[LINK] NBN retail cost and 12 year technology bell curve

[Antony Barry]

On 10/03/2011, at 3:39 PM, Tom Koltai wrote:

> Without entering the obviously lopsided "X and Y" Generation going to
> untethered and DSL numbers dropping, both of which have been reported on
> by ACMA [see refs below], why has the Government not hired a competent
> economist that could show them that all technologies aimed at the public
> are a twelve year adoption curve to 75% of the population.
> 
> In other words, it will always be a generational effect.
> 
> E.G. Plasma and LCD screens. 
> When did you get yours ?
> When were they first sold enmasse to consumers ?



Hmmm.. I never got a Plasma or LCD screen. I got a $150 tuner for my computer and stopped watching the TV set and for that matter stopped watching live TV. But then I'm 70 and a war baby generation and not one of the X or Y types.

Tony

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