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

2016-03-24 Thread David Lochrin
On 2016-03-22 12:23 David Boxall wrote: >>> The Liberals used to plan long-term. >> >> They did? When? >> > Menzies era. That was when much of the copper telecommunications > infrastructure began. As I remember, it wasn't so much a plan as a process of > continuing extension. The thought of cho

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 10:34 AM, Kim Holburn wrote: On 2016/Mar/22, at 7:34 AM, David Boxall wrote: 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

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

2016-03-21 Thread Kim Holburn
On 2016/Mar/22, at 7:34 AM, David Boxall wrote: > 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

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 al

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

2016-03-21 Thread Frank O'Connor
ding the time period they can receive wholesale rental > revenue by a decade or more. > > > Original Message > From: David Boxall > Sent: 21 March 2016 8:53:16 pm AEDT > To: Link > Subject: [LINK] NBN chief seeks advice of US tech giants as broadband &

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 o

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
From: David Boxall Sent: 21 March 2016 8:53:16 pm AEDT To: Link Subject: [LINK] NBN chief seeks advice of US tech giants as broadband technology debate rages <http://www.afr.com/technology/web/nbn/nbn-chief-seeks-advice-of-us-tech-giants-as-broadband-technology-debate-rages-20160318-gnlxcp>

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

2016-03-21 Thread David Boxall
He said those advocating for NBN to build for the far-off future were ignoring the fact that it was set up as an enterprise required to make a financial return, r