[LINK] NBN Applications in the 2012/2013 Federal Budget

[Karl Auer]

On Thu, 2012-05-17 at 09:37 +1000, Tom Worthington wrote:
> they do point the way to how government can provide better and cheaper
> services where ubiquitous high speed networking is available.

This sort of thing irritates me (I know it's not you Tom) - the NBN will
NOT be ubiquitous. And large chunks of the area that will be "reached by
the NBN" will in fact be reached only by satellite, with appalling
latency which locks out almost all real-time interactive applications -
in particular telemedicine and gaming.

>     Virtual English Tuition for Migrants
>     while phase two will deliver interactive services in communities
>     connected to the NBN.

Probably won't be satisfactory to remote areas. Depends what
"interactive" means.

>     Remote Hearing and Vision Services for Children program
>     The program will be
>     delivered via a combination of high definition videoconferencing,

Probably won't be satisfactory. Especially for children.

>     National Broadband Network — regional and remote information
>     The Government has provided $20.0 million in 2011‑12 to improve
>     public understanding, address misconceptions and provide updated
>     information about the National Broadband Network (NBN).
>     These activities will be focused on regional and remote areas
>     where access to the NBN will be provided through fixed wireles and
>     satellite services.budget

Sounds like expensive propaganda to convince people who will get nothing
even resembling proper network access that they should be grateful for
the crap they do get. They should spend the millions on running more
fibre.

>     Human Services Video Conferencing
>     infrastructure—to enhance service delivery through video
>     conferencing.

Probably won't be satisfactory.

I hope I'm wrong.

Regards, K.

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