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Broadband Connect - incentive program

Important notice

The Prime Minister and the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts announced the Australian Broadband Guarantee on 7 March 2007. From April 2007, the Australian Broadband Guarantee will replace the Broadband Connect Incentive program and the Metropolitan Broadband Connect program. Read more about the Australian Broadband Guarantee.

The Broadband Connect Incentive Program aims to provide registered Internet Service Providers with incentive payments to supply higher bandwidth services in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia at prices comparable to those available in metropolitan areas. Broadband Connect builds on the success of the previous Higher Bandwidth Incentive Scheme (HiBIS).

The current Broadband Connect Guidelines and related documents are available from the links on the right of this page.

In accordance with section 2.1 of the guidelines, no new applications for registration will be accepted for the program from 1 July 2006, and no variations to funding deeds to add or change services or service areas will be accepted after 31 December 2006.

The current incentive based program will continue during 2006-07.

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  • Last modified: 5 February 2008, 7:51pm