Question: How much faster then broadband will the next-gen network be?
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Goodna was the first Brisbane/Ipswich suburb to receive the NBN (National Broadband Network) providing superfast broadband services.
Speeds are expected to be 1 gigabit per second for broadband.
This is almost 1000 times faster than what many ADSL broadband Internet subscribers are actually experiencing now. 
In January 2001, the Broadband Media Association was formed to promote the broadband industry.
By April the same year there were six broadband Internet providers, with the total number of broadband users exceeding 300,000.
Pacific Internet introduced wireless broadband services in October 2001.
In December 2006, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) introduced a programme named "Wireless@SG".
It is part of its Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure initiative.
It offers everyone free wireless access in high human-traffic areas, including the Central Business District, downtown shopping belts like Orchard Road, and residential town centres.
The access speed has been doubled to 1 Mbit/s since 1 September 2009 and the free service will continue until 31 March 2013.
In early September 2010, internet service providers in Singapore rolled out the Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN) service plans.
The Next Gen NBN is Singapore’s nation-wide ultra-high speed fibre network.
It offers pervasive, competitively priced broadband speeds of up to 1 Gbps at comparable prices to ADSL and cable connection.
Deployed 75% nationwide as of August 2011, Next Gen NBN is on track to achieve its target of 95 per cent coverage by mid-2012. 
Experts see several benefits of using the freed spectrum for mobile broadband because it is cheaper than fixed broadband to provide last mile connectivity.
It could facilitate economic development.
McKinsey's report suggested that every 10% increase in household broadband penetration will bring 1.4% increase of GDP growth.
Usually GDP growth leads to job creations.
One good thing about mobile broadband is that mobile penetration is much higher than PC penetration, that means mobile broadband will help to the broadband penetration to increase faster.
Mobile broadband could be used to serve people living in rural area and low income groups, such as farmers.
It could provide them medical, educational and other general information 
The Dreamcast Broadband Adapter (often abbreviated to BBA) and Modem Adapter are accessories that were released for the Sega Dreamcast.
A 56 or 33.6K modem is included with the console for use with dial-up Internet access.
It could be replaced by a broadband network adapter, released on January 10, 2001, for use in conjunction with broadband Internet access.
Either adapter can be used for web browsing and online gaming.
Broadband connectivity also led to the unintended consequence of much faster Dreamcast GD-ROM copying, leading to a dramatic increase in game piracy towards the end of the console's North American lifespan. 
President Obama estimated a one-time investment of $5 billion and a reformation of the Universal Service Fund to help millions of Americans get access to these technologies.
Another estimated cost of the wireless broadband plan is $7.2 billion from stimulus funds.
Another plan is calling for $10.7 billion to commit to the support, development and deployment of the wireless broadband.
Despite the cost, wireless would help with public safety affordance of greater levels of effectiveness and interoperability.
With broadband technologies developing, equipment and services are getting faster and cheaper.
Again, Obama proposes to pay for the wireless network by having broadcasters give back their privilege to the spectrum for government auction.
The auction would then be mostly profit so costs would come from the infrastructure and maintenance of the network, not the spectrum space.
It is still questioned whether the costs are too high and if the end benefits outweigh those costs.
In a report by George Ford at Fox News Channel, he stated that spending money on the last frontier of broadband has small incremental value.
Obama not only estimated a one-time investment, but also stated a public safety cost.
He called for a $10.7 billion investment to ensure public safety benefits from the technology and to have $3.2 billion to reallocate the D block of the spectrum as mentioned before.
This band of the spectrum would be reserved solely for public safety as stated under current law.
Another $7 billion would be needed to support the deployment of the network, and then $500 million from the Wireless Innovation (WIN) Fund for research and development, and to tailor the network to public safety needs.
Although many billions of dollars will go towards building this plan, reducing the national deficit by billions of dollars can be considered worthwhile.
Again, President Obama does hope that this plan will cut the nation deficit by $9.6 billion over the next ten years.
The thought of whether the cost is too high also raises other points in the media.
John Horrigan of the Pew Research Center commented that the high cost of broadband now is why more Americans are not already using it.
There is also the consideration that not every American has access to a computer.
Although smartphones with Internet capabilities have been on the rise for many years now, there is still a reason the entire nation is not "online".
Whether it is the cost of an Internet-ready device or computer, or obtaining Internet service, cost is still a big factor for this technology.
In terms of cost, one-third of Americans who do not have broadband access say cost prohibits them from purchasing it.