[LINK] Turnbull's NBN

[Michael Skeggs mike@bystander.net]

Hi David,
I worked at OzEmail for Malcolm (and Trevor and Sean) and can confirm he
had a very good understanding of network issues.
He was involved in negotiations for high speed access to Southern Cross
cable, for example.
My experience of his knowledge doesn't square with this half-baked "plan".
I have no idea why it is presented the way it is, but I assume there are
political machinations at work that have resulted in this mess.
Regards,
Michael Skeggs


On 10 April 2013 09:38, David Lochrin <dlochrin at d2.net.au> wrote:

> On 2013-04-10 Jan Whitaker wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, the sorts of objective analysis from you guys won't
> > cut through, either, and the public will just have glazed eyes if
> > these problems are raised.
>
> Malcolm is fond of referring to his expertise in telecommunications
> derived from his earlier career in relation to OzeMail.  The Wikipedia
> article on OzeMail states that he purchased a stake in 1994 for $500,000
> and sold it for $57 million in 1999 to WorldCom.
>
> Apart from the fact that Malcolm was a businessman, not a technical
> person, the technology around then bears no resemblence to that of today.
>  What was the speed of a dial-up modem circa 1999?  Let me see, I'd say
> around 0.0024 Mbit/sec, maybe 0.0096 Mbit/sec.
>
> I wonder if he's reliving those glorious days?
>
> Unfortunately, the NBN discussion seems to be yet another example of the
> way in which the world is becoming too complex, and the issues too
> technical, for the average punter's understanding.  However I'm sure Conroy
> could also do a far better job of explaining the issues, at least to those
> people with the necessary attention span, but he seems to be too much of a
> head-kicker.
>
> David L.
>
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