Is it true that it will cost between $3000 and $5000 to get it from yer gate, to your living room?
What a bloody con, if it is.
gg
That's just unreasonable, So Cynical. I read the same thing in "The Weekend Australian". gg is not just making it up, as you seem to be suggesting.That's so silly is almost a 'push polling' type post...when you post rubbish like that, without any substance to back it up, it really makes you look like a liberal stooge.
That's just unreasonable, So Cynical. I read the same thing in "The Weekend Australian". gg is not just making it up, as you seem to be suggesting.
The quote comes from the CEO of The National Electrical and Communications Association.
No wonder the government has been so reluctant to talk costs to consumers.
(My bolds)The National Electrical and Communications Association confirmed it was likely residents and some businesses would have to pay if they needed new wiring and outlets to take full advantage of the NBN.
Association chief executive James Tinslay said that once the NBN had installed fibre-optic cables, residents would still need to equip their homes with new cables and devices.
"Residents will need to consider what technology they wish to embrace when the NBN reaches their front gate, and it is very likely that many households will need to be retrofitted with new cables, wiring and outlets to access new services."
Mr Tinslay said a standard retrofit could cost up to $3000.
"However, the big unknown at this stage is what the cost will be for getting fibre-optic cables from your front gate into your living room," he said.
Mr Tinslay also raised concerns about the safety of workers installing the NBN, saying there were still no training standards or cost estimates for a scheme to prepare thousands of people for dangerous work near powerlines connecting homes to the fibre-optic network.
"Our main concern is letting government know that there are dangers here and they need to make sure that there are no safety issues along the way, because they will cop it from everybody if they do," Mr Tinslay said.
Some of the major safety concerns included eye injuries caused by tiny glass filaments and high-energy light pulses capable of destroying sight in milliseconds.
Sorry Cynical, but this country had to put up with much worse rubbish yesterday with a certain female voice droning on and scare mongering about work choices. She should know that changes to work choices would have to get past the senate and that's a near impossibility. No substance, IMO.
How can you trust this government to know what it's doing with NBN when
(a) it's track record at managing anything is dismal
(b) it lowers itself to scaremongering on something that is obvious won't happen - especially this Monday...
Yes Julia, I have just read it. Is it pink bats all over again?
(My bolds)
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...ds-an-extra-3000/story-fn59niix-1225908005122
Absolute scaremongering at its best.
Absolute scaremongering at its best, the article tries to imply that it will be a prerequisite to connecting to the NBN. For most users an existing wireless N router that achieves speeds of 50-90 mbps will be sufficient. The NTU that the NBN provide emulates ADSL so you can still use your same setup until you feel the need to upgrade.
Is it true that it will cost between $3000 and $5000 to get it from yer gate, to your living room?
What a bloody con, if it is.
gg
That's so silly is almost a 'push polling' type post...when you post rubbish like that, without any substance to back it up, it really makes you look like a liberal stooge.
I seem to remember Gillard and Rudd saying similar things about home insulation and the BER.
Actually SC, I got it in pillow talk from a lady last night who works for the NBN.
As I am a gentleman, I am unable to provide absolute proof, but I believe, as Julia has said, it is now in the Press.
You are a rotter, as a former Foreign Minister would say, and for the record I am an Australian first, then an Anarchist and Political Opportunist.
I support no party, just good politics with a smattering of graft, double dealing and mayhem.
My friendships range from the NSW Right, through the Liberals to the National Party and there are many good folk in all parties. I have never met a Green.
If I hadn't promised Joe that I would be good today I'd ask you outside to settle this once and for all with some bare knuckle persuasion.
gg
Absolute scaremongering at its best, the article tries to imply that it will be a prerequisite to connecting to the NBN. For most users an existing wireless N router that achieves speeds of 50-90 mbps will be sufficient. The NTU that the NBN provide emulates ADSL so you can still use your same setup until you feel the need to upgrade.
