"Caroline/Stephen,
The NBN is funded from the issue of Australian Long Term Infrastructure bonds, which have an interest rate of about 3.75%pa last I looked. Anyone can buy them, be it Australians or overseas investors.
The amount you pay each…"
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Debt, Socialism and Capitalism
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This is a continuation of the off-topic bit of the NBN rollout discussion. I'll paste the last few replies and go from there:Geoff Hutchesson said:How about this for replies you expected ?…Continue
Tags: debt, capitalism, socialism
Started this discussion. Last reply by Cate Stuart May 7.
Religion
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Ahhh, the dreaded 'R' word. A topic that has caused war for millennia, and is still often unable to be discussed without a decline into chaos. Let's try to keep it civil here! A thread about clergy…Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ian Macrae Yeates Dec 2, 2012.
Australia and Germany
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In another discussion, Al made mention of the German economy, and after looking at it and writing a reply I thought it might be worthy of its own discussion.Al's post and my reply are posted below.…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Phillip Watson Nov 2, 2012.
Conservatism always loses out to progress
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No doubt in such a conservative forum, the title of this discussion will probably be seen as rather provocative! But, it's a point of view worthy of discussion I think.Listening to a…Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Dr Caroline Wright Aug 6, 2012.
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Phillip Watson replied to Dr Caroline Wright's discussion NBN ROLLOUT UPDATE AS IT IS OCCURRING IN TASMANIAPhillip Watson replied to Dr Caroline Wright's discussion NBN ROLLOUT UPDATE AS IT IS OCCURRING IN TASMANIA"I think you can expect that every major project will have some unhappy customers, especially in the early stages as all the teething problems are ironed out and techniques are developed. I wouldn't expect the NBN to be any different.
I would…"
Phillip Watson replied to Dr Caroline Wright's discussion NBN ROLLOUT UPDATE AS IT IS OCCURRING IN TASMANIA"The story you're talking about had nothing to do with the NBN. It was a standard ADSL broadband connection she was signed up for. Clearly, such things happen with the NBN or not.
However, even if they do increase under the NBN due to…"
Cate Stuart replied to Phillip Watson's discussion Debt, Socialism and Capitalism"Glad you liked it...hey just noticed the blue on the baboons face compliments the blue on teh NBN logo..okay...leaving now I have had a play :)"
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• Astronomy and the exploration of Space. NASA's contributions to mankind are phenomenal. I've always been fascinated by space, and plan on getting more into astronomy in the future. If Australia wins the bid for the Square Kilometre Array telescope (look it up!), it would be the most important scientific project of my lifetime, and an incredible achievement for Australia.
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I'm passionate about Australia, and about buying Australian whenever I can. I'm also passionate about science and technology, and I'd love to see far more public funding of scientific projects and organisations, and of public education.
I'm very enthusiastic about the Federal Govt's NBN project, because I think it will result in untold benefits for Australia.
Politically, I'm pretty centre. I like some Labor policies and some coalition, so I've voted both ways in the past. Greens are too far Left, One Nation is (was) too far Right!
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Can we leave the NBN to the private sector?
Opposition spokesman for communications, Malcolm Turnbull, often repeats the position that the Government should stay out of communications infrastructure, and projects such as the NBN should be left to the private sector (or "the market"), with some assistance provided for "unviable" areas.
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ContinuePosted on May 15, 2011 at 12:14am
NBN launched interim satellite service
I know there's a lot of you here on satellite internet, so this may be of interest to you:
The NBN Co has signed the contracts for it's interim satellite service which will run from this month until 2015 when their dedicated satellites are launched. The interim solution will offer speeds of up to 6Mbps (At least 6 times faster than what you have now), and based on the NBN wholesale pricing it should be considerably cheaper than what you're paying currently for the slower…
ContinuePosted on May 6, 2011 at 2:07pm — 1 Comment
Will the NBN be obsolete before it's finished?
With the constant march of technology, there are often concerns expressed that the NBN may be obsolete before it's even finished.
So what are the chances of this happening, and what technologies could potentially make the NBN obsolete?
Let's begin with a basic explanation of the fibre portion of the NBN. It uses…
ContinuePosted on April 24, 2011 at 12:30am — 22 Comments
NBN Article in The Land today
I just came across an article in The Land this-morning, which probably sums up better than I could, the benefits the NBN will bring to rural areas. Here is the article, and the conclusion:
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Posted on April 3, 2011 at 2:44pm — 7 Comments
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Lee McNicholl said… Welcome, I am looking forward to your content as I have some real concerns that the NBN will disadvantage rural Australia
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