Tony Wright wrote:
It is absolutely Liberal vs Labor on this one, there is no other
choice!
Coke vs. Pepsi!
Pirate Party? Liberal Democratic Party? Family First? Wikileaks? lots more!
Sure, and the Liberals will probably win, but it doesn't mean that they
will have the power to get the NBN though (they probably will though).
While I also think that single issue voters are mostly morons, since
both major parties are mostly the same (you can disagree if you want,
but this is a separate rant which could go on forever) I guess it can't
hurt to vote only based on the NBN, but I don't think most people will.
If Liberals weren't wasting $20 billion on this, if they had
decided not to spend anything at all then they would be an option. But
as it currently stands the Labor party have a significantly better
value proposition. Both parties are otherwise just as useless as each
other, evidence being that the Liberals came up with such a dumbarse
alternative in the first place. Since when did the Liberals become
interested in interfering in the market? Answer: never, so why now
Totally agree, except where you say that liberals aren't interested in
interfering with the market. They love doing that!
My opinion: Labor's NBN is a good idea. In reality it will probably take
2, 3, or more times as long, and be the same in cost. Is fibre great?
Sure. Is fibre great at $10,000+ per house. No. Is $10,000 fibre per
house even better when it's all controlled by a government monopoly?
Yes! Whoops, I mean @#*&#*&*$ NOOO!
Is the Liberals NBN idea just a cheap move to have a better "business"
sounding plan in a pathetically poor effort to play politics and try to
steal some of the "NBN vote"? Yes. Will their tactic work? They will
probably win anyway, but I don't think their politiking here has been
effective.
Just because someone thinks the NBN on the overall is horrible are they
against fast internet? No. Does it mean they support the liberal plan? No.
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As I said at the start: Coke vs. Pepsi at an inflated cost, and either
way, we will pay.
:)
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Les Hughes
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