On 14/08/13 10:08, Paul Brooks wrote: > ... personal alarms, the elderly and frail ... "who pays"...
The obvious solution would be for NBN Co/Government to pay for replacement equipment for those on Age and Disability Pensions, as was done with the conversion to digital TV (under the Household Assistance Scheme). Imaginatively I suggest this be called the 'NBN Household Assistance Scheme': http://blog.tomw.net.au/2013/08/nbn-household-assistance-scheme.html -- Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 The Higher Education Whisperer http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/ PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
