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Errr... our government isn’t far right, and the disaster of the nbn was created by the left, and made worse by the right. The narrative being repeated in this a

Errr... our government isn’t far right, and the disaster of the nbn was created by the left, and made worse by the right. The narrative being repeated in this and other left wing sites like reddit of “the nbn would have been good if it was all fiber” is just wrong. The nbn from its conception was a half-baked, last minute idea made up by Kevin Rudd. If any public network was needed, it should have been wireless. The nbn discounted any possible future that resulted in wireless being a viable way of delivering the internet to everyone. Wireless is also necessary because things aren’t stationary. Cars can’t use fiber internet, for example. Fiber to every home is ridiculously expensive, with a large percentage of homes not even using any more bandwidth than is required to stream Netflix. Fiber also excludes rural areas, and any lower density areas in general. A public wireless network would be utilised much more, as even a lower speed wireless network that is available everywhere and cheaper opens up more possibilities than a limited high speed network. It isn’t just speed that is important. We also have the issue of data caps. High speed connections that have 20gb per month data caps are pretty useless, yet a large percentage of the population can’t afford any more than that. The nbn, whether fiber or not, would always just result in a product a large percentage of normal people couldn’t even utilise. The liberal party made the nbn worse, but it was a terrible idea to begin with. All the political parties are corrupt.

ntSean 7y ago
>If any public network was needed, it should have been wireless. I don't believe the rural NBN customers on Wireless Satellite technology would support this premise. Even customers in suburban shopping centres struggle with their cellular connection - hence Free Wifi being so ubiquitous. But regardless, our conservative government relies on minerals and education rather than investing in Australia's ability to compete in a digital world. So here's hoping we can keep up with developed nations who are making use of the high-bandwidth infrastructure made available to them today.
jussij 7y ago
> the disaster of the nbn was created by the left, and made worse by the right The left proposed an NBN based on 'fiber to the home' technology. The right threw out that plan and replaced it with 'fiber to the node and copper to the home' technology. Now it is hard to say if the NBN proposed by the left would have been a disaster as it was only rolled out to a few place. But being fiber based it would at least have been future proofed. However, now that the most of the money has been spent and the NBN copper system is nearing completion, we are seeing that the NBN as it now stands is a total disaster. It is already obsolete before it is complete.
- fraudsyndrome 7y ago
  > Now it is hard to say if the NBN proposed by the left would have been a disaster as it was only rolled out to a few place. Can people not see and pros/cons based on suburbs that have fttp/ftth? You can do the same with fttn based on some suburbs - where people who have paid for 100Mbps end up only getting 20Mbps during peak hour

ntSean 7y ago

>If any public network was needed, it should have been wireless. I don't believe the rural NBN customers on Wireless Satellite technology would support this premise. Even customers in suburban shopping centres struggle with their cellular connection - hence Free Wifi being so ubiquitous. But regardless, our conservative government relies on minerals and education rather than investing in Australia's ability to compete in a digital world. So here's hoping we can keep up with developed nations who are making use of the high-bandwidth infrastructure made available to them today.

jussij 7y ago

> the disaster of the nbn was created by the left, and made worse by the right The left proposed an NBN based on 'fiber to the home' technology. The right threw out that plan and replaced it with 'fiber to the node and copper to the home' technology. Now it is hard to say if the NBN proposed by the left would have been a disaster as it was only rolled out to a few place. But being fiber based it would at least have been future proofed. However, now that the most of the money has been spent and the NBN copper system is nearing completion, we are seeing that the NBN as it now stands is a total disaster. It is already obsolete before it is complete.

fraudsyndrome 7y ago
> Now it is hard to say if the NBN proposed by the left would have been a disaster as it was only rolled out to a few place. Can people not see and pros/cons based on suburbs that have fttp/ftth? You can do the same with fttn based on some suburbs - where people who have paid for 100Mbps end up only getting 20Mbps during peak hour