[LINK] NBN chief seeks advice of US tech giants as broadband technology debate rages

[David Boxall]

On 22/03/2016 10:34 AM, Kim Holburn wrote:
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> On 2016/Mar/22, at 7:34 AM, David Boxall <linkdb at boxall.name> wrote:
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>> On 22/03/2016 6:41 AM, Paul Brooks wrote:
>>> By building for the far-off future - which doesn't require significantly more upfront cost - makes it more likely to make a financial return, not less likely, by extending the time period they can receive wholesale rental revenue by a decade or more.
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>> The Liberals used to plan long-term.
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> They did?  When?
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Menzies era. That was when much of the copper telecommunications 
infrastructure began. As I remember, it wasn't so much a plan as a 
process of continuing extension. The thought of choosing a direction and 
committing to it would terrify any modern-day Conservative.

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