The National Electrical and Communications Association confirmed it was likely residents and some businesses would have to pay if they needed new wiring and outlets to take full advantage of the NBN.
Association chief executive James Tinslay said that once the NBN had installed fibre-optic cables, residents would still need to equip their homes with new cables and devices.
"Residents will need to consider what technology they wish to embrace when the NBN reaches their front gate, and it is very likely that many households will need to be retrofitted with new cables, wiring and outlets to access new services."
Actually SC, I got it in pillow talk from a lady last night who works for the NBN.
As I am a gentleman,blah blah blah
gg
You posted a deliberate mis truth in order to further your right wing agenda, anyone with a basic understanding of English and networking could understand form the article that the 3K figure is a crock of ****....but instead of looking into it and giving some sort of realistic commentary you came here and posted with the intention of spreading fear and misinformation.
That's a cheap low act.
Got a link to the article So_Cyclical? I haven't read it yet.
Internode said:Internode has connected its first school, Circular Head Christian School, to Tasmania's NBN Stage One program with a 100 megabit-per-second fibre-optic broadband service.Since Internode connected it to the NBN last month, the evangelical Christian school at Smithton has seen massive increases in its Internet access speeds. This improved performance opens up the potential for students to use videoconferencing as well as the introduction of "virtual classroom" technology.
Absolute scaremongering at its best, the article tries to imply that it will be a prerequisite to connecting to the NBN. For most users an existing wireless N router that achieves speeds of 50-90 mbps will be sufficient. The NTU that the NBN provide emulates ADSL so you can still use your same setup until you feel the need to upgrade.
Agree the claim is bizarre and extraordinary as once NBN is connected to the location options on distribution is endless depending on the needs the problem is most punters are not tech savvy and believe this rubbish
Really? Those of us who have mentioned the $3000 figure have done so from a direct quote from the CEO of the National Electronics and Communications Association.You posted a deliberate mis truth in order to further your right wing agenda, anyone with a basic understanding of English and networking could understand form the article that the 3K figure is a crock of ****....but instead of looking into it and giving some sort of realistic commentary you came here and posted with the intention of spreading fear and misinformation.
That's a cheap low act.
Really? Those of us who have mentioned the $3000 figure have done so from a direct quote from the CEO of the National Electronics and Communications Association.
So you are actually accusing not just us, but this person of all of the above.
Perhaps you can explain why the CEO of such an organisation would do this?
It's way out of line for you, So Cynical, to be accusing gg of deliberately posting a mistruth.
You are so besotted with your beloved Labor Party that you have zero capacity to be objective, even to the point of realistically considering a statement from what would seem absolutely to be a disinterested party.
lol sure you haven't...you should of got a link in your inbox, same as calliope...probably in your election spin folder.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...ds-an-extra-3000/story-fn59niix-1225908005122
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A major Aussie ISP has connected its first School to the NBN.
http://www.internode.on.net/news/2010/08/192.php
Thanks So_Cyclical ... I read this from the link you provided.
Mr Tinslay said a standard retrofit could cost up to $3000.
"However, the big unknown at this stage is what the cost will be for getting fibre-optic cables from your front gate into your living room," he said.
Mr Tinslay also raised concerns about the safety of workers installing the NBN, saying there were still no training standards or cost estimates for a scheme to prepare thousands of people for dangerous work near powerlines connecting homes to the fibre-optic network
and this also ...
Mr Fletcher said if customers did not upgrade their home wiring they could use wireless technology to connect all the rooms to the network. But he said that would not deliver high-speed internet, video and telemedical services simultaneously to multiple devices throughout the home.
Sounds a bit like the Pink Batt fiasco all over again to me. Don't care about Libs or Labs on this one So_Cyclical. Care more about the uneccesary cost to the country.
But but but you reckon for $400 I can get a wireless service that will do ALL OF this.
Hmmmmm .... your story is starting to unravel there old chap.
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