Mike Quigley @ Senate Estimates

[freakiness]

http://www.aph.gov.au/News_and_Events/LiveMediaPlayer?type=1&vID={8FF14157-86E2-4040-868F-D8B5B02541...

 http://www.aph.gov.au/News_and_Events/Watch_Parliament in case ^^ doesn't work.

Well it seems appropriate that the night I'm allowed back the NBN senate estimates is broadcast  :^O

[poddster]

Cat, wireless is the path the future will take, its happening now. Everyone wants mobility

[cherry*135]

Wireless is hopeless where I live. NBN is fantastic.

[cherry*135]

Why Not Wireless?

The numerous mainstream media articles on the NBN (and particularly the comments sections) are invariably littered with statements like“Wireless is the future”, “Everyone knows fixed lines are dead”, “fibre optics are being made obsolete” etc etc.

And no-one more than I would love that to be true. I’m sure we all would. The thought that we could obtain superfast data speeds without the need for wires is a tantalising concept. Unfortunately, it’s just not possible. That’s not to say wireless networks won’t continue to improve. Of course they will. But they will never approach the current or future speeds available via fibre-optic cables.

Wireless is a great complementary technology for deployment alongside fast fixed networks, and is also useful for delivering broadband to a small number of users in remote areas. But it is incapable of doing so in densely populated urban areas.

Let me make one fact absolutely clear from the beginning: Despite what you may have read from certain clueless commentators, there is not a single country or telecommunications company anywhere in the World that is attempting to replace fixed networks with wireless in urban areas, or even planning to do so in the future.

[joz*garage]

wireless set ups that ive seen (BB) takes forever to load, what a hassle. i'll stick with my trusty cable set up i think 

[freakiness]

Why not wireless?

Is not the question.

The answer is the more fibre we have the better wireless we can have.

[freakiness]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-5cGwkSYV0

Senator Ludlam's questions

[not_an_eloi]

character who's makin' all the noise about asbestos all around 'is home.

name is matthew o'farrell

hmmm ...  

[purplecarrot-top]

We rely on wireless internet when we travel. Sorry but in some areas including major cities it is hopeless. Pakenham in Victoria, Claremont in Tasmania are just two examples. Close to the capitals and reception is terrible.

[purplecarrot-top]

The modem tells us we have excellent signal but we are unable to get on the net.

[silverfaun]

FN: "I'll wait for the transcripts. so what exactly does this mean?: ""We have world record take up rates."
Research is good!

The fibre roll-out passed 13,014 premises in the quarter to September 30, taking the total to 52,014 premises. This means that in order to hit its 341,000 target by the end of next June, NBN Co must ramp up its rollout operations. Of these 52,014 premises, just 6358 have taken an active service on the NBN.
In late January, the National Broadband Network Company released its latest set of rollout statistics covering the period up to December 2012. At the end of December, the company said, it had some 34,500 customers using the NBN, with the majority of those (23,100) using satellite services, and the rest predominantly using the network’s fibre offerings.

"NBN Co said it took around four years to achieve a 13 per cent take-up rate of dial-up technology, six years to hit a 28 per cent take-up rate of ADSL and 15 years to attain a 34 per cent take-up rate of HFC technology. "

Well the NBN might actually beat those figures having ensured that all the competition  in the form of :dial-up, ADSL, HFC is removed (but hopefully not after September.

The mouthpiece for the NBN is back trying to shore up everybody's cynicism about this billions of dollars black hole & now we have more billions of dollars having to be outlaid to ensure the future of workers & families in neighbourhoods, are cared for, if they discover 25 to 30 years from now that they have the deadly asbestosis disease.

Yes, we are all overjoyed with this mammoth fail, delighted with the rubbing out of EVERY competitor, ripping out systems to shore up this monolith.

We cannot express our happiness at the way Conroy has managed this turkey.

We are also ecstatic about the billions of dollars remedial work that has to be done. Roll on Sept 14th.

We are also beside ourselves with joy that the wonderful Quigley, a shady character to say the least, is still getting his very large salary for overseeing this total disaster that is going to become known as " The Deadly Fast Broadband Fatality Server". Yessir we's be happy suh.  X-(