If you’re sick of waiting for the NBN and fed up with slow internet speeds, then Luke Baker is your type of guy.

The communications professional from Bundaberg was so sick with poor internet service that he decided to take matters into his own hands.

And by that we mean he chose to build his own broadband network.

“I was trying to run my communication business out of home and the internet was so bad some nights I couldn’t even send an email,” Mr Baker told Weekend Sunrise.

“I thought with my extensive network of contacts in the communications industry I’d be able to find someone to solve it but when I investigated that it didn’t look like anyone was going to be able to solve it. So the only way was to do it ourselves.

“So you find yourself some really smart people and try to team up with them, that’s what I did.”

Camera Icon Luke Baker says he’s just the front man for the project.

Mr Baker says the “smart guys” are the ones operating in the background, including “network engineers and guys with patents across the world in routing technologies.”

But his little idea has gained traction and Open Cloud Broadband may have an even bigger future.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull recently described the NBN as a “corporate train wreck” and admitted it was not “commercially viable.”

“We do have a growth plan in place and our best speed here is 200 megabits per second, which is double the NBN’s retail offering,” he explained.

“We picked Bundaberg because we live here and that was our frustration. But we’ve had enquires from all around the country – people 15km from major CBDs begging us to come down there.

“Our lower tiers plans are better than current ADSL speeds and cheaper. So not only can we do it faster, we can do it at a better price.”

Camera Icon The NBN has been a constance source of frustration for households across Australia. Credit: Sharon Smith. The West Australian

But Mr Baker was quick to point out some of the challenges involved in building the NBN.

“NBN Co is trying to replace Australia’s telephony network which was built 100 years ago, so it’s a big job,” he said.

“They are doing a good job of building something that was mandated to them by the government. They aren’t doing all that bad.”