[LINK] The Honourable Member for Stasis West

2016-03-21 Thread David Boxall
Might help those of us whose blood pressure is rising. NBN gets a mention. -- David Boxall| Any given program, | when running correctly, http://david.boxall.id.au | is obsolete.

Re: [LINK] NBN trials faster FttDP but Malcolm Turnbull won't kill FttN

2016-03-21 Thread Andy Farkas
On 22/03/2016 11:32, David Boxall wrote: An FttDP box in your street draws its power from your house, up to 200 metres away, rather than relying on the electricity grid. Power to the distribution point from the premises - over existing copper? :/ FttDP has an upgrade path: FoD (Fibre on

Re: [LINK] NBN trials faster FttDP but Malcolm Turnbull won't kill FttN

2016-03-21 Thread JanW
At 12:32 PM 22/03/2016, David Boxall wrote: >>An FttDP box in your street draws its power from your house, up to 200 metres >>away, rather than relying on the electricity grid. >Power to the distribution point from the premises - over existing copper? :/ Wait - how can they require you to pay to

Re: [LINK] NBN trials faster FttDP but Malcolm Turnbull won't kill FttN

2016-03-21 Thread David Boxall
An FttDP box in your street draws its power from your house, up to 200 metres away, rather than relying on the electricity grid. Power to the distribution point from the premises - over existing copper? :/ -- David Boxall | "Cheer up" they said.

Re: [LINK] Sneakernet rules

2016-03-21 Thread JanW
At 09:15 AM 22/03/2016, Tom Worthington wrote: >On 20/03/16 10:25, JanW wrote: > >>At 10:03 AM 20/03/2016, Tom Worthington wrote: >>> When I signed up for a DE Masters of Education, one questions >>>on the enrollment form asked was if I was a prisoner. >> >>You do understand why they ask that

Re: [LINK] Sneakernet rules

2016-03-21 Thread Tom Worthington
On 20/03/16 10:25, JanW wrote: At 10:03 AM 20/03/2016, Tom Worthington wrote: When I signed up for a DE Masters of Education, one questions on the enrollment form asked was if I was a prisoner. You do understand why they ask that question, don't you? ... No. It may be the institution

Re: [LINK] DD & NBN

2016-03-21 Thread David Boxall
On 22/03/2016 8:16 AM, Andy Farkas wrote: ... There are many political points to score by Labor from what Turnbull/Abbott have done to the NBN/MTM. ... Perhaps, but Labor has pretty much given up. That makes them culpable and almost as vulnerable as the Coalition. -- David Boxall

[LINK] NBN trials faster FttDP but Malcolm Turnbull won't kill FttN

2016-03-21 Thread David Boxall
<http://www.smh.com.au/technology/gadgets-on-the-go/nbn-trials-faster-fttdp-but-malcolm-turnbull-wont-kill-fttn-20160321-gnn0ty.html> ... Mr Morrow is adamant that the rollout must stick to the government's "sooner, cheaper" edict. Uhuh .. that's going well. :/

Re: [LINK] NBN chief seeks advice of US tech giants as broadband technology debate rages

2016-03-21 Thread JanW
At 08:09 AM 22/03/2016, Frank O'Connor wrote: >Mr Broadband is building us a $60 billion White Elephant that everybody seems >t think is a colossal waste of money … and all for politics. All because the >MTM ‘˜idea' (and I use that term loosely) isn’t Labor’s. > >Sadly, if this matter is

Re: [LINK] DD & NBN

2016-03-21 Thread Andy Farkas
On 21/03/2016 19:34, David Boxall wrote: On 21/03/2016 2:02 PM, Andy Farkas wrote: Sorry guys, just have to vent: not a single mention of NBN by Billy boy as an election issue. I am most disappointed. ... Other issues have drowned out debate on the NBN. I get the feeling that both major

Re: [LINK] NBN chief seeks advice of US tech giants as broadband technology debate rages

2016-03-21 Thread Frank O'Connor
Mmmm … As it stands, most estimates nowadays are that the MTM NBN will redeem less than $30 billion of its capital costs when on-sold to a gullible private industry. Thats a $30 billion capital loss on the books after sale. Personally I doubt whether it’s worth even $20 billion …. but a

Re: [LINK] NBN chief seeks advice of US tech giants as broadband technology debate rages

2016-03-21 Thread JanW
At 06:41 AM 22/03/2016, Paul Brooks you wrote: >By building for the far-off future - which doesn't require significantly more >upfront cost - makes it more likely to make a financial return, not less >likely, by extending the time period they can receive wholesale rental revenue >by a decade

Re: [LINK] NBN chief seeks advice of US tech giants as broadband technology debate rages

2016-03-21 Thread David Boxall
On 22/03/2016 6:41 AM, Paul Brooks wrote: By building for the far-off future - which doesn't require significantly more upfront cost - makes it more likely to make a financial return, not less likely, by extending the time period they can receive wholesale rental revenue by a decade or more.

Re: [LINK] NBN chief seeks advice of US tech giants as broadband technology debate rages

2016-03-21 Thread Paul Brooks
By building for the far-off future - which doesn't require significantly more upfront cost - makes it more likely to make a financial return, not less likely, by extending the time period they can receive wholesale rental revenue by a decade or more. Original Message From:

Re: [LINK] DD & NBN

2016-03-21 Thread David Boxall
On 21/03/2016 2:02 PM, Andy Farkas wrote: Sorry guys, just have to vent: not a single mention of NBN by Billy boy as an election issue. I am most disappointed. ... Other issues have drowned out debate on the NBN. I get the feeling that both major parties wish it would go away entirely.

[LINK] IT bungles cost taxpayers hundreds of millions

2016-03-21 Thread Jan Whitaker
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/it-bungles-cost-taxpayers-hundreds-of-millions-20160321-gnn5f9.html Not good. Jan I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia jw...@janwhitaker.com Twitter: <https://twitter.com/JL_Whitaker>JL_Whitake