Coalition unveil their broadband and internet policy

[Jesterarts]

Why do Australians need it? Seriously? I'd love to know.

Minus, you are SO ignorant!

They are just about to start producing 3D porn... 12MBps is not going to cut it.

Kalekale, what documenctaion do yu have to say that out nation will be 'held back' by 12mbps?

Also, before comparing Australia to Japan, I suggest you compare population and population density figures.

Labors policy is basically this:
We're going to give everyone a Bugatti Veyron! But we're going to reduce the speed limit to 50kmph on all roads and you'll get pulled over everyday for RBT and full car inspection(Metaphor for Conroys and Labors internet filter idea for those who are having issue skeeping up.)

1. I don't see a need for 100mbps.
2. So far basically evertyhing Labor has introduced has ended up a massive #### up. Even kicking out Rudd has been a #### up for them and now they are trying to back pedal and show Krudd and Dillard playing nice as new found friends. What makes you think the NBN the Labor goverment wants to create will be any different?

Just another thing they can throw money at like it's going out of fashion and so they can say they are doing something, then when it all falls to **** on them they will scoop it under a rug, dangle something shiney in front of Labor supporters and spend some money on the new shiney thing.

 

[Full Spectrum]

It's allready been proven the deals on the NBN are price competitive to current deals.


I had a good look over the libs plan.. i don't mind it. some of the proposed things are right on the money. pair gain would have to be the worst and most cheapest thing a telco or developer could lay down. the libs plan is to remove this block and give these people access the dsl. this will bring them bottom speeds up. and should give thousands of people faster cheaper broadband. what type of speeds is still ???????.

 

[andrewmac]

Lets put this into perspective.

$43 BILLION for a population of 22 Million (just over).

Makes no sense to me to go to those extremes.

I recognise the need for a faster network for future data needs but I cant imagine when in the near future we would require speeds over 100 Mbs.

I think many people have not considered the fact that we dont rely on the internet as much now as we will in the future.
15 years ago email was unheard of and is now essential for so many businesses and the fact is now that there is a taste for it people want more cause alot of the time it is that much easier (albeit expensive) to get what we need faster.

The way of the future will be high quality downloads of multimedia which will be legal (think itunes and similar which is already well established) and will require much quicker download time and much more date allowance.
That's just one example but the future will hold new technology and new trends that will require more data and we should at least try to be ready for growth as a country.

Will we need a faster network in the future ? Definitely.
Do we need to spend $43 BILLION to do it ? I highly doubt it.

 

[minux]

It's allready been proven the deals on the NBN are price competitive to current deals.
.

Actually, it is only proven in Labors books. The average charge will be 1 gigabyte for one dollar. Hardly competitive to any deals when there are plans out there for 200gig at $59.

 

[50LTRv8]

Well it is raining in Canberra right now, my internet has dropped 17 times in the last hour, can anyone say this is acceptable net, I sure don't.

 

[minux]

Well it is raining in Canberra right now, my internet has dropped 17 times in the last hour, can anyone say this is acceptable net, I sure don't.

Serves you right for living in Canberra lol

 

[CSP]

It's OK I live in Canberra (Gungahlin) and the porn, I mean movies, I mean TV, I mean teleconference with a doctor in the USA is streaming down SUPER fast at just under 2Mb/sec.

 

[50LTRv8]

Serves you right for living in Canberra lol

Screw you Minux

 

[Darren_L]

the LNP broadband plan is like building a major 2 lane highway that will accomodate the traffic for the next 5 or even 10 years, but then they will have to rip it up and rebuild it all in 10 years time when the traffic exceeds the highways capacity - which in the long run costs even more than doing it right the first time. Technology is moving so fast, data transfer rate demand has increased exponentially over the last 5 years and it will continue to.

 

[acarmody]

the LNP broadband plan is like building a major 2 lane highway that will accomodate the traffic for the next 5 or even 10 years, but then they will have to rip it up and rebuild it all in 10 years time when the traffic exceeds the highways capacity - which in the long run costs even more than doing it right the first time. Technology is moving so fast, data transfer rate demand has increased exponentially over the last 5 years and it will continue to.

Yes but it is better to build the major two lane highway now and upgrade in X years then it is to build a minor one lane highway (Coalition plan) now and be even worse off later. And fiber optic connections can go even faster with upgrades to the sending and receiving stations in the future.

Wireless technology just won't cut it, latency would be horrible and it just won't be good enough for business districts, also can you imagine living next to one, it would have to be much more powerful than a mobile broadcasting tower and people don't even like living next to them.

Also the definition of 'rural' bug me, I live in the middle of the 3rd latgest council in Australia, Moreton Bay Regional Council, and technically we are classified as rural, WTF?