On 30/10/13 14:48, Andrew Thornton wrote: > > Further to a newspaper article of about 2 weeks > ago [Age?] in which a journalist said that she moved house and ended up > with pitiful internet, will we ever reach a state of maturity in > Australia? Namely, will internet become the same as water, gas or > electricity in terms of mobility? I should be able to move from one > house to another and know that as a professional internet user I won't > be left high and dry. > > In the NBN debate this aspect seems to have been > absent and I find that curious. >
Is it so curious even today? Going to some places in Australia you still get to use septic sewerage systems, even some thunderboxes - but more rarely. If I was moving to a place that I suspected would have a problem with internet access, that would be a factor to be taken into account in the decision to move to that location. I dont think its the vendor's problem to point out any inadequacy any more than I think its the government's job to ensure that this situation doesnt exist in broad terms (ie cost vs benefit). And yes this is a very unequal position to hold but it's the reality of living in a very large land mass with so few people in it that makes the economics of service provision problematic. cheers brenda -- Brenda Aynsley, FACS CP, ACS Honorary Life Member Chair IFIP International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3) 2011-13 Honorary Secretary SA Branch ACS -- Director Oz Business Partners http://www.ozbusinesspartners.com/ Mobile:+61(0)412 662 988 || Skype/Yahoo/Twitter: baynsley Phone:+61(0)8 7127 0107 Fax:+61(0)8 8272 7486 Mobile when I am out of Australia: +372 5408 0036 -- *Produced by Ubuntu and Mozilla Thunderbird* _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
