atw: Re: National Broadband Network issue
- From: "Lewington, Warren J (WT)" <warren.lewington.ext@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:17:52 -0400
All of us need to hound our politicians - the Westminster system demands
public opinion and involvement in the political process and the shame of
our current leaders is that we DON'T provide enough feedback to them.
All of this election campaign is our fault - we have let it come to this
for NOT demanding better.
I agree that the issue for the NBN is not whether to build it but how
quickly to build it. I personally cannot believe the cynicism, contempt
and utter disgrace this so-called broadband "policy" produced by the
Liberals is holding ALL OF US in. It simply will to provide any service
to people in the bush. The primary hold the coalition have - the
"Nationals" are the ones most likely to continue to suffer for this
policy but the idiots will still vote for them. Whats more, basic
political understanding utterly destroys the principles put forward
underlying the policy espoused by Black Abbot and his merry men...
Lets put some facts here. It is a government's responsibility to find
the resources to supply the infrastructures the country elected them to
lead. It is our responsibility to inform the politicians we elect what
infrastructure we want.
More facts. IT IS NOT necessary for governments to be obsessed with
"running in surplus". What is more important is managing the long-term
growth of a country's economy by making calculated analysis of trends -
cost benefit analysis basically. If the broadband network is installed
nationally, it will transform Australia economically. Company's not
reliant on essential urban infrastructure but reliant on communication
infrastructures can decentralise - like software houses and so on. They
don't need beaches and ports. Other organisations can take large parts
of business divisions and plonk them in places where the land is cheap,
housing is cheap and lifestyle is better.
As has happened in NSW with the constant cancelling of the north west
rail link, the Parramatta to Epping rail link, amongst other critical
rail projects in Sydney, the government constantly says it doesn't have
the money. Well, lets revisit history here. I'll start with a question:
who put up the money for the Sydney Harbour Bridge? Answer: The British
government gave NSW a loan. You borrow the money, using your credit
rating (which btw, is a bogus measure generated by organisations paid to
generate them) and borrow the money. The return comes from taxes and
duties generated by the improved economic conditions created by the
infrastructures.
But at the end of the day, Australians just don't give a s%^t. As long
as you have your cool beer in one hand, smoky fag in the other and the
footy on tele, "she'll be right mate".
Its all our fault it has come to this...
Regards,
Warren
-----Original Message-----
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kathy Bowman
Sent: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 9:56 AM
To: 'austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: atw: Re: National Broadband Network issue
I'm with you there Rhonda. I live 8kms from the local exchange and my
broadband speed is too low to download video and watch it. I downloaded
an update (the game MYST) for my iphone the other night and it took 12
hours! I live in the hills not far from Adelaide, where there is no
significant density of population to attract providers, and I believe my
only hope of getting a decent speed is through the NBC.
cheers
Kath
-----Original Message-----
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rhonda Bracey
Sent: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 7:55 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; WAustechwriters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: National Broadband Network issue
Hi all
I've never been one discuss politics (or even been interested too much
in the 'issues' surrounding an election). And I have no intention of
starting a discussion about politics here.
However, for many of you who work from home (whether in the city or
not), or who would like to work from home, the National Broadband
Network issue is one that affects you directly.
I blogged about my stance on this critical issue to my ability to work
here:
http://cybertext.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/letter-to-local-member-of-parl
iament-re-the-nbn/ (or http://bit.ly/aewMZq)
The NBN is something I feel very passionate about, and even more so
since having an email discussion yesterday with Helen, a member of
another list I'm on. Helen has moved from Pemberton, WA to a property
about an hour south of Perth. She cannot even get phone, let alone
internet on her new property. As her internet access is severely
limited, I'll quote from an email she wrote to me today when she was
back in Pemberton:
"We are fed up with them, whoever 'they' are. We have had to have
satellite internet here because we are 100m from a hub/rim, in spite of
campaigning to get internet here, which everyone else does have now,
except us. The phone line (180m) was laid and connected on Friday only
for them to 'discover' there is a fault on the town side of the line.
The fault is, just like your cake, there was one 'pair gain' whatever
left for us to have and it has a fault. You can't tell me they didn't
know that, and that is why it was left. So no phone and no internet."
And this is an hour out of a major capital city, not woop-woop.
Some 50+ years ago an Australian government had the vision to lay copper
lines throughout the country to provide us with an (almost) universal
telephone service. Now a government wants to do a similarly large
infrastructure project, this time with materials that should last a
further 50+ years, but the opposition wants to keep us in the dark ages
of a failing copper wire network (and boy, have I had experience of it
failing!), or build thousands more mobile phone towers to provide us
with a slow satellite service.
I'll shut up now.
Rhonda
Rhonda Bracey
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