Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The Gillard government is proud of the investment we are making to ensure that the NBN is a truly National Broadband Network. On 1 July this year, NBN Co. launched its interim satellite service. Since then more than 300 homes and businesses have been connected to this new service in just over six weeks and the initial feedback from the first customers has been overwhelmingly positive.