We’re the slow state

MORE Queenslanders will have slower National Broadband Network speeds than nearly every other state, with figures showing more than four-in-10 will be connected to an inferior system.

Figures show more than a million Queensland premises will have the copper-based fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) connection, with NSW and Victoria receiving at least triple the number of connections using the new fibre-to-the-curb (FTTC) technology.

FTTC technology was introduced by the Turnbull Government to improve upon FTTN, but remains slower than the original fibre-to-thepremises (FTTP) plan.

FTTN speeds are as slow as 12 megabytes per second, while homes and businesses connected by fibre optic cables directly, under the FTTP model, could have speeds at least four times faster.