[LINK] Only 4,000 homes hooked up to NBN

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Ash Nallawalla wrote:
> How many homes have the NBN going past them, but have chosen not to join?

As it is an opt in not an opt out - the question is how many have
chosen to join.

> That might be a more interesting statistic than how slow the rollout is.

The 4000 is the hook up not the rollout. The rollout is a major
infrastructure project. Using the roads analogy, how many driveways have
been built off the highway or even how many towns does it pass through?

> 
> I can only use my past thinking to contemplate whether I'd sign up or not --
> the cost and data allocation. While I can afford to pay more than $59.95 for
> my 50+50 GB and 1500/256 connection, I haven't felt the need to go faster. I
> don't download movies or similar large files. Other people might have their
> own mental justifications. If the NBN gives me the same or more data for the
> same price, I would sign up. If not, then I'll wait to reach a point when I
> need the speed at a higher cost.
> 

That reflects the services you already have access to. The NBN is about
delivering the similar kind of services to areas which don't currently have
good access. Some of these are not yet on the electricity grid either.

The question I am mulling over, is whether to bother with a landline 
whenever they cut off the copper. I would be more enamoured with the idea 
if the electricity and communication lines followed the same path - ie an 
aerial connection to the premises.

A 100 years ago, When they rolled out Electricity - the Sydney City Council 
used the Telegraph Poles!
<http://ramin.com.au/annandale/story4-electricity.shtml>

> I recall being excited about the cable rollout, but I haven't even bothered
> to look up when my suburb is on the rollout map.
> 

Back in the late 1990s, I actively advocateed against the TV Cable and
wrote to the Council saying they should lobby for wireless. They wrote back
and said that I should be happy they lobbied for underground cables and
that Telstra/Optus had acquiesced.

> Year in Review
> 
> Season's Greetings. It has been quite a year of success for NBN Co, with thousands of customers now connected and enjoying the speeds of our fibre and satellite services. Perhaps more importantly, over 500,000 premises are under construction or starting construction within the next 12 months....
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Marghanita
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Marghanita da Cruz
Ramin Communications (Sydney)
Website: http://ramin.com.au
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