BrettH,

There is no reason now, but it doesn't happen for the reasons I stated. The NBN will do nothing to change the work culture. It has nothing to do with the bandwidth and everything to do with playing the high flying exec and dining out. ie Ego, getting laid and rubbing shoulders. Cant be done on even 3D (what a laugh, 2D is more than adequate and we have it now and nobody uses it) as then meetings would be dry and boring and involve actual work.

Good to see you can afford a nice modern car Belly, enjoy that beach mate, but don't forget the aerogard. On most Qld beaches the sandflies are a bit viscous, if the winds not blowing.

Oh, & my life of luxury, not what most aspire to. I have 2 cars, the youngest turned 30 in May this year. Ones a 1979, the other a 1980 model. You wouldn't expect a reactionary like me to drive a modern thing like you, now would you.

I see that Telstra has ramped up the capabilities of its wireless systems, now offering 20Mb/s. This is up from 7Mb/s only a few years ago. The prices are still more than fixed line but coming down fast.

In a decade, the fiber may well be redundant.

Shadow minister,
Yep they have been offering that for a while now. Wireless broadband is what i have where i live. They can not offer me adsl2. The 20 mega bits per second sounds great but what you get is another thing altogether. Don't get me wrong i am happy enough but the wireless has it limitations if you want to use video conferencing, voip and skype. It works most times but always freezes and the telstra contract requires you don't use voip and is very expensive, it would want to drop in price. Try $49 for 3 gb, 59 for 7gb and you must have a telstra land line. No alternative here either.

Nairbe,

I am aware of the limitations of wireless, but for a technology that did not exist a decade ago, this is a huge step. I remember paying $29 p.m. for dial up in 2003. As it gets smarter, sleeker and has more infrastructure, the costs will fall dramatically.

At a certain point, land lines will no longer be necessary.

In this case Shadow Minister I have to agree with you.
Wireless may one day do the job.
However not yet.
a Few of us here in OLO know quite a bit about wireless.
More than one repeater sits on top of a hill because of involvement of such.
Right now,in my area radio black spots block mobile phones police radio Ambos and yes ham radio.
Greater problems exist elsewhere,in time we could find answers.
Right now, silly talk of $400 per room to install cat 6 cables deliberately over looks fact.
Wireless routing can send signals to every room in any house.
For now the Gamble of NBN seems better than sitting on our hands.