[LINK] NBN longer-term prospects

[David Boxall]

On 31/01/2017 1:16 PM, David Lochrin wrote:
> ...
> Wasn't it said of the Bourbons that "they never learned and never forgot"?
> ...
We shouldn't be too harsh. They're Conservatives. They're cr at p because 
they're scared and confused. <http://david.boxall.id.au/201611/#fear> 
Reality is just too complicated.

But they're still cr at p. Australia can't afford to keep pandering to 
their inadequacies.

The telecommunications network can pay for itself. It could do more than 
that but should be run to balance, for the good of the nation, not for 
profit. Even if the network wasn't zero-cost, it's value would make the 
investment worthwhile.

What scares the Conservatives sh!tless is the thought that we need to 
invest before the cost/benefit equation comes into balance. We're 
dealing with harm done by decades of creeping commercialisation, 
culminating in privatisation. Australia can't afford to wait decades for 
the repair job. We can't afford to wait for the wimps.

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