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Thread ID: 80323 2007-06-19 10:28:00 Australia announces vast national broadband plan zqwerty (97) PC World Chat
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560554 2007-06-19 10:28:00 Go here:

www.smh.com.au
zqwerty (97)
560555 2007-06-19 10:47:00 There must be an election coming up. Broadband spend up was going to be one of the opposition's pledges. PaulD (232)
560556 2007-06-19 12:17:00 Yes. There is an election later in the year. The bullsh1t is flowing freely.

In reality, it will cost a few billion. There are better things to spend those billions on than broadband.
vinref (6194)
560557 2007-06-19 13:19:00 blasphemy! motorbyclist (188)
560558 2007-06-19 13:30:00 Fast internet for the masses is going to be the key to staying competitive and doing business, both buying and selling, in the next 20 years especially if fuel prices continue to climb, and I don't think there is any doubt of that, NZ had better pull finger. zqwerty (97)
560559 2007-06-19 15:44:00 Fast internet for the masses is going to be the key to staying competitive and doing business, both buying and selling, in the next 20 years especially if fuel prices continue to climb, and I don't think there is any doubt of that, NZ had better pull finger.

We agree on something here zqwerty.

You must have been reading Von Mises.
Cicero (40)
560560 2007-06-20 00:03:00 Fast internet for the masses is going to be the key to staying competitive and doing business, both buying and selling, in the next 20 years especially if fuel prices continue to climb, and I don't think there is any doubt of that, NZ had better pull finger .

I know that most people here will agree Zqwerty but the facts are that internet business growth is slowing worldwide . We are reaching a plateau . Oh I have no doubt use will continue to grow but nothing as fast as the last 10 years .

You can compare it to every leading edge technology . As soon as something gets cheap enough, everyone piles on board . Cellphones are a good example . Then it becomes mundane and sales drop . Indeed I can think of five people straight away who don't own or use cellphones .

So it is with internet commerce . There was a massive dive into buying over the net until people got used to it, and now the growth has trailed off .

What we need in NZ is nation-wide broadband before we start to think about ADSL2 etc . Many Kiwis still have only dial-up .
Winston001 (3612)
560561 2007-06-20 04:24:00 I will bet the 5 people above are well over 20,believe me ADSL 2 and the march of cell phones will go on and on.

Slow down will come with some saturation.
Cicero (40)
560562 2007-06-20 09:59:00 Go here:

www.smh.com.au

Probably like the new developments Telecom announces regularly.
JJJJJ (528)
560563 2007-06-20 10:14:00 I don't think so, this is an obvious thing that any responsible government that is investing in the future of it's citizens would do, here it is dependent on whether there is money to be made in the short term by greedy little businessmen. zqwerty (97)
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