RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
*) --- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Nathan Chere Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 3:36 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited I was living in Riverstone for a while when it was scheduled to be one of the first suburbs in NSW

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 3:48 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited What I don’t understand is that if you’re in a built up area, why they don’t just install Fibre to the Home. Copper might do for the short term, but it is expensive to maintain and has all sorts of issues like

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Ken Schaefer
And we’ll pay him $195K/year. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of anthonyatsmall...@mail.com Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 4:11 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrQPXXHUilU this is pretty

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Tony Wright
Of anthonyatsmall...@mail.com Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 4:11 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrQPXXHUilU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrQPXXHUilU this is pretty funny and disturbing video! This guy is pretty useless..this politick

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
*) --- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 6:02 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited Wow, he didn’t even know what the policies of his party were. I think I know them

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Scott Barnes
({}, 'cvml', 'ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com'); [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com');] *On Behalf Of *Tony Wright *Sent:* Wednesday, 4 September 2013 6:02 PM *To:* 'ozDotNet' *Subject:* RE: [OT] NBN revisited

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2013-09-04 Thread Scott Barnes
...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Paul Evrat *Sent:* Thursday, 5 September 2013 8:37 AM *To:* 'ozDotNet' *Subject:* RE: [OT] NBN revisited ** ** Any pro-business force in parliament can only be good for the country. If business isn’t doing well we can’t afford anything else .. ** ** *From

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Nathan Chere
What, you mean the fat rich pricks we've already got aren't fat, rich or prickly enough? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Scott Barnes Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 10:07 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited He won't get

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Scott Barnes
...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Scott Barnes *Sent:* Thursday, 5 September 2013 10:07 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] NBN revisited ** ** He won't get the numbers and this morning I was in a cafe eating breakfast and saw him on Sunrise talking about

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread mike smith
*To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] NBN revisited ** ** Isn't that really the point of the NBN? To try to make internet access more available? I have no problem with people in the middle of nowhere getting it first because they have few options. I might complain about being stuck with optus but I

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Paul Evrat
...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 9:26 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited There are multiple ways to cook an egg. Clive's policy platform isn't necessarily the best one. Pro free market (as opposed to pro

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread mike smith
...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Tony Wright *Sent:* Thursday, 5 September 2013 7:52 AM *To:* 'ozDotNet' *Subject:* RE: [OT] NBN revisited ** ** Oh I thought the only people ridiculous enough to vote for him were Queenslanders. ** ** *From

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Joseph Cooney
better for the general population. ** ** Cheers Ken ** ** *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Paul Evrat *Sent:* Thursday, 5 September 2013 8:37 AM *To:* 'ozDotNet' *Subject:* RE: [OT] NBN revisited

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Scott Barnes
:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Paul Evrat *Sent:* Thursday, 5 September 2013 8:37 AM *To:* 'ozDotNet' *Subject:* RE: [OT] NBN revisited ** ** Any pro-business force in parliament can only be good for the country. If business isn’t

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Ken Schaefer
Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 10:28 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited True, Clive and his policies in total are a bit over the top but he knows he's not going to be PM, it will be a long time before there is other than a Lib or Labor PM, but there are too many balls

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Tony Wright
Of anthonyatsmall...@mail.com Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 4:11 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrQPXXHUilU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrQPXXHUilU this is pretty funny and disturbing video! This guy is pretty useless..this politick

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Paul Evrat
??!! From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 11:21 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited I think you have a naïve view of what business lobbying is about then. Tax breaks or write-offs

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Ken Schaefer
Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Evrat Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 11:58 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited Lobbyists are always going to keep themselves busy but that just counters the relentless lobbying

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2013-09-04 Thread mike smith
. ** In their case too, it's 'all about them' ** Cheers Ken ** ** ** ** *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Paul Evrat *Sent:* Thursday, 5 September 2013 11:58 AM *To:* 'ozDotNet' *Subject:* RE: [OT] NBN revisited

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Ian Thomas
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 8:27 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 3:38 PM, GregAtGregLowDotCom g...@greglow.com wrote: And that’s the real issue. If it’s all about just providing some level of service to people that have no real options today, they we

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Paul Evrat
and companies to build wealth so we can afford better welfare safety nets etc. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 12:34 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited Wouldn’t you want some sort

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Scott Barnes
:58 AM *To:* 'ozDotNet' *Subject:* RE: [OT] NBN revisited ** ** ** ** Lobbyists are always going to keep themselves busy but that just counters the relentless lobbying by welfare groups for non-economy boosting government spending. Unless you’re the big 4 banks or Coles or Woolworths

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Ken Schaefer
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Evrat Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 2:21 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited Without doubt any elected official acting out their vested interests (no matter what) belongs behind bars

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2013-09-03 Thread Nathan Chere
? Interesting reading. Why the Labor Party had so much difficulty selling this we will probably never know. Probably something to do with the public face of the plan being a patronising power-tripping imbecile with no significant IT or Telco industry experience or credibility and even less

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread mike smith
The other part is the not invented here syndrome from the coalition. And their owing a favour to murdoch, bigtime. On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Nathan Chere nathan.ch...@saiglobal.comwrote: **Ø **Interesting reading. Why the Labor Party had so much difficulty selling this we will

