[LINK] NBN: A Guide for Consumers

[Tom Worthington]

On 27/03/12 16:12, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
> National Broadband Network: A Guide for Consumers  ...

The Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) and the Australian 
Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) have produced the 
"National Broadband Network: Guide for Consumers": 
http://accan.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=263&Itemid=319

Unfortunately this 34 page PDF document (558 Kbytes) is much more than 
the average consumer needs. For example, the consumer does not need to 
know why the NBN was built, just why they might want to use it. Details 
of Licensed/Public Spectrum are not relevant.

I did a quick search and found ACCAN also offered an "NBN: Quick Guide", 
which is more suitable for consumers. But there were so many options 
(Word Document, Adobe Acrobat PDF, Printed Version), that it was all a 
bit confusing. I expect the average consumer would give up at this point 
and look elsewhere.

Here is the text of the quick guide, which is readable, but lacking in 
colour (I converted it from word processing to web format): 
http://blog.tomw.net.au/2012/03/quick-guide-to-national-broadband.html#nbnguide



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