Had a mild argument with a friend before the "NBN election". He thought that our internet was just fine. He could read news sites and so on. I argued that, befo

Had a mild argument with a friend before the "NBN election". He thought that our internet was just fine. He could read news sites and so on. I argued that, before long, we'd be streaming video as a matter of course, and it would be high definition. More people would be working remotely or storing information online. I remembered this the other day. The kids were watching Netflix, my wife was watching Stan (another streaming service) and I was live streaming sport. We almost never switch on regular TV. Without NBN in our area for years yet, this makes for a lot of buffering and quality degradation. And if anyone needs to be working, the streaming generally stops. At work, my docs, time tracker, email, backups and so on are all in the cloud. Multiply that by every person in the office. As a nation, we can't compete on manufacturing. We should be making sure our infrastructure for online services (education, entertainment, etc) is exceptional.