NBN Discussion

[Cynicor]

You all seem to have had ridiculously poor value plans and connections prior to NBN!

I pay $50 a month to Amnet for 24/1 ADSL2 with unlimited DL and get actual of 18/1.

Not that close to an exchange, but obviously closer than some.

 

[ComeFlyWithMe]

You all seem to have had redicukiusly poor value plans and connections prior to NBN!

I pay $50 a month to Amnet for 24/1 ADSL2 with unlimited DL and get actual of 18/1.

Not that close to an exchange, but obviously closer than some.

At those speeds you must be within 1.5km from the exchange at worst and have high quality copper. Most ADSL customers could only dream of those speeds.

 

[whatmeworry]

Malcolm Turnbull confirms he had public and private conversations prior to the last elections in regards to the NBN.

Just to add, the ABC still avoid reporting how the gagged Nick Ross.

Malcolm Turnbull also faced questions on whether he complained to the ABC about coverage of the NBN. He said before the election, he complained publicly and privately that there was not a proper discussion about the competing technologies. “I’m entitled to have that view”, he told parliament.

Malcolm Turnbull complained to ABC about NBN coverage – as it happened | Australia news | The Guardian

 

[eastwest101]

Malcolm Turnbull complained to ABC about NBN coverage – as it happened | Australia news | The Guardian

I don't know what the Guardian is trying to say here, are they are saying that in opposition, before the last federal election, Turnbull complained in public about the ABC and others coverage of the 'NBN debate' and the proposition that FTTH was the only solution. So his complaints were made public. Because if that's what the Guardian are saying then does that mean that members of the opposition members aren't allowed to complain about the governments policy?

What an awesome conclusion by the Guardian - Stop Press! - in the last election campaign a politician spoke publically about an issue that was being publically debated and reported on! Wow, who would have thought?

 

[moa999]

Next they will be reporting every time someone calls the ABC biased.

 

[whatmeworry]

Surprise surprise Ex Malcolm Turnbull NBN advisor Stephen Ellis now employed by Telstra.

A former Coalition advisor who helped write the government's NBN policy has turned up at Telstra advising the telco about "longer term policy reform options".

Stephen Ellis worked in Malcolm Turnbull's office from 2009 until May 2015, when he was charged with committing an act of indecency in the presence of another man at Canberra Airport and for possessing LSD and amphetamines. Mr Ellis has pleaded not guilty to the charges and a hearing has been scheduled in the ACT Magistrates Court for May 2.

Prior to his arrest Mr Ellis worked for six years on the Coalition's telecommunications policy, first when it was in opposition and then when it took government in 2013. During this time the NBN was changed from a mostly fibre-optic cable network built on top of Telstra's copper telephone network, to one that would incorporate much more of Telstra's infrastructure.
A spokeswoman for Telstra confirmed on Thursday that Mr Ellis has been employed by the telco giant.
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"We have engaged Mr Ellis as a consultant on a specific project to advise Telstra on longer term policy reform options. We will not be commenting further," the spokeswoman wrote in an email to Fairfax Media.

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[drron]

Malcolm Turnbull confirms he had public and private conversations prior to the last elections in regards to the NBN.

Just to add, the ABC still avoid reporting how the gagged Nick Ross.



Malcolm Turnbull complained to ABC about NBN coverage – as it happened | Australia news | The Guardian

Just possibly the ABC and mainstream media have not commented on the Nick Ross matter because he secretly recorded a conversation.In the original article it is obvious that the other party had no knowledge of that fact when they rang him.It is illegal for Nick Ross to provide a transcript of that conversation to another person or organisation without the permission of the other person in the conversation.It is then illegal for anyone else to have or use that transcript.So the others have more knowledgeable legal advice than New Matilda.

 

[Moody]

Just possibly the ABC and mainstream media have not commented on the Nick Ross matter because he secretly recorded a conversation.In the original article it is obvious that the other party had no knowledge of that fact when they rang him.It is illegal for Nick Ross to provide a transcript of that conversation to another person or organisation without the permission of the other person in the conversation.It is then illegal for anyone else to have or use that transcript.So the others have more knowledgeable legal advice than New Matilda.

Yeah - I would have the screaming schitts too if someone had recorded me pulling a story for political reasons. I'm sure if the ABC management had their time again they would not be so candid.


If the ABC is running scared (and this is the third time in recent memory), then we may as well give up hope of ever having decent journalism and just all watch the Fox Fockers

 

[Buzzard]

My NBN Update tells me that "we haven't reached your address yet, but the nbn network is on it's way to you."

Is this a generic email or should I start getting excited at the prospect of download speeds over 1.8Mbps?

 

[moa999]

My NBN Update tells me that "we haven't reached your address yet, but the nbn network is on it's way to you."?

Suspect thats generic...

The independent site myNBN | When will I get the NBN? that incorporates NBN info, as well as some third party providers and FW sources can be a better guide.

 

[Buzzard]

Suspect thats generic...

The independent site myNBN | When will I get the NBN? that incorporates NBN info, as well as some third party providers and FW sources can be a better guide.

Thanks moa999, nothing scheduled yet :-|

 

[whatmeworry]

Suspect thats generic...

The independent site myNBN | When will I get the NBN? that incorporates NBN info, as well as some third party providers and FW sources can be a better guide.

Yeah that's a good site. Early last year it said I was getting FTTP but we all know what has now happened...

 

[ComeFlyWithMe]

Yeah that's a good site. Early last year it said I was getting FTTP but we all know what has now happened...

That's a shame, as the FTTP rollout comes with a free unicorn!

 

[whatmeworry]

That's a shame, as the FTTP rollout comes with a free unicorn!

You only get a free Unicorn in Scotland.

 

[ComeFlyWithMe]

You only get a free Unicorn in Scotland.

Yeah, for such a small country they'd have to throw in something special...

 

[whatmeworry]

Jason Clare on Malcolm Turnbull's NBN.

[video=youtube;qw9AYLsV6m0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw9AYLsV6m0[/video]

 

[moa999]

One might say PKB Pot Kettle Black re Labour's record on cost blowouts and timetable on the NBN...

I also think that Turnbull only promised NBN by 2019
- https://www.liberal.org.au/fast-affordable-sooner-coalitions-plan-better-nbn
- The 2nd satellite that Labour contracted still hasn't been launched yet

Albeit still this 2019 deadline is unlikely to be met

Both sides grossly underestimated the cost and difficulty of this project - but then what is new in politics
I think people had promised a duplication of the Hume Highway Melbourne to Brisbane since the 1970s -- a job finally completed in 2013.

 

[eastwest101]

Jason Clare on Malcolm Turnbull's NBN.

Well as a former Carr advisor/ALP branch-stacker and Transurban executive he would be the expert on white elephants with his ministerial experience in 2010-2013 at DMO with the over-budget Air Warfare Destroyers plus other Defence Dept. cost blowouts. Yes - really going to be taking criticism from him seriously with a track record like that.

 

[penegal]

Hey Guys, when are we privatizing NBNCo?

I need to make sure I pull my money out of the industry fund and across to SMSF before then... because those clowns will buy it big-time.

 

[whatmeworry]

Customers complaining they would rather their ADSL connection back then have FTTN.

[video=youtube_share;amYlaYVrrMo]https://youtu.be/amYlaYVrrMo[/video]