[LINK] Indonesia Overtaking Australia with Wireless Internet

[Rachel Polanskis]

On 05/06/2011, at 5:54 PM, Jan Whitaker <jwhit at melbpc.org.au> wrote:

> At 05:41 PM 4/06/2011, Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> 
>> The limit of radio waves cannot approach the limit of fibre.
> 
> Yes, I figured the physics of the thing would come into play here. 
> And that's the message that someone needs to get to the NBN deniers 
> in the Liberal party so they just SHUT UP.

Funny how the alignment of NBN deniers roughly matches that of climate change deniers.
I wonder if any studies have been done to identify if there is indeed a correlation?

With respect to my imputations regarding cultural differences between Indonesia and Australia,
as they go to wifi or Internet use, Indonesia has a much stronger influence with church vs state,
it has a much different legal system and indeed that which is legal in one province, would get
you arrested in another.  Internet usage is going to be framed by this.   The way people access
information is irrelevant, but what they access will be more focused upon, by their courts
and police and so on.  I foresee a rapid lockdown of Indonesian Internet access, such that
they will initially acknowledge the benefits of being connected but do what is considered
necessary to filter or control what is available...


rachel

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