On 2020-01-13 08:57, Tom Worthington wrote: > It is the job of the Australian Government to work with telcos before > disasters, not just try to blame them afterwards. If the Minister wants a > higher level of reliability of the network, he need to consult the telcos, > work out who is going to pay for it, and then put legislation before > Parliament to make it happen.
I thoroughly agree with the sentiment. But we did privatise telecommunications, so isn't it up to the telcos to plan & pay for these disasters? Or are we going down the usual conservative path of privatising the profits and socialising the losses? There's a trade-off between performance and vulnerability too. An "intelligent pole" offering 5G every 100 metres or so doesn't look so good in a bushfire-prone area. >>> ... Mr Fletcher recommended people carry a transistor radio ... > > A "transistor" radio? (:-)! Stop complaining, it is the conservative party... David L. _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
