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

[Tom Worthington]

On 21/05/12 10:56, Nick Ross wrote:
> Beware any journo/blogger who uses the word "obviously".
>
> On 17 May 2012 09:39, Tom Worthington<tom.worthington at tomw.net.au>  wrote:
>
>> ... projects to use the NBN ...  in the federal budget  ...
>> Obviously none of the initiatives labelled as using the NBN are actually
>> dependent on the NBN and will work just as well on existing high speed
>> networks. ...

Apologies for the use of the word "obviously". Let me restate my point 
without it: none of the initiatives labelled as using the NBN in the 
budget are dependent on the NBN, they mostly just need a network, in 
some cases a high speed network. It is fine to brand them as NBN 
initiatives, as long as this is just for marketing purposes.

As a matter of public policy, I suggest the Australian Government should 
not fund projects for the delivery of services which only work on the 
NBN. Where possible, online services should be designed to allow for use 
of slower networks. That will allow for more flexible delivery of 
services, particularly in disasters and emergencies, when limited 
network capacity may be available.


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