[LINK] NBN widening digital divide in bush

[David Boxall]

On 13/07/2011 1:15 PM, Birch, Jim wrote:
> ...  It doesn't make economic sense to take a fibre to every
> anthill in central Australia.  There's a cost/benefit trade off. ...
Are economic considerations the most important? What was the cost 
benefit trade off in laying copper to so many remote locations? Was cost 
benefit analysis even done?

If the anthill has copper, it must eventually get fibre. The fibre 
network should then continue growing to ever more remote places.

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