[LINK] The PLAN, and broadband speeds?

[George Bray]

Stewart, I agree with your well reasoned argument for
decentralisation, but couldn't you argue that deployment of super-size
broadband infrastructure in the regional areas would attract people to
that lifestyle?

I'd also state that keeping up with the speeds of other countries is
very necessary for Australia to be in the market for broadband online
applications. If we don't have a decent, low-latency network here that
entire opportunity is closed to us.

I know you just want everyone to abandon their copper tails so your
nationwide 12v network can reign supreme. Just as long as everyone
gets a bedside mechanical switchboard to route their calls. :)

(sorry, can't find a picture of the bedside table in Terry Gilliam's "Brazil")

George


On 6/23/07, Stewart Fist <stewart_fist at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> Whacking in gigabit broadband superhighways is not a solution to problems
> like these. Broadband should be allowed to evolve at its own pace, and not
> forced.
>
> Technological fixes like broadband -- with its supposed ability to zap X-ray
> transmission to specialists, do business via video-conferencing, make
> teaching efficient via electronic education, etc. -- are merely extensions
> of the old way of thinking about technology (that it can fix every problem)
> that contributed to the social problems in the first place.
>
> We need a change in our economic thinking to encourage decentralisation.