Senator FIFIELD (Victoria—Manager of Government Business in the Senate, Minister for Communications and Minister for the Arts) (14:39): I thank Senator Gallagher for the question. It is important to recognise with surveys such as the Akamai speed survey that whilst the NBN is available to 50 per cent of the nation, a majority of the nation are still on the pre-NBN network. So the Akamai survey, as a matter of logic and facts, primarily measures the pre-NBN network. What that means is the Akamai survey is really helping to make the case for our approach to see the NBN rolled out six to eight years sooner than would have been the case under those opposite, and at $30 billion less cost. Senator O'Neill: That is a gross misrepresentation! Senator FIFIELD: So, of those sampled in the Akamai survey, a minority would be on the NBN. It is also important to recognise the Akamai survey doesn't measure the technical speed capacities of lines. What it measures are the speeds that people have actually chosen to obtain. I think a number of colleagues would know something in the order of 83 per cent of people who are on the NBN have opted for speed packages of 25 megabits per second or less. Akamai doesn't measure what the particular line is capable of; it measures the package that people have actually chosen to adopt. So to present the Akamai survey as has been done by the other side and to characterise it the way it has been characterised is not an accurate reflection of the capacity of the NBN. As I say, it primarily and overwhelmingly covers the pre-NBN network. The PRESIDENT: Senator Gallagher, a supplementary question?