Could not resist sharing this... After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, British scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the Brits, in the weeks that followed an American archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after published in the New York Times: "American archaeologists, finding traces of 250- year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 50 years earlier than the British". One week later, the State Department of Minerals and Energy in Western Australia reported the following: "After digging as deep as 30 feet in Western Australia's Pilbara region, Jack Lucknow, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely bugger all. Jack has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Australia had already gone wireless." Just makes you bloody proud to be Australian. Cheers, Pete. On Dec 25, 6:28 pm, Matthew Griffiths <matthew.griffi...@mail.com> wrote: > Guys, > > I'm sure we all love the principle of super fast broadband... > > However, this is the most complete analysis I've seen on the economic > benefits (or lack thereof) > > http://charleskenny.blogs.com/weblog/2010/11/superfast-is-it-really-w... > > M > > On Dec 25, 5:11 am, Andrew Dever <andrew.de...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm glad this discussion has been brought up in this community. > > > At the time NBN was first mentioned the cost was quoted at ~$39B, and > > google had ~$30B in cash. > > > The IIF & IIFF, that help VC's invest in the AU space is ~$192M over 4 > > years. And they have to match it dollar for dollar and work hard to > > get it. > > > Please pull me up if my figures are wrong. > > > Further, as far as I know there's not been any explicit discussion > > about investment in education around how to turn 'fast' internet into > > economic/cultural benefit for AU. > > > Nor any explicit discussion or investment in making sure we have > > infrastructure bringing bandwidth into the country (as far as I > > knowhttp://www.vocus.com.aulaidthe 3rd cable in). > > > My point is, fast internet anywhere only matters if we a) have > > capacity and willingness to invest and b) have the ability to teach > > old and new how to turn that connection into cultural/economic > > benefit, and that is what the debate should be about. > > > This year Obama met with Eric Schmidt, Steve Jobs and ~20 other US > > tech CEO's. Julia/the AU govt. should be engaging with Atlassian etc. > > especially before they spend that much on infrastructure they don't > > completely understand. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
