[LINK] NBN Rollout in Tasmania: Next Phase

[David Lochrin]

On Thursday 5 May 2011 08:39, Tom Worthington wrote:
> David Boxall wrote:
> 
>> ... junk mail from Harvey Norman extolling the virtues of 
>> "Connected TV". Somewhat optimistic I thought, given the state 
>> of telecomm's in my area.  ...  

> The enthusiasm with which the household greeted Internet TV, was
> surprising. They already had two desktop computers, three laptops,
> an iPad and several smart phones, but still found the Internet TV's
> dumbed down web service fascinating. If the NBN handed out TV boxes,
> such as the Kogan Agora Internet TV Portal, it could make the service
> very popular:
> <http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/04/kogan-android-internet-tv-portal.html>. 

This is very interesting, I think.  Perhaps Hardly Normal is testing the NBN waters.

An article in "New Matilda" magazine about Tony Windsor, and Barnaby Joyce' dream of parachuting into his seat of New England - see http://newmatilda.com/2011/04/21/big-trouble-new-england - reported:

QUOTE:
Windsor staked his political future on Labor’s successful implementation of the National Broadband Network, saying in his post election address that you "do it once, and do it with fibre".  He has been panned time and again for being computer illiterate himself and for having been hoodwinked by the ALP.

But lo and behold, yesterday The Land reported that the town of Armidale had an 89 per cent take-up rate for the NBN, and would be the first in mainland Australia to receive the roll-out.  One wonders whether any politician understands his electorate this well and can deliver on promises so comprehensively.
UNQUOTE

How about that - a takeup rate of 89%...!  though at this stage that would mean connection takeup, not actual use.  And The Land certainly isn't any journal of the radical Left.

David