For major links we are.
But for FTTP penetration and average broadband speeds, we are close to the bottom of the OECD.
So it was a pretty balanced post. Magic
That would then indicate, we are on the same page as a lot of the rest.
When you cut through all the emotional crap.
If true, it's extraordinary. With the ABC's example, I'm a little sceptical and I wonder whether a little journalistic imagination has been used in his own description. The ABC's example was also in Adelaide, so are you referring to a different example ?I am a mate of one of the contractors who tore the cables out.
If true, it's extraordinary. With the ABC's example, I'm a little sceptical and I wonder whether a little journalistic imagination has been used in his own description. The ABC's example was also in Adelaide, so are you referring to a different example ?
The video footage showed a white pipe (possibly PVC) being ripped up with nothing in it. Pulling out if a contractor is not getting paid enough, but what are the relative gains/losses for the contractor of ripping up his own NBN work. It didn't sound like he's thrown in the towel altogether in relation to his business as a whole.
That being said, the overall segment does not paint a rosy picture of how the rollout is progressing.
Just heard on the news Quigley has pulled the pin. There must be something going on.
H says he's just going back into retirement. He must be over 60 by now. They got him out of it for the job in the first place, and he's been there for 4 years of pretty severe pressure, including a period of disgusting, deplorable personal attacks from Turnbull, Birmingham and Robb.
There have been rumours that he doesn't see eye to eye with the new chairman (person?), but he's staying on until his replacement is appointed, so it couldn't be too bad.
Anyway, good luck to him. I wouldn't have lasted that long.
H says he's just going back into retirement. He must be over 60 by now. They got him out of it for the job in the first place, and he's been there for 4 years of pretty severe pressure, including a period of disgusting, deplorable personal attacks from Turnbull, Birmingham and Robb.
There have been rumours that he doesn't see eye to eye with the new chairman (person?), but he's staying on until his replacement is appointed, so it couldn't be too bad.
Anyway, good luck to him. I wouldn't have lasted that long.
I can recall seeing recent articles to that extent.There have been rumours that he doesn't see eye to eye with the new chairman (person?), but he's staying on until his replacement is appointed, so it couldn't be too bad.
Internode founder and now major share holder of iinet Simon Hacket has delivered a very interesting presentation to the CommsDay Wholesale and Data Centre Summit in Sydney about the NBN called “The Ideal Wholesale NBN Market”..
FIbre on a Copper Budget is a presentation that makes a lot of sense, Hacket has to be one of the most respected Internet business personality's in the country, Internode was known as the Champagne provider often rated above Telstra for service and connection quality.
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http://simonhackett.com/2013/07/17/nbn-fibre-on-a-copper-budget/#more-999
Why oh why he hasn't simply upped this to youtube ill never know...cant embed this so just click the link and press go on the video, well worth it even for the Nolalition supporters, Simon is not a great fan of the NBN as it is currently planned.
That's a good find and very interesting.
Any NBN progress seems to have stopped where I am for the past 6 months.
Contractors in Tasmania are threatening to walk off the job due to non-payment.The video footage showed a white pipe (possibly PVC) being ripped up with nothing in it. Pulling out if a contractor is not getting paid enough, but what are the relative gains/losses for the contractor of ripping up his own NBN work. It didn't sound like he's thrown in the towel altogether in relation to his business as a whole.
That being said, the overall segment does not paint a rosy picture of how the rollout is progressing.
What he said about all the boxes and equipment that NBN Co installs, makes a lot of sense to me to leave all that out and simply run the fibre cable to a wall socket and leave it at that...like he says the service providers can be left to supply a router or what ever, its all easy plug and play now anyway.
Installing a battery and all that other stuff so little old ladies can have a PSTN land line is crazy, VOIP is the new normal.
NBNMyths should bring us up to speed with what is happening.
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From what I have read, iinet have always thought fibre to the premise, especialy in multi storey residential, is crazy.
Sounds like you are warming to fibre to the node SC, then just fibre or copper to the house. wow, must have been a flash of blinding light for you.
I encourage you you watch the video .. Hackett makes a lot of sense taking about taking the fibre to the home and leaving it at that, the ISP or home owner provides the rest of the equipment, in most cases a single, 4 port wireless modem/router with Voip...the fibre cable plugs straight into it.
Fibre to the node is half arsed and the current NBN battery and multi box set-up over kill...keep the wall outlet and get rid of everything else.
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At some point that will end however. The only real question is when and at what level?While few households need 1Gbps today (the average internet connection speed in Australia is currently 4.2 Mbps) the historical demand for broadband network bandwidth has grown at about 30% – 40% per annum.
At some point that will end however. The only real question is when and at what level?
CONSTRUCTION contractors on the National Broadband Network are pushing to be paid up to 40 per cent more to do further work, fuelling fears of a cost blowout on Labor's flagship infrastructure project.
The Australian has been told that industry suppliers are looking for increases in the value of contracts of between 20 per cent and 40 per cent for further work and that high-level evaluations are circulating suggesting that the ultimate cost of the project could spiral out to between $60 billion and $70bn.
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