NBN 'can be changed

[catsnknots]

I have always questioned the cost benefit of the NBN... I do agree with a nationwide upgrade but think that every aspect needs to be fully and openly addressed. I do not think this has happened... 

the telecommunications industry peak body, the Communications Alliance, has been asked to  initiate the study in an effort to "bring commercial reality to the theoretical debate" on broadband technologies.

"Ever since Labor's $50bn fibre-to-the-premises NBN was announced in April 2009 the Coalition and many others have called for an independent, transparent review of the options for delivering fast broadband to all Australians," he said.

"These calls were motivated by our concern that Labor had chosen the slowest and most expensive way of achieving such an upgrade.

"it was not too late to discuss the future of the NBN and make decisions based on "good data and facts".

"Having an open debate that weighs up the pros and cons of alternatives can only be positive,"

 "it would not be too late to alter the design of the current rollout but added it would result in complications.

"None of this is too late to talk about," 

[not_an_eloi]

keep up, mike quigley's already called for a debate on the matter

 NBN boss calls for study into broadband future

The head of the National Broadband Network (NBN) wants an industry study to determine the best way to build the high-speed internet project.

Construction has been underway on the NBN for more than two years but there is still debate over which technology should be used.

The NBN Co is using a technology called 'fibre to the premises', which goes all the way to a home, to build most of the network.

But the Coalition wants to use 'fibre to the node'. It says this method is faster and cheaper, but it will come with slower speeds.  (slower than snail's pace B-)  )

NBN boss Mike Quigley is trying to bring an end to the debate in the lead up to the federal election.

He says he supports a proposed study by the Communications Alliance into the pros and cons of a range of technologies to see which is best.

"It gives them an opportunity to have a voice and give their opinion on what is the right way forward for the NBN," he told PM.

"There is a lot of debate at the moment about what the right way forward is. Who's better placed than the industry itself to have a view?"

But he says his support for the study does not mean he does not fully support the NBN.

"Having an open debate can only be a good thing for the country," he said.

[not_an_eloi]

The vast differences between the NBN and the Noalition's alternative

http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2013/02/21/3695094.htm

it's a scroller, but it may 'elp some to understand WHY it's so important NOT to

let the Liberals gets their claws on australia's communication system.

[catsnknots]

Considering that those comments above came from Quigley himself I think that it is obvious that there needs to discussion... 

Do I really need 100 mbs???

Does the cost of providing 100mbs  to every home really make it a great investment??? 

Will other forms of delivery be a better option for some people? 

And I don't think Quigley is trying to bring an end to the debate... he is trying to protect his job for when the coalition is voted in and Malcolm Turnbull gets to decide who will be the next chief of the NBN... 

Mr Quigley said he "sincerely hoped" the review would go ahead with the support of the telecommunications industry. He said it would not be too late to alter the design of the current rollout but added it would result in complications.

"None of this is too late to talk about," he said.

"You could deploy tens of thousands of cabinets and do fibre-to-the-node, that's not out of the questions either.

[cherples]

I have always questioned the cost benefit of the NBN... I do agree with a nationwide upgrade but think that every aspect needs to be fully and openly addressed. I do not think this has happened...  

"Ever since Labor's $50bn fibre-to-the-premises NBN

Which $50bn fibre-to-the-premises NBN?

Do you mean the one that has been costed at $43B?

Just add the extra $7B for effect, eh?

When did you acquire more knowledge of the subject than Mike Quigley?

[cherples]

Considering that those comments above came from Quigley himself I think that it is obvious that there needs to discussion... 

Do I really need 100 mbs???

Does the cost of providing 100mbs  to every home really make it a great investment??? 

Will other forms of delivery be a better option for some people? 

And I don't think Quigley is trying to bring an end to the debate... he is trying to protect his job for when the coalition is voted in and Malcolm Turnbull gets to decide who will be the next chief of the NBN... 

What's 100mbs mean?

[catsnknots]

lol.. like I care what a 0 id says... did eloi run out of his ten posts??? 

[not_an_eloi]

no, eloi didn't.     and as most 'ere know, (except ignorantees), eloi don't got no second id, to back m'self up, fortunately others can see what flamin' rubbish the Liberals are

Chaos: Coalition a total shambles on NBN policy
renai lemay

"Up until now, I’ve been willing to give the Coalition the benefit of the doubt when it comes to national broadband policy, due primarily to the intelligence and experience of its Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull. But events last week starkly demonstrated the Coalition is currently a complete mess when it comes to this critical portfolio.

Regular readers of Delimiter will know that while I have long had doubts about the Coalition’s alternative vision to Labor’s flagship National Broadband Network, I have also been willing to acknowledge some of its strengths.

When Turnbull first substantially detailed the Coalition’s rival NBN vision in a major speech to the National Press Club in August 2011, I wrote that the policy was “90 percent” win, as it outlined a “credible, fiscally responsible and less disruptive” alternative to Labor’s big-spending NBN vision.

In December I wrote that although Labor’s NBN vision was still fundamentally a better policy, the Coalition’s alternative still represented a “solid, workable and achievable broadband policy”. And just a fortnight ago, as Opposition Leader Tony Abbott firmed in his support for Turnbull’s fibre to the node-based policy and virtually confirmed the Member for Wentworth as his future Communications Minister, I praised Turnbull’s “tenacity, intellectualism and continued engagement with the telecommunications industry over the NBN”.

But what a difference two weeks can make."

there's more, read on, if you're interested.    they just 'aven't got a clue

http://delimiter.com.au/2013/02/18/chaos-coalition-a-total-shambles-on-nbn-policy/

[cherples]

lol.. like I care what a 0 id says... did eloi run out of his ten posts??? 

why the personal attack?

Can't answer the question or something?

[cherry*135]

Do I really need 100 mbs???

Maybe you don't. But you don't speak for the whole of Australia. There are lots of businesses that will benefit from fast speed, not just homeowners.