The federal government has allocated an additional AU$20 million to cover a shortfall in funding for the Broadband Connect rural broadband subsidy.
Internet service provider Internode has halted its regional broadband rollout due to an "unexpected and premature end" of the federal government's Broadband Connect Program.
Internet service provider Internode will re-commence selling subsidised broadband services to rural areas where Telstra has ADSL infrastructure, under the federal government's AU$878 million Broadband Connect (BC) scheme.
Internet service provider Westnet plans to continue selling subsidised broadband services to rural areas under the federal government's Broadband Connect (BC) program, despite the decision of its wholesale provider, Telstra, not to participate in the scheme.
update: Communications Minister Senator Helen Coonan will allow regional Internet service providers left in the lurch by the sudden closure of a federal subsidy to claim funds under a replacement program.
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