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Scott Barnes
I have FTTH :) *yeah sucks to be me huh* and the reality is i barely even scratch the surface of its actual usage levels, given the majority of the internet can't even upload fast enough unless i'm dealing in BitTorrent style behaviour (node to node). Websites usually cap at around 500k-1mb anyway

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Ken Schaefer
Of Nathan Chere Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 10:46 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited Ø Interesting reading. Why the Labor Party had so much difficulty selling this we will probably never know. Probably something to do with the public face of the plan being a patronising power

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread David Connors
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: Now to my position – lest you think me some impractical academic. In my BT life I was employed as: ** 1) A digger of trenches 2) An installer of poles, cables, telephones PBXs, exchanges 3) A maintainer of

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Ken Schaefer
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 11:31 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited They only way to deliver something of this size is to be transport agnostic, stage the delivery

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Tony Wright
To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: Now to my position – lest you think me some impractical academic. In my BT life I was employed as: 1) A digger of trenches 2) An installer of poles, cables

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread David Connors
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: Yet he was the CTO for BT. He’s probably got a reasonable level of experience in how to actually deliver “something of this size” Anyone else sceptical of “the only way to do immensely complex project is…” claims

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Ken Schaefer
is the “one true path” Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 11:50 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Ken Schaefer k

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread David Connors
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: Um, since when am I a “FTTP nutjob”? ** ** Your antipathy to the current NBN is well known. I have an antipathy for piling up money and setting it on fire. [ ... ] Since you’re been involved in

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Tony Wright
Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 11:58 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited Um, since when am I a “FTTP nutjob”? Your antipathy to the current NBN is well known. FWIW I think that this type of proposed infrastructure is a good idea, but I’m not wedded

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Ken Schaefer
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 12:13 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.commailto:k...@adopenstatic.com wrote

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread David Connors
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: ** Um, since when am I a “FTTP nutjob”? Your antipathy to the current NBN is well known. ** ** I have an antipathy

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Ken Schaefer
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 12:54 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited Your antipathy to the current NBN is well known. I have an antipathy for piling up money and setting

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Scott Barnes
...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Connors *Sent:* Wednesday, 4 September 2013 12:54 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] NBN revisited ** ** Your antipathy to the current NBN is well known. I have an antipathy for piling up money and setting

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Tony Wright
is astounding. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 12:54 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com mailto:k

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2013-09-03 Thread Bill McCarthy
Here’s a good read from today : http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/computers/blogs/gadgets-on-the-go/turnbulls-fragmented-nbn-dooms-australia-to-repeat-the-mistakes-of-the-past-20130904-2t4cr.html Hopefully that will help some folks see past the one tree and start looking at the forest.

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Ken Schaefer
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.commailto:k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet-boun

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread David Connors
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: I still haven’t heard anything from you that convinces me David. I doubt there is anything I can say that would convince you. The NBN is likely to bring in A$105 billion dollars to A$237 billion dollars. That’s a

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Tony Wright
, money etc. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 2:22 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread mike smith
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:37 PM, David Richards ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com wrote: Apart from the use of impacted, a nice article. At least it wasn't impactful. For some reason, this whole argument reminds me of the republic referendum some years back. I knew a number of people who

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
: http://www.sqldownunder.com/ www.sqldownunder.com From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Richards Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 2:38 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited Apart from the use of impacted, a nice article

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread mike smith
: www.sqldownunder.com ** ** *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Richards *Sent:* Wednesday, 4 September 2013 2:38 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] NBN revisited ** ** Apart from the use of impacted, a nice article

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Bill McCarthy
are and how long it takes: Only $5K from the exchange to your house: dreaming ;) From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 2:51 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited Like

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
: RE: [OT] NBN revisited I wouldn't count on that running that smoothly. It will take time to get that many fridges installed everywhere: thinking it can all be done in three years sounds incredibly hopeful to me. But even once that is done, then the fibre has to be physically installed down

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Ken Schaefer
...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 3:14 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited But what's the alternative Bill? Wait for the NBN? We're not even on the we'll think about starting within 3 years map. And all

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread David Richards
[mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Bill McCarthy *Sent:* Wednesday, 4 September 2013 3:06 PM *To:* 'ozDotNet' *Subject:* RE: [OT] NBN revisited ** ** I wouldn’t count on that running that smoothly. It will take time to get that many “fridges” installed everywhere

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Nathan Chere
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 2:55 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited Looking at the rollout, it's scheduled to be available for me by end of year. Which is somewhat unfair, being I've already got vdsl2. On Wed, Sep

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
] On Behalf Of David Richards Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 3:28 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited Isn't that really the point of the NBN? To try to make internet access more available? I have no problem with people in the middle of nowhere getting it first because they have

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Scott Barnes
requirements) – especially the really complex ones? ** ** Cheers Ken ** ** *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Scott Barnes *Sent:* Wednesday, 4 September 2013 1:09 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] NBN revisited

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Scott Barnes
mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com ** ** *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Richards *Sent:* Wednesday, 4 September 2013 2:38 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] NBN revisited

Re: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread David Richards
*Subject:* Re: [OT] NBN revisited ** ** Isn't that really the point of the NBN? To try to make internet access more available? I have no problem with people in the middle of nowhere getting it first because they have few options. I might complain about being stuck with optus but I still get