On 11/06/2016 10:34 AM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
...
The NBNco site ...
I think these days, it's officially NBN™. ;) Which may not display
reliably, depending on your system.
Anyway, I've recently transferred my access to the so-called "Long-term
Satellite Service" (LTSS) aka "Sky Muster" aka NBN 1a. While faster
(when it works), I find it less reliable than the "Interim Satellite
Service" (ISS) that it replaced. Teething problems perhaps, but I get
the feeling that corners have been cut. They couldn't cancel the
contracts to purchase the satellites, but I reckon they've skimped
elsewhere.
On 11/06/2016 1:56 PM, Frank O'Connor wrote:
... The NBN has been posited for my area by Q2 2016 …
The three-year plan is less a plan than a promotional exercise. With an
election in the offing, they had to come up with something.
... its a bit of a sleeper issue and most voters haven’t cottoned on to the
fact that building this dogs breakfast for an admitted $60 billion, and
expecting to sell it for an estimated $20 billion (to either idiots who have no
idea how much work will be needed to bring it up-to-standard, or network
monopolists like Telstra looking to lock in short term profits whilst a serious
broadband network is built -...
Mates of the current government will profit handsomely, at inestimable
cost to the nation. I don't share your confidence that the private
sector will build "a serious broadband network" for Australia. They
couldn't even maintain the network they inherited.
While we're at it, please stop referring to the NBN. That name is just
political spin for a repair job. An effort to make catching-up look like
an exciting initiative.
We should probably stop talking about broadband as well; it's just the
telecommunications network. The network must be viewed as a whole;
concentrating on parts aids political obfuscation.
--
David Boxall | "Cheer up" they said.
| "Things could be worse."
http://david.boxall.id.au | So I cheered up and,
| Sure enough, things got worse.
| --Murphy's musing
_______________________________________________
Link mailing list
[email protected]
http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
