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

[Kim Holburn]

Paul Budde has an interesting, if not entirely persuasive, article proposing that NBN should use HFC and HTTN connections now and upgrade it later:
http://delimiter.com.au/2011/12/29/nbn-policy-should-integrate-fttn-hfc-budde/



On 2012/Jan/03, at 10:15 PM, Ash Nallawalla wrote:

> How many homes have the NBN going past them, but have chosen not to join?
> That might be a more interesting statistic than how slow the rollout is.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Ash
> 
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