Looking for more bandwidth? Go to Queensland, it has plenty to spare. In fact, according to the state government much of it is going to waste.
"We have enough fibre in South East Queensland to last us 200 years, but everything is being duplicated and nobody will share", said Queensland's Information and Communications Minister, Terry Mackenroth.
"If they shared resources maybe the fibre that is being laid in South East Queensland could be laid somewhere else.
"There are five or six companies laying fibre in Brisbane and we have enough bandwidth to go forever, but it is not being utilised.
"It is a terrible waste of resources," said Mackenroth.
Ironically, less than two years ago Queensland businesses were complaining about the lack of bandwidth in the state.
Since then, several companies have laid fibre networks - including the recently opened PowerTel/Boeing joint venture Pacific Innovation Corridor between the Gold Coast and Brisbane.
The 140 km PIC services seven industrial precincts and is connected to the United States via the giant Southern Cross cable.
While it was launched offering bandwidth of up to 2 gigabits per second, it is capable of providing more than a terabit per second.
Victorian company UEComm has also laid fibre between Brisbane and the Gold Coast to service industrial and commercial area in both cities, and several other companies are offering smaller services.
Mackenroth blamed Telstra's lack of service for part of the waste problem, saying it caused companies to lay their own fibre.
"It may be too late now, but I believe Telstra should have been split into two divisions with one to deal with its cable services.
"It would have been much more efficient," he said.
Meanwhile, measures to deal with a lack of broadband services in coastal regional Queensland are well ahead of schedule, according to the government.
The Brisbane-to-Bundaberg leg of the new Brisbane-to-Cairns fibre optic link will go online next month with Cairns expected to be connected by March.
The 2000 km broadband link follows the Brisbane-to-Cairns rail link and will eventually have nine regional points of presence.
It has been laid by Reef Networks and will be managed by C&W Optus.
