Of course, I'm interested in why they are so interested in building non-productive infrastructure, such as roads, that we spend, maybe 1 hour a day on,
yet we often spend 8+ hours of our time, many of them productive (for some of us, anyway), on computers, yet they won't invest in a productive venture. One makes a profit for the country and is in need of an upgrade (NBN/Internet). The other is generally good enough and throwing more money at it isn't going to give us much of a return and certainly not foreign money (Roads). From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Thursday, 12 December 2013 4:51 PM To: g...@greglow.com; ozDotNet Subject: RE: NBN Petition From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Thursday, 12 December 2013 4:38 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: NBN Petition If you were trying to run a commercial business based on rolling out an NBN, where would you start? Would it really be the back of Ballarat and Tamworth or would you roll it out in high-density areas in Sydney/Melbourne that are already screaming for it? A political or public service might do the former when they are spending other peoples' money. A business would do the latter. I guess it would depend on a lot of things. I'm not an expert on rolling out telecoms infrastructure, but I guess I'd need to ensure that I had good information and processes first, so starting in less complex areas might make sense. Secondly, I guess it isn't cheap cabling older apartment blocks in inner-city Sydney - they were built in the 1920s through 1970s, and probably have no Ethernet cabling in the building. The cost of retrofitting these buildings even just for HFC has meant that the majority aren't connected. If I was also mandated to cover everyone in the country, then I'd be covering all the new greenfields sites, so that they aren't reworked. >From what I understand, it isn't just sites in Tamworth that are being covered, but some in metropolitan areas as well. I guess, if this was a commercial operation, it would be done differently. But I don't know the whole picture (and I doubt you do either). And as I said before, we may have to accept some compromises. If each one of us had our own caveats on providing our support for this project based on implementation details, nothing would be done. You're insisting on more commercial savvy, and the next person will insist that the priority should be those people who don't have access to any comparable technology (i.e. all those on RIMs and pair-gain and whatnot that can't get ADSL2/ADSL today) Cheers Ken
