Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Communications, Senator Fifield. On 6 June 2017, Charles Clinic Heart Care in Tasmania wrote to you outlining the disparity in internet quality between their main clinic in Launceston and their outreach clinic in Burnie. The clinic needs upload speeds of at least 10 megabits per second, but NBN Co will not guarantee these speeds over fibre to the node. As a result, the clinic may close and patients may be forced to travel to Launceston for appointments. Minister, why have you continued to roll out fibre to the node when it cannot guarantee even basic upload speeds?