[LINK] There's trouble ahead

[David Boxall]

<http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/how-telstras-network-outages-were-bound-to-happen/news-story/0fa6a53b0fc77a2e0012cc001fe016a6?nk=6a61844d722e7dbac325327f1aaf378d-1464484013> 

> TELSTRA is the premium network: it is the tag line that has gone from 
> a point of pride to a punchline.
>From <http://www.tanyaplibersek.com/nbnfail>
> NBN in my area is a lie. My husband happened to have a chat to the 
> guys from the “nbnco” on the corner who were installing the “nbn” to 
> this area. We just want to be able for two of us stream different 
> things at the same time, but “Australia doesn’t need faster internet 
> speeds” – The greasy Christopher Pyne. The nbnco installer guys 
> crushed those dreams (not that it’s their fault of course) by letting 
> us know that they are in fact not installing fiber to the curb , they 
> are not even installing fiber to the node, they are only replacing the 
> copper lines AND the old ones are NOT recycled!(thanks to the out of 
> touch Malcolm Turnbull). They have though installed fiber to the 
> exchange which will make virtually no difference to us or anyone in 
> the area. So come 6:30pm there will still be massive laggouts and drop 
> outs, and this is now, imagine in the future when the population is 
> more reliant on the internet? But no, “The internet is just a fad” – 
> Tony Abbot. The nbnco installer guy was angry that he was even having 
> do this! He couldn’t understand why he was replacing the wires when 
> our lines get flooded with water and they can’t drain them, he was 
> very apologetic. I hope everyone else has better experiences with 
> their NBN. This is of course only my experience and I only use the 
> internet for news, games, social, research and watching entertainment 
> as I don’t have a television. These may seem like frivolous things but 
> also think about other experiences and uses people have, like kids and 
> their educations, how far left behind will they be if they can’t 
> access anything? Even socially? Then there is business, It’s 
> ridiculous trying to upload anything to Youtube, I can only imagine 
> how frustrating it would be for some to send and receive data. All the 
> while we are being pushed with one hand to be an “innovative society”, 
> ridiculous. Well we certainly will have to be innovative in a few 
> years when the internet no longer works sufficiently to keep up with 
> the rest of the world.
Surprised that all exchanges aren't already served by fibre.

With ABS figures still showing demand rising exponentially in this 
country, perhaps it's time to stock up on canned food and bottled water. 
If our government can manage telecommunications so poorly, heaven knows 
what else is about to fail.

-- 
David Boxall                         | "Cheer up" they said.
                                      | "Things could be worse."
http://david.boxall.id.au            | So I cheered up and,
                                      | Sure enough, things got worse.
                                      | --Murphy's musing