanges since the commencement of HiBIS
- HiBIS Update 18 July 2005 - ADSL enablement of Telstra Exchanges since the commencement of HiBIS
- HiBIS Update 18 July 2005 - ISDN enablement of Telstra Exchanges since the commencement of HiBIS
- HiBIS Update 13 July 2005 - Failure to provide services to Imminent Access areas
- Update 3 June 2005 - ADSL enablement of Telstra Exchanges since the commencement of HiBIS
- Update 31 March 2005 - ADSL enablement of Telstra Exchanges since the commencement of HiBIS
- Update 7 December 2004 - Amendment of section 4.13.6 of the Guidelines, and the Eligibility checking process
- Update 7 December 2004 - ADSL enablement of Telstra Exchanges since the commencement of HiBIS
- Update 1 April 2005 - ISDN enablement of Telstra Exchanges since the commencement of HiBIS
- Update 7 December 2004 - Multiple Services Pricing Table as Attachment to the HiBIS Service Registration Form
- Update 7 December 2004 - Provision of services to some Imminent Access areas
- Update 7 December 2004 - Amendment of section 9.4 of the Guidelines Attachments 'Standard HiBIS provisions for the Customer application and attestation form'
- Update 10 September 2004
- Update 28 July 2004
- Update 7 May 2004
If you would like to contact us, please e-mail hibis@dcita.gov.au or telephone 1800 883 488.
HiBIS Disclaimer
HiBIS is the Higher Bandwidth Incentive Scheme and is not related to, endorsed by or otherwise connected with Hibis Corporation Pty Limited or the trade mark Hibis owned by Hibis Consulting Pty Limited.