On 30/12/2013 10:55 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
... did they just do this on the back of an envelope?
...
From what I see, that would have been an improvement. Development of
the current proposal seems to have started with the outcome and worked
back from there.
As a rural, though not
On 28/12/13 17:41, Richard responded to my posting of 28/12/13:
... anywhere genuinely fast connections are available, and people
subscribe to them like mad?
Good question. Does anyone have statistics for the take-up rate for high
speed broadband in other countries? The take-up rate for the
At 10:27 AM 30/12/2013, Tom Worthington wrote:
Australia now has free Internet access in public libraries, which is an
achievement. ...
So what? QOS is bad. The problem is contention for bandwidth in those
places and lack of trained IT staff. Neither come cheap to provide.
Our library does
On 26/12/13 13:54, Frank O'Connor wrote:
... Factor in Super High Res TV ...
With advanced video compression 4K TV can be carried on existing
free-to-air TV spectrum and wireless broadband.
home care/monitoring/treatment of the elderly and infirm ...
Home health care doesn't need high
[snip]
... Don't let yourself suffer from a failure of imagination
Proposing more bandwidth does not take a lot of imagination. What takes
imagination is coming up with credible uses for high speed broadband, or
at least ones where someone is willing to pay for.
How do you reconcile that
Well, yeah ... but:
1. The original NBN design specified that the 7% of Australia not covered by
the FTTP would be covered by a mixture of satellite and/or fixed WiFi. They
didn't really mean conventional wireless or WiFi however, they meant 4G.
2, The guaranteed MINIMUM speed for any of
At 07:26 PM 26/12/2013, Frank O'Connor wrote:
That is now unlikely to happen, and that's what I still see as the
tragedy of my generation. We're selfish shortsighted users rather
than builders ... as I said.
Not quite everyone, Frank, or else NBN Mark I wouldn't have been on
offer at all.
Yeah Jan,
The NBN was the one thing that my generation could have passed down to others
... our one legacy if you like.
We've failed on the big things, I can't think of a single major infrastructure
project we've actually initiated in the last 30 years. We've talked about a
lot, but we can't
yup..
64 here and feel the same
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The infrastructure we have now for roads, power, sewage, water, phone, rail.
It was established looking forwards. We have not moved onwards from that
investment.
How much of that infrastructure is still shiny where you are?
If kids could talk about connectivity and what they imagined it might be
Janet writes,
yup.. 64 here and feel the same
True in major infrastructure terms, many would agree you're right Frank.
However, in terms of social organization, Australia has come a long way.
Many might agree Australia has built a well functioning, and, reasonably
safe, multi-layered,
On 26/12/13 9:12 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
On 23/12/13 10:39, Paul Brooks wrote:
... Mobile wireless broadband stats are counting USB dongles, pocket
cellular/Wifi routers, and dedicated data-only SIMs ... It is not
valid to intercompare the mobile broadband and fixed broadband stats
in a
On 23/12/13 10:39, Paul Brooks wrote:
... Mobile wireless broadband stats are counting USB dongles, pocket
cellular/Wifi routers, and dedicated data-only SIMs ... It is not
valid to intercompare the mobile broadband and fixed broadband stats
in a meaningful way ...
If we want to make
Hope I'm not intruding:
On 26 Dec 2013, at 9:12 am, Tom Worthington tom.worthing...@tomw.net.au wrote:
On 23/12/13 10:39, Paul Brooks wrote:
... Mobile wireless broadband stats are counting USB dongles, pocket
cellular/Wifi routers, and dedicated data-only SIMs ... It is not
valid to
On 21/12/2013 8:53 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
On 20/12/13 13:27, Paul Brooks wrote:
... the initial assumption (most people are accessing their broadband
via WiFi and Mobile Broadband) is an incorrect starting point. ...
The ABS reported that at the end of June 2013 mobile wireless broadband
On 20/12/13 13:27, Paul Brooks wrote:
... the initial assumption (most people are accessing their broadband
via WiFi and Mobile Broadband) is an incorrect starting point. ...
The ABS reported that at the end of June 2013 mobile wireless broadband
was the most prevalent internet technology in
At 08:53 AM 21/12/2013, Tom Worthington wrote:
Provided the cost is not significantly higher, I can't see why people
would want to access different devices, servers and content at home, to
the ones they use when out and about.
It's not a matter of what one wants to connect to from home or
On 18/12/13 11:40, Paul Brooks wrote:
... FTTdp model in the Strategic Review ... distribution
point) is a pit at the bottom of the driveway - or more likely,
attached to the side of a nearby power pole ...
If most householders are accessing their broadband via WiFi and Mobile
Broadband,
Gabrielle Chan reports in NBN trounced by regional offering from locals
with an eye for enterprise (The Guardian, 16 December 2013), about
wireless broadband being offered in the town of Harden in New South
Wales:
On 18/12/2013 10:53 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
The major cost with FTTP is running the cable from street to the home,
with FTTN, is installing new cabinets in the street and reconnecting all
the copper cables to it. However, an alternative would be to install the
optical fibre in the
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