Australian Politics thread [merged]

[Penelope]

telstra is just eff ed.

Screwed over completely by a couple of parasitic lemoms.

A company once owned by the country will soon be based largely in India, employing very few australians.

And what did we get out this deal?

[Francois Jackson]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/brace-for-big-telstra-broadband-prices/story-fn7x8me2-1226283313795

Another great initiative by the Labour Party.

They should be applauded by some of the rubbish they come up with.

Yes because you can trust what News Limited says  . There are other ISPs to choose from so good luck to Telstra if they want to keep customers on the old copper wire network which will be decommissioned anyway.

News limited, AFR it doesn't matter you will find similar stories elsewhere.

Facts are is it is a blatant waste of tax payer money which the youth will have to pay for in one way or another.

I have never heard of anyone anywhere, who complained of slow internet speed, but what do i know.

How could enabling baby boomers and pensioners faster internet speed be beneficial when they dont have a f.... computer

They don't care so why does the ALP once again wastefully spend, then on the other hand make the rest of us pay for it.

The Labour Party are the North Melbourne football club of politics. The party stands for nothing and will sleep with anyone to stay afloat

[dwaino]

Daniel, the NBN isn't to increase internet speeds in Australia. Our country is the size of Europe and much of it is unconnected unless you pay for crappy wireless fed off satellites. Even the fringe areas of capital cities are on 50+ year old copper or RIMs. Upgrading the network means that everybody in Australia, regardless of location, will have access to the same quality internet. While you can argue that a large demographic (in this case, baby boomers) would find this irrelevant, it will be a requirement for all developed nations in the very near future i.e the current generation coming through.

Info on RIMs http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/rim_remote_integrated_multiplexer
Where Australia stands globally on internet speeds: http://www.xinz.org/blog/fastest-slowest-internet-speed-in-world/ (just for curiosity's sake )

[Penelope]

Theyre building infrastucture that wont reach full capacity for 50 years, i heard one lib complain.   

in thirty years time they will be grateful they don't have to spend thousands of billions upgrading the system to cope.

[gerkin greg]

 

[Tigeritis™©®]

Theyre building infrastucture that wont reach full capacity for 50 years, i heard one lib complain.   

in thirty years time they will be grateful they don't have to spend thousands of billions upgrading the system to cope.

you can waste your money on fibre optics or you can invest in the future which will be wireless technology. 

[Penelope]

you're dreaming.

wireless technology doesn't have the bandwidth of fibre.

wireless technology is constantly evolving so one day it may catch up. in the mean time it means constant and expensive upgrading of infrastructure, which means consumers must constantly update their hardware to take advantage.

I only have to move from a rural area to a suburban area now as it is to witness how congestion affects wireless streaming, and that's in the crappy low def g3 format.

Every telco wanted in on the NBN except telstra who spat the dummy initially. after threatening to go their own way with wireless, they saw the light and joined the party too.

It seems the telcos dont have such faith in wireless.

[Tigeritis™©®]

you're dreaming.

wireless technology doesn't have the bandwidth of fibre.

wireless technology is constantly evolving so one day it may catch up. in the mean time it means constant and expensive upgrading of infrastructure, which means consumers must constantly update their hardware to take advantage.

I only have to move from a rural area to a suburban area now as it is to witness how congestion affects wireless streaming, and that's in the crappy low def g3 format.

Every telco wanted in on the NBN except telstra who spat the dummy initially. after threatening to go their own way with wireless, they saw the light and joined the party too.

It seems the telcos dont have such faith in wireless.

then why is South Korea who have had the fibre network for years and have the fastest Internet speeds on the planet investing now into high speed wireless technology?

[Penelope]

dunno, is their fibre network near capacity?

perhaps they are just taking the short sighted cheap option that politicians normally do. It is rare for pollies to take long term views in their decision making.

what frequency will they run? at the higher frequencies i believe you get greater speeds but less distance, which probably isnt an issue in small, densely populated countries.

Australia on the other hand......

[Tigeritis™©®]

I don't get it.

Did Julia speak to bob carr or not?

Maybe it was one of the julias, the question is which one....?
a) the original Julia
b) the real Julia
c) the liar Julia
d) the new Julia

Anyway it's nice to know that we have new foreign affairs minister that ruined the state of NSW as much as the Cain/Kerner government did in Victoria.

Ps. It's also refreshing to know that another ex union official Brendan O'Connor has been given the small business portfolio. He has never had a real job or NEVER run a business of any sort. 
Thankyou prime minister. 

[gerkin greg]

i want to wipe the smug smile of her face with a fire bomb

[1965]

You boys will have a stroke if she wins the next election.

I wonder how long before Turnbull challenges Mr Rabbitt?

 

[Coach]

You boys will have a stroke if she wins the next election.

I wonder how long before Turnbull challenges Mr Rabbitt?

 

If she wins That day that happens is the day Bojangleburg doesn't come across as a total goose.

As much as I'd love Big Sexy Turnbull to become leader again it just ain't going to happen. Not for a while at least

[Dubstep Dookie]

I don't get it.

Did Julia speak to bob carr or not?

Maybe it was one of the julias, the question is which one....?
a) the original Julia
b) the real Julia
c) the liar Julia
d) the new Julia

Julia is like a can of coke. Red, full of fizzy nothingness, and in the 80s had a tattoo of Max Headroom on her a rse.

But is she Original Julia? Julia Zero? Cherry Julia? Or Diet Julia?

[gerkin greg]

Ass Fanta