Showing posts with label national broadband. Show all posts
Showing posts with label national broadband. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

NBN and Optus

Got this from bussiness week::
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.’s Australian unit Optus is in advanced talks to transfer its customers to the nation’s proposed national broadband network, the Australian Financial Review reported, without saying where it got the information. Optus has about 425,000 broadband cable customers and may sign a deal similar to that reached by Telstra Corp., the newspaper said.

The good thing about this information. *if its correct* That the private sector is starting to get behind the NBN project. This can only be a possitive. It also makes the liberal oppositions opposition to the project weaker
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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Election 2010 :: NBN

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If their was one key election issue winner or looser it was the National Broadband.
To be honest I was suprised that Abbott didn't go along with the vision of NBN for Australia's sake. The usual opposition line is.
"...We will honour any previous government commitments..."
Well as time has shown the rural independents have decided the issues with one of their main reasons been the NBN.

The other failure which I think can be seen by Tony Smiths move from the shadow communication portfolio is their inability to actually sell their alternative. The press conference was a joke. Tony Abbott didn't show, Andrew Robb looked like he was running the show and overshadowed Tony Smith the Coalitions expert. 

I don't think the liberals will make the same mistake again. I think Abbott has already reflected upon this with putting Malcolm Turnbull in the shadow minister for communication.
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