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

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

2016-03-21 Thread Frank O'Connor
not less > likely, by extending the time period they can receive wholesale rental > revenue by a decade or more. > > > Original Message > From: David Boxall <lin...@boxall.name> > Sent: 21 March 2016 8:53:16 pm AEDT > To: Link <l...@anu.edu.au> >

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
: David Boxall <lin...@boxall.name> Sent: 21 March 2016 8:53:16 pm AEDT To: Link <l...@anu.edu.au> 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-broad