[LINK] NBN ads

[Andy Farkas]

On 29/01/2017 10:39, Jan Whitaker wrote:

> Question: why does a monopoly essentially public utility need to advertise at all?
>

Do you not remember my little rant last month?

  http://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/link/2016-December/104352.html

$20m in ads for Jan-Sep 2016.

Is MSM interested in holding them to account?  Nope. Murdoch.

The announcement that they're hoping the rollout will reach 50% of
premises by June this year is another fudging of numbers:

  http://www.itwire.com/telecoms-and-nbn/76472-nbn-rollout-progress-a-?pyrrhic-victory?-says-patton.html

"NBN Co has set a target of a total footprint of 5.4 million homes and
businesses to be connected to the NBN by 30 June."

Umm, there were 12 million premises at last count....

-andyf