John Linton ........when expectations are promoted by lying.
Doubtless the majority of the electorate have forgotten how Krudd manipulated their stupidity by promising an 'NBN1' built for 4.7 million dollars up and running in significant areas by December 2008. This was his election promise widely stated in the run up to the 2007 federal election. Of course it was total and impossible nonsense but the Australian electorate lapped up Krudd's blatant lies and kicked off the biggest and most expensive fiasco in the history of Federation. When the original blatant lies became exposed, Krudd had the arrogance to invent the 'NBN2' with slightly revised implementation dates and a tenfold 'budget' increase. This allowed the treachorous and even bigger liar (vote for me and there will be no carbon tax while I am prime minister) to almost win the following election (having knifed the moon faced fool after promising her undying loyalty) and continuing on the 'NBN2' folly.
So where is it all at now? Less than 1,000, far less, trial customers in rural Tasmania and Armidale in NSW have sub 20 mbps for the most part fibre Internet. The original "December 2008" date is only remembered by people with the memory retention capabilities above those of pond scum which excludes the people who voted for Gillard almost a year ago.Today, so I read, the long debated 'NBN2'/Telstra enabling contract will be announced as finally being signed (signed that is subject to confirmation by the ACCC and the Telstra shareholders). So perhaps more progress will be made from now onwards - assuming all the cable layers aren't already working for treble the money in Australian areas blessed by the 'resources boom'.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/telstra-secures-11b-nbn-deal-20110623-1gg2q.html
So, almost three years after 'significant services' were promised by Krudd to be delivered a start will be made on laying cable to some allocated areas. When the 'NBN' service will be available to any real percentage of users remains undefined and whether or not the 'NBN2' will survive a change of government is as unclear today as it was four years ago. So, you might with every justification say, it was ever thus with politicians promises and what's $A40 billion anyway - it's a number that 99.99% or more Australian voters can't even vaguely comprehend.....and you would be right.....more than that is wasted by the Australian military buying horrendously expensive hardware that never serves any useful purpose every few years.
Well, when you think about it, quite a few things have changed over the past four years. Like what? Well - like:
- the fact that ADSL2 in now roughly 50% cheaper than it was four years ago for a very large percentage of people (including the majority of Telstra users).
- the cost of telephone calls has fallen by more than 50% due to the uptake of VoIP and the resulting slash and burn discounting forced on the major carriers.
- the cost of mobile wireless has fallen by two thirds and the average speeds have increased by over 400% with defined paths for speeds to increase by over 600% before the first 5,000 'NBN2' customers transit a byte in anger.
and that's TODAY....not some undefined estimated date in the future.
Four years on from Krudd's election manipulating lies N0THING has been achieved and all of the assumptions put forward by stupid Stephen on behalf of the Labor party have proven to be wrong.
Well done you - the people whose votes allowed this to happen.
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