NBN Business case released!

[Jovial Monk]

iiNet to be one of few to benefit from NBN: Malone

iiNet managing director, Michael Malone, said he expects his company to be one of the few ISPs to benefit from the NBN because unlike many rivals, its customer base is not stagnating

The company is one of the few ISPs managing to expand its customer base organically, Malone claimed, adding 7,000 subscribers in 2H11.

“As a big player...iiNet is best placed to reap the benefits of the NBN world,” he said.

“Not only [will] we double the available market for our services, but the proposed NBN pricing looks attractive for both iiNet and our customers.” [My emphasis]

He said iiNet's analysis had shown that consolidation in Australia's fixed broadband sector was accelerating, and that the four largest providers now accounting for 83 per cent of the market.

Malone has weighed in on consolidation in the past, claiming that there are only four and a half meaningful fixed broadband competitors left – to the chagrin of Internode, which Malone claimed was the half.

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article ... bn_malone/

[IQS.RLOW]

the proposed NBN pricing looks attractive for both iiNet and our customers

Well duh. Of course it looks attractive to an ISP.
It means they get all the benefits without having to outlay for infrastructure that gets old and obsolete.
That gets left up to the poor old taxpayer (not you Monk- you are nothing but a sponge on society, collecting the pension because your failed businesses weren't profitable enough to survive let alone cater for super. I suppose your bogus hip enables you to claim a disability pension before official retirement doesn't it, sponge-bob fagpants)

[Super Nova]

I still think NBN would be great to have for Australia. We will need to do it however the costs... the costs are huge. There must be a better way to get the benefits without the government taking all the risks. Governments are crap at managing risks.

That said. Australia needs to do something that will give it an advantage beyond digging shit up and growing goods for export. If we don't... we will be a very unlucky country in the future when all we are to the world is a place for cheap natural resources.

[IQS.RLOW]

Yet another economic report that says the labor govt has got it wrong and they are spending WAY too much money
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/n ... 6002952747
NBN to cost 24 times South Korea's faster network, says research body

THE National Broadband Network will cost taxpayers 24 times as much as South Korea's but deliver just one tenth the speed, according to one of the world's most respected economic research organisations.

A paper released by the Economist Intelligence Unit today criticises Labor's broadband network on a range of fronts, including its cost per household covered.

The report assesses the plans of 40 countries to enable high speed broadband development, assessing the target speeds, rollout time frame, cost and regulatory provisions to deliver a final ranking.

The research body marks Australia down in its government broadband index because of "the huge cost to the public sector" of the NBN.

It also loses points due to limited private-sector involvement, high government intervention and the exclusion of state and municipal authorities from the plan.

The report highlights the disparity between the cost of the network - estimated at 7.6 per cent of annual government revenue - and the cost of the South Korean network, which is estimated at less than one per cent.

[Super Nova]

Thanks IQ. I just read that. What a f..k'n shambles. We need a network and I knew the government just will screw this up. It is far too expensive the way they want to do it.

i think I will come home, set up a little company and rape the government on this NBN project. i will make millions, deliver next to nothing and join the rest of the sponges in the trough.

[Neferti]

Jules is about to have a mental breakdown. She is running the country all by herself, remember. A female bursting into tears does not equate to her feeling empathy, more like her life is a wreck and someone said something that triggered the waterworks. Believe me.

[IQS.RLOW]

Steven Conjob lies!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011 ... ion=justin

NBN Co is currently exempt from freedom of information laws but the Opposition and Greens have proposed amendments to broadband legislation to remove the exemption.
Senator Conroy says he is having discussions about the final form of the bills.

"I didn't even know that they were exempt, it was just set up in that structure to facilitate the actual build and the speed," he said.

Yeah right....

[Super Nova]

I founbd this extract on the SSSF. Interesting the US thinks the future is really in highspeed Wireless.

Obama rolls out $18b internet plan

Updated 10 minutes ago

US president Barack Obama travelled to a remote corner of frigid Michigan on Thursday (local time) to roll out an ambitious plan to offer high-speed wireless Internet coverage to 98 per cent of Americans.

"We can't expect tomorrow's economy to take root using yesterday's infrastructure," he said.

Mr Obama unveiled the broadband internet push as part of his plan to "Win the Future" in his State of the Union address last month.

"We've got to think about what's the next thing and make sure that we're at the forefront, just like we were in the last century," he said, comparing the web infrastructure growth to the economic jolt delivered by the railroads.

Obama chose to deliver his remarks at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, which partnered with communications firms to establish an off-campus wireless network, to help students in rural locations.

"Within five years, we want to make it possible for businesses to put high-speed wireless services in reach of virtually every American."

Obama's $US18 billion plan, to be detailed in his next budget to be unveiled on Monday, is intended to create jobs and help rural businesses develop new products and markets.

It includes $US5 billion to help the development of a 4G wireless network by providers in rural areas.

About $US10 billion would be used to help develop a national wireless network for first responders and emergency services, and there would be a $US3 billion investment in research in emerging wireless technologies.

The measure will be financed by the government's sale of freed up sectors of the wireless spectrum which the government says will raise up to $US27.8 billion.

Conscious of the political battle looming with Republicans over the budget, the White House says $US9.6 billion left over from the sale will be used to pay down the deficit.

- AFP

[Super Nova]

We need to what the wireless space. i do not know why I need 1000mb/s.

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/tec ... 1atfk.html

Wireless could affect NBN: report February 14, 2011 - 5:41PM
.The rising use of wireless technology could pose a risk to the national broadband network, a report commissioned by the Gillard government says.

The government aims to connect 93 per cent of Australian households with high-speed optical fibres by 2020.

In the longer term, NBN Co, the firm building the $36 billion network, is aiming for world-class connections of 1000 megabits a second.

Advertisement: Story continues below But competition from wireless technology could challenge take-up forecasts of the national broadband network, corporate advisory firm Greenhill Caliburn says in its analysis of the NBN Co business case.

"Trends towards 'mobile-centric' broadband networks could also have significant long-term implications for NBN Co's fibre offerings, to the extent that some consumers may be willing to sacrifice higher-speed fibre transmissions for the convenience of mobile platforms," the report said.

The report said NBN Co should monitor the prevalence of homes with wireless-only connections.

Bad services from internet service providers selling access to the NBN, could also turn consumers off broadband, the report says.

There are also risks to forecasts about average revenue per user.

Private retail service providers, plugging consumers into the network, may experience an erosion on their profit margins, and struggle as customers remain unwilling to pay for a premium product.

During the next decade, telco giant Telstra will decommission its copper wire network and move customers to the NBN.

As this happens, pricing levels will need to be monitored before the network is rolled out nationally, the report says.

Responding to the report, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said the government would establish performance targets for NBN Co.

"As with any infrastructure project, there are always risks, contingencies and external factors and the government will work closely with NBN Co to put in place agreed performance indicators," Senator Conroy said.

[Neferti]

Do you really think this Government will go through with the NBN? Jules is menopausal so she could change her mind at the drop of a tear in the eye.