[LINK] Australia - ISP, Internet & Broadband - Statistics

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

There is a report in today's printed SMH based upon Paul Budde's research paper "Australia - ISP, Internet & Broadband - Statistics"

http://www.budde.com.au/Reports/Contents/Australia-ISP-Internet-Broadband-Statistics-1487.html

I can't find the article on the SMH web site, however I did remember the two tables that are in the paper.

They put Australia at the bottom of the list for average access speed (Japan was top with 61MB/s, Australia bottom at <1MB/s)

However, Australia was the second most expensive.

Does anyone remember the phrase "the clever country"? It seems we have gone even further backwards since Graeme Philipson wrote "Farewell to the clever country" in March 8, 2005. His last line was "It is a measure of how unclever we have become that the phrase is nowadays only ever used in an ironic sense."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Perspectives/Farewell-to-the-clever-country/2005/03/07/1110160730065.html

Stilgherrian asked what questions could be put to Helen Coonan and Stephen Conroy on Friday. How about:

What will the major parties do to:

a) address Australia's woeful broadband infrastructure performance

b) stop the dumbing down of Australia

I think I'll go and have a lie down now. I obviously have too much time on my hands.

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Sydney Australia
brd at iimetro.com.au