[LINK] Catch up day

2016-02-28 Thread David Boxall
Another rant from a small business that's suffering under Australia's inadequate telecommunications. As usual, Telstra gets the blame, but responsibility lies with government. Somebody really should do a costing on the price of government negligence in this field.

[LINK] NBN satellite educational port

2016-02-28 Thread David Boxall
Of particular interest in view of recent assertions on Link: _How much data can I get on the Education Port?_ *nbn*™have designed the port to provide 50GB of PEAK data PER STUDENT per MONTH, to a limit of 150GB per

Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

2016-02-28 Thread David Boxall
On 29/02/2016 8:08 AM, JanW wrote: ... Did this project have any sort of project management? This stuff is appalling. You'd think they've never used a spread sheet. ... Over the service life of a full-fibre network, how much will Malcolm's Muddle cost Australia in lost opportunities and excess

Re: [LINK] Cyberwar: Hypothetical Scenario for Teaching ICT, Ethics

2016-02-28 Thread Tom Worthington
On 25/02/16 12:46, Chris Johnson wrote: ... Discussing ethics for civilians should avoid overtly military scenarios ... War is an activity conducted mostly by civilians. Public servants and civilian contractors are involved in support of military operations. Any IT professional could be

Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

2016-02-28 Thread JanW
At 12:10 AM 29/02/2016, Andy Farkas wrote: >"Under the heading "Commercial in Confidence: Scale the Deployment Program", >the report outlines a plethora of faults, including that delays in power >approvals and construction are being caused by electricity companies which >account for 38,537

Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

2016-02-28 Thread JanW
At 12:26 AM 29/02/2016, Andy Farkas you wrote: >28 February 2016 > >nbn rejects claims that the company is at risk of not meeting its targets..." > >...also getting ahead of themselves re dates? Am listening to it on ABC AM right now. What a crock of crap. Sounds like Alan Joyce, he of

Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

2016-02-28 Thread Andy Farkas
On 28/02/2016 23:10, Andy Farkas wrote: < http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/nbn-malcolm-turnbulls-faster-cheaper-rollout-falters-20160228-gn5l0s.html> Ha ha! The NBN PR department respond! < http://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media

Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

2016-02-28 Thread Andy Farkas
On 28/02/2016 18:14, Janet Hawtin wrote: What kind of nbn would they be building? Not a very good one by the look of it: < http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/nbn-malcolm-turnbulls-faster-cheaper-rollout-falters-20160228-gn5l0s.html> "Under the heading

Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

2016-02-28 Thread Janet Hawtin
I saw some old photographs of the ditches dug on East Terrace in Adelaide. I do not know if they were putting in water, sewage or both but the hole was thorough, deep enough to stand in and dug by hand. The rail infrastructure across the country was equally thorough. What kind of nbn would they be