Fraudband

[Jovial_Monk]

Abbott thinks the internet is just used for porn and email. He has no idea, is so backward looking it just isn’t funny.

[Rorschach]

Abbott thinks the internet is just used for porn and email. He has no idea, is so backward looking it just isn’t funny.

Now that is just a straight out lie...

[Rorschach]

It is true. Business competitiveness—obvious. Education, especially at smaller regional schools, boosted—small schools can connect to a bigger school, listen to a lecture or class, then ask questions etc because of the high upload speed.

What about when there is the big overhang of Baby Boomers and half are getting dementia, diabetes, osteoporosis—you want to spend $30Bn building hospitals and nursing homes? Not to mention the cost of running and staffing them? Or use the $30Bn to build a superfast, ubiquitous, reliable network that allows these Boomers to stay in their own homes?

The need for the NBN is crystal clear! It needs to be a FTTH network.

You gotta get into the real world and stop believing the propaganda Monkey Boy.... what doctor in his/her right mind is going to risk diagnosis over the Net. How many homes will have the proper medical equipment to feed data into an interface to allow diagnosis? How much will it cost? How many nurses would you provide per home?

Etc, etc, etc... the insurance companies are rubbing their hands together as we speak.
Use some common sense.
Think things out b4 you speak.

[Black Orchid]

What about when there is the big overhang of Baby Boomers and half are getting dementia, diabetes, osteoporosis—you want to spend $30Bn building hospitals and nursing homes?

Errrr yes!

[Jovial_Monk]

The Asian Century runs on FTTH:

The Asian Century Is Built On Broadband

In Asia, high-speed fibre broadband is seen as an enabler, not an expensive drain on the public purse. Gabrielle Jackson compares the top networks in the region

Asia Pacific countries have the world’s fastest average internet speeds and the highest penetration of broadband access.

In South Korea, 49 per cent of the population is connected to broadband at speeds faster than 10 megabits per second (Mbps) – that’s the highest percentage of any country in the world. Japan comes second, with 39 per cent and Hong Kong is third with 28 per cent. Australia is in 37th position at 3.8 per cent, according to the Akami State of the Internet report.

While there are substantial differences in the size and population density of Australia’s Asian neighbours, there is one factor that is the same: governments across the region are pursuing policies to deliver fibre broadband to people’s homes.

A recent study by Point Topic has found that fibre broadband is cheaper than both copper and cable connections for fast broadband. On a per megabit basis, the study found that the cost of a fibre service averages at US$1.14/Mbps. Cable came in at $1.53/Mbps and copper at US$5.57/Mbps.

The Asia Pacific region is so far ahead of the rest of the world in broadband services specifically because of government policy, according to telco regulatory specialist Rob Nicholls.

“The general approach of Asian governments has been to assume that ubiquitous access to fast broadband is good,” he says. Though it’s expensive, it’s all part of the cost of building a digital economy, which gives countries a comparative, if not an absolute, advantage.

“The Asian approach is: ‘Why wouldn’t you provide access to fast broadband?’ As opposed to ‘Why would you?’” says Nicholls.

“What characterises Asia is something that’s completely different to Europe or North America: there is a primary expectation of government involvement in broadband services.”

In South Korea and Japan, governments have encouraged the rollout of fibre people’s homes, and the expectation of fast broadband is reinforced by other policies.

“In Korea, it is a requirement of real estate agents, when they’re letting apartments, to specify what grade of broadband service you get,” says Nicholls.

“The rent reflects the quality of the broadband service. It’s a utility.”

The South Korean government offers programs to teach traditionally unconnected people how to use internet services and offers subsidies for low income families to connect. This enables the widespread adoption of online government services, such as e-learning and e-health, which require fast broadband. The average Korean can connect to fast broadband for under $30 a month.

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[IQS.RLOW]

Asian govts aren't creating govt monopolies, building networks and trashing existing infrastructure.

[Rorschach]

Ordinarily when in conspiranut mode, Monk would have called that Big Brother.

[Aussie]

This bloke wants it now!

[IQS.RLOW]

So now you want taxpayers to subside 'the man' eh?

He should either pay for the service he requires or move to a location that can supply the speeds he wants...which can be provided by existing Optus/Telstra cable.

[Aussie]

So now you want taxpayers to subside 'the man' eh?

He should either pay for the service he requires or move to a location that can supply the speeds he wants...which can be provided by existing Optus/Telstra cable.

Why don't you tell him that.......via the 'comment' facility on that page I linked?