NBN 1Gbps.???

SG1 wrote
terryc <newsninespam-spam_at_woa.com.au> wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Yes, FTTP is quite a bit faster than the current broadband,
but it makes absolutely no sense to be spending anything
like $50B just so people can download DVDs much quicker.

I agree, lets go back to gravel road as they are cheaper to maintain.

What do you mean go back to???? I live in a state of Anna Blight.....

Roddles lives in the city

and has hotmix between his dos house and drinking hole

and thinks that is what everyoe else has,

"Trevor Wilson" <trevor_at_rageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
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* Your local video store will U/L the video you want in a few
seconds. No need to drive down the road to collect what you want,
subscribe to Foxtel and wait for their programming department or
wait hours to obtain it via a torrent source.
* Home video communication will be a reality.
* Video conferencing will alter business.

At a cost of $43Billion, I think we could happily live without any of
that. When we have no food or water, I guess it will give us a
distraction. But when we have no electricity, how will we power our
computers?

Mr.T wrote:
"Trevor Wilson" <trevor_at_rageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
news:8cjaj0F45dU1_at_mid.individual.net...
* Your local video store will U/L the video you want in a few
seconds. No need to drive down the road to collect what you want,
subscribe to Foxtel and wait for their programming department or
wait hours to obtain it via a torrent source.
* Home video communication will be a reality.
* Video conferencing will alter business.

At a cost of $43Billion, I think we could happily live without any of
that. When we have no food or water, I guess it will give us a
distraction. But when we have no electricity, how will we power our
computers?

**The discussion is not about the cost, but about the use of the NBN.
You'll get no argument from me that there are areas where the money
could be better spent. The thought of (eventually) being able to rip
down those ridiculous Fotel and Optus cables is a wonderful thing.

[ASIDE] One of the funniest things I saw a few years back, was the
results of a truck almost passing under an Optus cable, strung across
the road. The damage to the house and cable was amazing.

Bloody stupid things. Should never have been allowed to be strung
overhead. Fibre will allow them to be dispensed with.

I agree, lets go back to gravel road as they are cheaper to maintain.

Would be funny IF they weren't proposing to lay fibre cables along side
gravel roads!!!!

Usually,the fibre is further away, about 100 metres into the paddocks.
easier access and only a few fences to cut and repair as they lay it out.

[ASIDE] One of the funniest things I saw a few years back, was the results
of a truck almost passing under an Optus cable, strung across the road.
The
damage to the house and cable was amazing.

Bloody stupid things. Should never have been allowed to be strung
overhead.

Fibre will allow them to be dispensed with.

But no plan to upgrade those gravel roads! Nor any plan for a High speed
National Rail freight network. And only one extra passenger rail line
proposed. I'm still puzzled why broadband is considered more important
than housing, food, electricity, water, public transport and roads?

But no plan to upgrade those gravel roads! Nor any plan for a High speed
National Rail freight network. And only one extra passenger rail line
proposed. I'm still puzzled why broadband is considered more important
than housing, food, electricity, water, public transport and roads?

Heed the lessons from Rome; reject the bread and circuses.