[LINK] Senator Coonan on 7:30 Report

[steve jenkin]

I can't bear to look...  The Senator is making a fool of herself.

Really doesn't understand the technology, the industry or 'what's this
broadband thing'??

And she's not very good at spin either.  Her minders are either letting
her down, or they've not got very good talent to work with. Claimed that
broadband wasn't generally available or desired until 2004. What bunk!
It's all about cost.

It looks and smells like catch-up - on the cheap. Wouldn't answer how
the Libs plan was better/different to Labor.
Came out with a classic (something like) - "Glad we didn't do this 2
years ago. The technology wasn't available then."

The bulk of service is going to be metro - FTTN. Where are the plans for
FTTH?
100Mbps is commodity hardware over Fibre.

And the really BIG question didn't get asked or answered: What's it
going to *cost*? Particularly Volume/excess pricing.

BTW: I didn't know that WiMax was ratified/agreed or chipsets available.
And they're saying at 5.8GHz.
"It'll work in the shed" - only the one near the tower, but not under it!

Comments anyone?

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Steve Jenkin, Info Tech, Systems and Design Specialist.
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