Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (right) lends a hand rolling out NBN fibre during a visit to an NBN rollout site in June, 2015. Source: AAP
The builders of the National Broadband Network (NBN) say trials of the latest technology are showing early promise in hopes of delivering far faster broadband internet speeds. Image: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (right) lends a hand rolling out NBN fibre during a visit to an NBN rollout site in June, 2015. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)
The builders of the National Broadband Network (NBN) say trials of the latest technology are showing early promise in hopes of delivering far faster broadband internet speeds. Image: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (right) lends a hand rolling out NBN fibre during a visit to an NBN rollout site in June, 2015. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)
Experts say "Fibre to the distribution point" - or F-T-T-D-P - is potentially ten times faster than the federal government's current preferred option, "Fibre to the node" - but slower than yet another alternative.
It comes as Australia slides further down global rankings of internet speeds, to the 60th fastest.
