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Frank Slootweg
Petzl said:Those that count (Government agree) say we do?
But they *do not* provide it, i.e. (basic affordable) broadband *where
it's currently not available*, and they *will not* provide it for a
long, long time to come.
Originally intended by PM John Howard early 2000. As private operators
were slow to take it up the Rudd Labor Government decided that it
would be done as part of his stimulus package. The economics show
Australia can afford it. I'm in a very much Liberal Electorate and a
big issue is that voters in our and surrounding electorates that won't
be hooked up next year are screaming. So it is political suicide to
stop it's progress. Malcolm Turnbull a senior Liberal has invested
heavily in the NBN going ahead.
Every house will have a different communication port that they have
now. Looks like a optic fibre connection to me and everyone that's
seen it.
The *point* is that every house will NOT have "a different communication
port" *for a long, long time to come*.
Comparing Holland to Australia?
Nope, just pointing out your having things completely backwards.
Australia (sq km) 7686850 (Pop 20,601,000)
Holland (sq km) 41526 (Pop 16,645,000)
Seems like our population is not as highly concentrated than yours
Again most Australians do not have even basic broadband,
Ding, ding, we *have* a winner! The *problem* is, as you say, that
"most Australians do not have even basic broadband", and the NBN is NOT
solving *that* problem for a long long time to come.
[Non-representative personal anecdote of replacing ADSL by mobile
broadband deleted.]