[LINK] NBN Satellite changes

[Jan Whitaker]

Sir Malcolm is on radio this morning here in Melbourne patting 
himself on the back for NBN Co. adding some satellite services 
because the current interim services are undersized. Part of this is 
wrapped up in the WA senate re-vote this weekend -- oh, the poor poor 
WAians who aren't getting broadband, boohoo. Anyway, Renai has 
written an article about this at Delimiter:
http://delimiter.com.au/2014/03/26/nbn-co-mandates-satellite-fair-use-policy/

The comments are also interesting. Malcolm seems to switch sides 
depending on the political winds, saying at one time that there was 
plenty of capacity on satellites, to why is the ALP pushing for a new 
bird, calling things train-wrecks, and so forth, that are really a 
function of the prior Howard govt illustrious Helen Coonan's inaction 
in this space at all, despite the continuing problems with network 
services here. The other thing to listen to when he speaks about this 
is that any chance of a goof is labelled as NBN Co, but if it's for 
'credit', it's "the government". He's trying to avoid mud sticking to 
him or Sir Tony of Abbottabad.

Jan


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
jwhit at janwhitaker.com

Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how 
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~Margaret Atwood, writer

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