[LINK] NBN Smart Off Peak Appliances Needed

Ben Elliston bje at air.net.au
Tue Aug 14 10:45:07 AEST 2012


On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 08:54:31AM +1000, Richard Chirgwin wrote:

> Since the "it's time for offpeak" message is still a very simple
> signal to send, why bother with the Internet?

Precisely.  Stephen Conroy was trying to use the smart management of
appliances as an example of why we need the NBN.  Really .. a very
slow serial line would be more than sufficient.

Cheers,
Ben
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