dedja wrote:I'd like to hear what the alternative to fibre will be in 7 years?
This project will future proof the country for many, many years to come as the Telstra monopoly on its outdated copper based network is past its use by date.
Quichey is absolutely on the money ... you will always require a high speed backhaul network which can only be fibre, regardless of whether the network is ultimately delivered to the premises by fibre, wireless or copper.
The NBN is a licence to print money once built as the recurrent revenue from access fees, data use, etc will far, far exceed the capital cost of building the network over the lifetime of the network.
As a bonus we will hopefully get the structural separation of Telstra into wholesale and retail businesses.
IMHO, anyone who is opposed this project doesn't understand the benefits of technology.
Into every single home? This is required into every single home is it?
My wireless works fine, and in 7 years will be even more powerful and cheaper. So why would I glue myself to the spot?
So I won't be connecting to the NBN. Not sure why anyone in Adelaide will need to either. I can stream a movie on a Xoom in the heart of Adelaide without skipping a beat.
To be viable it requires a certain percentage of citizens to connect to it doesn't it?
I completely understand technology, I also understand that making predictions regarding it is foolish because of how fast it moves.
I don't claim to know what will or will not be possible once the fibre is rolled out, let alone when it actually is supposed to become commercially viable.
I also don't have a problem with essential Fibre being rolled out, but that isnt the NBN. It's scale is way overblown for requirements.
Government is not there to provide services that people can provide for themselves.