[LINK] Thousands to be stuck in NBN 'limbo'

[Richard Chirgwin]

I avoided this story this morning, because I was busy. But take a look 
at what's being said here:

1. I sign on to buy into a brand-new development.
2. Broadband is important to me.
3. Therefore, I completely ignore its likely availability, don't demand 
the connectivity I want as part of what will be provided. Instead, I 
sign on the bottom line, secure in the knowledge that Telstra will provide.
4. When it all goes pear-shaped, it's the fault of (a) the government or 
(b) the NBN.

Substitute "town water" for "broadband" in the story. The buyers may 
well have been deceived by the developers in some way, but we'll never 
know. The ABC took the slack approach to this story.

RC

On 26/04/11 4:52 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 09:24 AM 26/04/2011, David Boxall wrote:
>> Alec Downs moved into a new house in Berwick in suburban Melbourne last
>> December. Telstra told him it was not laying any more copper, but to
>> meet its universal service obligation, it gave him an interim wireless
>> phone that cannot deliver internet.
> Welcome to my nightmare, Mr Downs. Telstra services have stalled
> broadband in this area for a decade. I'm not surprised by any of this.
>
> Jan
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