The Australian opposition launched its Broadband policy today. Inferior in every way to the current National Broadband Network and no cheaper in the long run due to the cost of maintaining the old copper network. Is the cost of electing the LNP having inferior infrastructure, more expensive health care and poorer education?
Do the opposition plan to charge all the people who are already connected to the NBN the $5000 they will make me pay to get FTTP once they get elected? My house is over 3.5KM from the exchange and I get 3M over ADSL2.
You have got to question the motives of the opposition - are they protecting their biggest donors? They will be winning the next election regardless of what they say or do between now and September so there is no reason not to allow the NBN to proceed except for vested self-interest.
One thing is for sure - if they ruin the NBN I will be cancelling my Foxtel subscription and will never buy anything associated with the backers of the LNP.
I wonder if we can get a Green senator elected in the ACT? Unlikely but I will be pushing the idea with friends and colleagues.
[6 Jul 2013 update] The recent change of Prime Minister has made the election a lot closer. The opposition now may have to start doing some work. The free ride may be over.
[10 Oct 2013] It was a false dawn and the second senate seat went to the LNP. We will have to try again next election.
[16 Sep 2014] The government has managed to slow the rollout of the NBN to a crawl and has wasted money with review after review and commission after commission into anything it can, all with predetermined outcomes.
[11 July 2017] The NBN finally made it to our house. Sure enougth our distance to the node is 1053m and the attanable speed is just over half what I have been getting from VDSL2 for the last four years. So I connected for a week to check it our and then cancelled.
Do the opposition plan to charge all the people who are already connected to the NBN the $5000 they will make me pay to get FTTP once they get elected? My house is over 3.5KM from the exchange and I get 3M over ADSL2.
You have got to question the motives of the opposition - are they protecting their biggest donors? They will be winning the next election regardless of what they say or do between now and September so there is no reason not to allow the NBN to proceed except for vested self-interest.
One thing is for sure - if they ruin the NBN I will be cancelling my Foxtel subscription and will never buy anything associated with the backers of the LNP.
I wonder if we can get a Green senator elected in the ACT? Unlikely but I will be pushing the idea with friends and colleagues.
[6 Jul 2013 update] The recent change of Prime Minister has made the election a lot closer. The opposition now may have to start doing some work. The free ride may be over.
[10 Oct 2013] It was a false dawn and the second senate seat went to the LNP. We will have to try again next election.
[16 Sep 2014] The government has managed to slow the rollout of the NBN to a crawl and has wasted money with review after review and commission after commission into anything it can, all with predetermined outcomes.
[11 July 2017] The NBN finally made it to our house. Sure enougth our distance to the node is 1053m and the attanable speed is just over half what I have been getting from VDSL2 for the last four years. So I connected for a week to check it our and then cancelled.
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