[LINK] Education, Offshoring and Free Trade to remove ICT Trade Deficit

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> Michael Still wrote:
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>> Tom Worthington wrote:
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>>> * Conducive environment for global activities - For Australia to
>>> continue to be a successful exporter of ICT services, the nation
>>> requires reliable infrastructure such as high speed broadband, the
>>> ability of local suppliers to link into global production systems and a
>>> supportive regulatory environment.
>>>     
> 
> It may be time for the 12,000 V clue-shock over at the ACS.
> 
> Most businesses:
> - can get fast data connections if they want. If you look at business 
> registration data, then at telco network data, there aren't so awfully 
> many black holes.
> - can afford them if they need them.
> - can use various grades of "broadband" pipe if they don't want to pay 
> for premium data services (for eg, instead of metro Ethernet or fibre 
> services, take an SHDSL at 16:1 contention)
> 
> I *know* that "broadband" is the hot word, and that if something isn't 
> on the product sheet as a "broadband" service then there will be some 
> luser to say "well, you wouldn't want Aussie Small Business to be stuck 
> using Legacy Data Services would you?" but I would expect the ACS to be 
> just a little smarter than that. And I would expect the ACS to actually 
> check whether what it's saying is supported by objective fact.
> 
> RC

Seems Broadband is so yesterday....

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> Media Releases 	26 April 2007
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> $1.5 billion Next IP™ network brings Australian business to the next dimension
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> Telstra today unveiled the largest fully integrated wireline and wireless national Internet Protocol (IP) network in the world - the Telstra Next IP™ network - representing a long-term investment in the future of Australia.
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> Telstra's new Next IP™ network, coupled with Telstra's Next G™ wireless network launched in October 2006, creates a platform that will transform communications for Australian businesses and governments.
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