‘Digital divide’: report finds some Australian rural mobile data speeds 90% slower than urban

RMIT report finds rural communities suffer much slower data speeds than urban counterparts

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Mobile data speeds in rural towns with large Indigenous communities were 90% slower on average than those in urban areas, a study by RMIT University has found.

The report by Prof Mark Gregory analysed data speeds in eight rural towns across New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia and called on the government to set a minimum performance standard" to ensure rural and First Nations communities were not left behind.