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Interesting but it doesn’t get past the a priori objection to the NBN having been adopted without any economic or commercial assessment to justify it as a polit
by tom_jones 12y ago
Interesting but it doesn’t get past the a priori objection to the NBN having been adopted without any economic or commercial assessment to justify it as a political fix when the election promise to provide better broadband at one tenth the cost of the NBN was shown to be hopeless and an embarrassing shambles. And it doesn’t demonstrate that the a priori probability that a proven entrepreneur in the field of Internet based services would be able to do the essential job more cost effectively.
- cylinder 12y agoI agree, there are many absurd components of the NBN, the most obvious being the idea that the government should spend $2 billion to launch two satellites into orbit just to provide internet to the 400,000 most rural customers who can't get cellular wireless (yet).
- dools 12y agoIt's not so ridiculous if you consider the fact that, with decent internet, that 400,000 might grow considerably in number, reducing housing pressure in the major urban centres and allowing Australia to grow without having to slather on MOAR INFRASTRUCTURE to Sydney and Melbourne's already groaning transport systems.