Australian broadband network continues to grow rapidly.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-7 March 2007-ACCC: Australian broadband network continues to grow rapidly(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07032007 The Australian broadband network continues to grow rapidly despite the current "noise and bluster" about telecommunications competition and access regulation, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman, Mr Graeme Samuel, said today.* The two questions which needed to be answered in relation to the further development of the network were: what form will this network ultimately take and who will own it, Mr Samuel said.

"At present, around 91 per cent of the population is connected via the copper network to local exchanges offering ADSL or ADSL2 broadband, with speeds of up to 8 Mbps to 20 Mbps. "Increased...