On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:37 PM, David Richards <[email protected] > wrote:
> Apart from the use of "impacted", a nice article. > > At least it wasn't impactful. > For some reason, this whole argument reminds me of the republic referendum > some years back. I knew a number of people who didn't like the idea of a > politician appointed president and thought voting "No" meant "the people" > would vote for the president. > > It's like the fake senate parties - "No carbon Tax" and "stop the greens" - parties whose sole purpose is to attract those who don't think and funnel votes to the majors. > The fact is, the vast majority of people who vote on such things do so > without all the facts. Certainly not enough to be responsible for making a > decision. > > People on this list will tend to be looking at it from a technical point > of view. I doubt any of this has any meaning to the population in general. > It had a significant effect last election - the NBN per se, not the technical detail. > > If the NBN was available in my area, I'd get it. For cable, my only > option now is Optus which is what I have. Telstra told me I could get ADSL > with a fraction of the data and for a lot more money. If only I had a > choice... > ADSL - its fantastic if you live in the exchange. VDSL2 - truly is fantastic because its implemented for people who do live in the exchange (high density apartments) and have cat5 or 6 from there to their apartment > > David > > "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes > will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" > -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama > > > On 4 September 2013 13:53, Bill McCarthy > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Here’s a good read from today : >> >> http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/computers/blogs/gadgets-on-the-go/turnbulls-fragmented-nbn-dooms-australia-to-repeat-the-mistakes-of-the-past-20130904-2t4cr.html >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Hopefully that will help some folks see past the one tree and start >> looking at the forest.**** >> > > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
