Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

and it means that customers actually have a choice of services from carriers like Telstra and Optus or smaller providers such as BorderNET and WestNet. The first stage of Broadband Connect continues the successful HiBIS formula and it ensures that anyone in Australia who wants access to an affordable broadband solution can get access to a subsidised connection—