ALTRAV,

The NBN proposed by Labor was to be a state-of-the-art world leading optic fibre system designed for a 100 year life cycle. Yes it would have cost a lot of money, but money well spent in the long run.

Abbott then came along and turned it upside down ending up with a sub-standard out of date system in order to take money out of the NBN bucket and put it into his slush fund to buy votes at the next federal election.

Why do you think ScuMo is trying so desperately to hang onto his 11 billion dollar slush fund? He can buy a lot of votes with that money.

MrO, I do not disagree.
If you have been paying attention you will know that my hatred towards pollies, goes across party lines.
In other words, I hate ALL politicians, some more than others.
As I keep saying, they are in it for the money.
Now knocking each party or polly individually, does not help because they will do what ever it takes to make sure we, the people, never find out the truth about who actually did what.
They need infrastructure projects so the money starts flowing again.
Each project is another opportunity to skim off some money for themselves.
The problem with the NBN was that whatever the previous govt put in place, the next one tore up, so that it would not feather the previous pollies pockets, instead redirect any graft and kick-backs either into their own pockets or see it stopped altogether so their opposing party stopped receiving any benefits from the project.
Think about it, one party starts up a project, the opposition comes into power and immediately cancels the project.
It's so obvious, and they don't care if we know.
What kind of govt is this?
There has to be a better way.

Hi Mr O,

You speak of the state of the art, bells and whistles, 100 year life internet. What would have been the monthly cost for access? The mobile service I have meets my needs, is far cheaper, and is with me wherever I go. As wonderful and far sighted as KRs dream was, he did not foresee the rapid improvement in the mobile service.

Fester,

I would gladly fork out extra money for a fantastic NBN system. If you want quality than you need to pay for it.

Look at all of the money people have thrown away on buying cheap Chinese crap; if they had paid a bit extra up front they could have bought something from the US or Europe that lasted for years instead of the Chinese crap that they need to replace each year.

Now I'm being told to spend money on a crap Chinese-like NBN that I don't want. Now that's what I call a waste of money. And all because Abbott wanted a slush fund to buy votes to get him put back as a PM.

Hi Mr O,

I just ran a speed test on my no frills mobile service: 25.7mbs/2.57mbs. This is over three times faster and half the price of the crappy NBN service I ditched. It more than meets my needs and is portable to boot. I see no point in paying for a bells and whistles service that is not portable with speeds well beyond what I require. What advantage is it for me to piss money up against a wall for something I don't need?

Fester,

You're throwing me into a spin. I don't think you understood what I said.

Anyway, as long as you are happy that is the main point.

PS I think I will be opting for a mobile service too in lieu of the crappy LNP Chinese-like NBN on offer. Hope that makes you feel better. I know it will make me feel better!