"I suspect that if Turnbull said "we're spending the money to build the NBN properly", there would be a massive sigh of relief across the country." - here here, I'd drink to that.
On 6 Jan 2018 7:26 AM, "Greg Low" <g...@greglow.com> wrote: > That's what I find amusing every time I hear a comparison on the TV of the > "Turnbull plan" vs the "Labor plan to have fibre to the premises for > everyone by 2018 at $xx". > > > > The original plan was simply never going to happen, and so it's an > endlessly pointless comparison. Even Labor now isn't promising to do it. > They know it can't be delivered. > > > > There were pockets were it did work. Armidale and Coffs Harbour, for > example, got what was promised. But that was because they had a local > member who was the only thing holding the government in power. It was pure > politics, not economics. > > > > Now, do I like the current plan? *Not at all.* > > > > If I was in charge, I'd take away the $55B sub project and fund the NBN > properly. The subs are a complete waste of money. I struggle to see how > they'll have real value for us by say 2035 when we'll get them, and again, > they are only being built that way for political reasons in SA. > > > > If, by 2035, I had to put my money on subs that are basically there for > covert surveillance, or on say tens of thousands of aquatic drones designed > to find subs, I'd put my money on the drones. We should be building things > to make these types of subs pointless, not building the subs. US subs as > mobile missile platforms are a different story, but that's not ours. > > > > I suspect that if Turnbull said "we're spending the money to build the NBN > properly", there would be a massive sigh of relief across the country. > > > > Regards, > > > > Greg > > > > Dr Greg Low > > > > 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 > fax > > SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com |http://greglow.me > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-bounces@ > ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Connors > *Sent:* Saturday, 6 January 2018 11:11 AM > *To:* ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Internet use on 4G LTE > > > > > > On Sat, 6 Jan 2018 at 09:52 Tony Wright <tonyw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm sure you have an answer for everything, but people in my area were > being connected. > > > > Here, I put the data from the governance report into excel for you. > > > > The column in red shows for the given period, what % of 'premises passed' > were left with no ability to order services - Service Class 0. > > > > Anywhere from 15 to almost 50%. As the previous graph I posted shows, the > figure was going up like a cliff face. > > > > To put that in English, NBN was quoting premises as passed and *ready for > service* numbers which were so low that there was no end in site for the > project - and even of those numbers that were so low, 15-50% of them were > bullshit anyway because NBN was running fibre past places with no lead in > and declaring them done. > > > > They needed to be doing ~5K premises per day to hit their numbers and at > the end of Quigley's reign they managed to get to 809 per day that they > reported by the 400-690 of them were actually able to order service. That > is catastrophic no matter how you cut it. > > > > Under their current management their rolling average at the moment is > nearly 12K premises per day being made ready to connect (for reals). > > > > I know you're upset you didn't get fibre, but I'm surprised you have such > difficulty in looking at the performance of the company objectively and > seeing that it was imploding due to its own mismanagement. > > > > Week Ending > > Point of Interest > > Premises Passed and RFS > > Premesis Serviceable > > Premises at Service Class Zero > > Premises Passed in Period > > Premises made SC0 in period > > % rolled out impossible to connect > > 09/09/2013 > > 206,214 > > 142,183 > > 64,031 > > 12,135 > > 2,288 > > 18.85% > > 19/08/2013 > > 194,079 > > 132,336 > > 61,743 > > 4,070 > > 1,906 > > 46.83% > > 12/08/2013 > > 190,009 > > 130,172 > > 59,837 > > 21,276 > > 3,247 > > 15.26% > > 08/07/2013 > > 168,733 > > 112,143 > > 56,590 > > 5,218 > > 866 > > 16.60% > > 01/07/2013 > > 163,515 > > 107,791 > > 55,724 > > 53,655 > > 21,617 > > 40.29% > > 17/06/2013 > > 109,860 > > 75,753 > > 34,107 > > 31,062 > > 12,913 > > 41.57% > > 27/05/2013 > > 78,798 > > 57,604 > > 21,194 > > 3,116 > > 507 > > 16.27% > > 20/05/2013 > > 75,682 > > 54,995 > > 20,687 > > 7,304 > > 1,730 > > 23.69% > > 22/04/2013 > > 68,378 > > 49,421 > > 18,957 > > 187 > > No previous period data > > No previous period data > > 15/04/2013 > > 68,191 > > 0 > > 68,191 > > 20,683 > > No previous period data > > No previous period data > > 11/03/2013 > > 47,508 > > 0 > > 47,508 > > 18,076 > > No previous period data > > No previous period data > > 04/09/2012 > > 29,432 > > 0 > > 29,432 > > 29,432 > > No previous period data > > No previous period data > > > > > > -- > > David Connors > da...@connors.com | @davidconnors | https://t.me/davidconnors > | LinkedIn | +61 417 189 363 >
