Looking at the rollout, it's scheduled to be available for me by end of year. Which is somewhat unfair, being I've already got vdsl2.
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:51 PM, GregAtGregLowDotCom <[email protected]>wrote: > Like most people, I’d love to have FTTH.**** > > ** ** > > However, I have zero confidence in the current government’s ability to > deliver it in a reasonable timeframe. Wishing for it won’t make it happen. > **** > > ** ** > > Given a choice between paying $3K-$5k to connect our house to a local node > in 2016, and a dream of a service that’s unlikely to appear before I retire > in about 10 years’ time, there really is no serious choice to be made. I’d > pay the $3k-$5k in a heartbeat.**** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > ** ** > > Greg**** > > ** ** > > Dr Greg Low**** > > ** ** > > 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913fax > **** > > SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *David Richards > *Sent:* Wednesday, 4 September 2013 2:38 PM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: [OT] NBN revisited**** > > ** ** > > Apart from the use of "impacted", a nice article.**** > > ** ** > > 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.**** > > ** ** > > 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. > **** > > ** ** > > 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...**** > > > **** > > 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
