Another seasonal thundestorm crossing rural Victoria
Another day of "one hour OFF - 15 minutes ON" for anyone reliant on satellite or wireless

buzzanddidj wrote on Dec 6^th, 2010 at 5:25pm:


no one made you live in the bush. why should WE pay to compensate for YOUR decisions?

Well, it looks like us satellite and wireless dependents  in the bulk of Victoria will be mostly "off the air" again, today

We are expecting more rain - going by the radar

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR022.loop.shtml#skip

buzzanddidj wrote on Dec 7^th, 2010 at 10:28am:


buzzard we have three coputers on wireless

1 on optus

1 on telstra

1 on virgin  

 and we dont get drop outs in bad weather, but it can slow it down not by much

The level of ignorance coming from those opposing the NBN is quite staggering.

Verge uses the rapid change in technology as his argument, finishing with, the computer you buy for 2k you see for $1400 a few months later.
As a stand alone point that is fair enough, but how does it relate to the NBN?

Obviously, it doesn't, his analogy would be like you buy a new car, then see it cheaper when the new model comes out, but unless you have a decent highway system to drive it on, it doesn't matter much if you have this years model, or last years, you still cannot get very far.

The NBN is a national highway system for information, and like any good National system, it services as much of the Nation as possible.

Currently we have a system with good highways in the capitols, crumbling highways and gravel roads in the regional areas, and dirt tracks or nothing, in the bush.

Longy asks for a cost benefit analysis, which means that in true right wing style, if it is not profitable, you cannot do it.

Currently even right wingers make some exceptions from this rule of theirs, like schools, and hospitals, and a great many Aussies believe that access to the internet should also be included as something we are prepared to subsidise to help those outside capital cities.

We always have subsidised the bush with roads, and communications, and the communications network that will supply our internet access should also be accepted as a worthwhile longterm investment for the bush.

Optical Fibre is also far more durable than copper, and we will actually see cost benefits in the maintenance area because of that.

The government is investing in this project because of the fact that they want to make it as National as possible, but it is not just a handout, there will be returns, and even if the 15 year payback is optimistic, I don't care, because eventually it will be paid back, and in the meantime we will be seeing a world class system that most aussies can access, wherever they live, with the advances in medical care, education delivery, and media and entertainment provision, that this new access will provide.

That is a win for progress, a win for fairness, and a win for the coming generations of aussie kids that will rightly take for granted that their country would provide them with one of the best systems the world can offer.