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1000Mbps is sexy, it’s cool, but is it worth $43bn? : Comments

By Jeff Hosking, published 17/8/2010

There has been a lot of hype about the national broadband network but do we really need its speed and capacity now?

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Hmmm, you make some very good points and observations Houellebecq, I can't really argue with your reply at all.
Posted by King Hazza, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 8:24:17 PM
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examinator,

once again you offer your opinions as fact without even a shred of evidence.

You obviously have no clue, but are prepared to support the Labor spendathon simply based on spin. If you look at the prices that they want to charge, 90% of people will pay more. On top of this you will then have a state monopoly again. Has Telstra covered itself with glory?

Please feel free to suggest a technology that will be used by at least a s substantial portion of the population by 2017. Some emerging technology that will require people to up their bandwidth consumption by a factor of 100.

otherwise you are just hot air.
Posted by Shadow Minister, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 10:32:11 PM
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It is confirmed by our fealess minister that he intends to sell the NBN to the highest bidder.
When pressed by his interviewer about the most likely buyer being China, he responded with an indignant 'Why not!'.
Well, minister, the PRC have a minor problem with Human Rights. They also have an image problem with being the most feared purveyors of Electronic and Internet warfare in the world.
They invented and run the Great Firewall of China.
And like Conroy, they too believe in Internet censorship.
They are building a massive fleet of nuclear powered and armed super carriers, cruisers, attack and missile submarines with the sole purpose of owning the Pacific.
And, our own Labor Party is intending to hand the keys to our telecommunications system to them?
It gets worse:
One of the key Chinese players for the NBN, has been the subject of an ASIO investigation and is run by a General of the PLA, and with that company having other shadowy PLA links.
Remember, my fellow lefties, they bulldozed those dangerous folks at Tiannenmen Square... They got what they deserved! Right?
So, there you have it.
We have a bunch of clowns moving ownership and control of the guts of our telecoms from Australian Shareholders (Telstra) to a hostile entity with a hostile military, economic and cultural intent.
Whether you get a quicker download of movies is really small beer compared to that...
Posted by Beau Maurice, Monday, 23 August 2010 5:56:45 PM
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I think Beau Maurice raises a key point - the prospect of Chinese ownership of the NBN platform - has been overlooked in the press debate. Alexander Downer's lobbying firm Bespoke Approach has been employed by China to press its case. China is not the Netherlands or Switzerland - we know they have aspirations to achieve hegemony in the South China Sea (now defined as a "core interest" by China in March), and that China uses public enterprises to promote its foreign policy goals. It is rapidly building a military to project power well into the Pacific and Indian Ocean. I'm all for engagement with China but we need to be pragmatic and understand who we are dealing with here. In time, the NBN will represent the key channel for personal, commercial and military communications. What appears to be a generous offer from China will come with strings attached, even if these strings are not yet evident. In the national interest, bar Chinese investment in this important project.
Posted by pounder, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 11:58:54 AM
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