NBN Roll out going as well as expected
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From: Petzl on 22 Jun 2010 18:32 On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:17:16 -0700 (PDT), Addinall <addinall(a)addinall.org> wrote: >Buy an iPod and a 3G wireless card. > >Funny thing is, it isn't going to get much better. Telstra have just >been given $11 billion to carry on as normal! The KRudd >government got rolled in an effort to get JUST ONE policy >through! > >The NBN is now going to be super-duper 100 Mbps for those that >want to forgo pleasures in life such as eating. This will use >BRAND NEW optical fiber (apart from where Telstra (and OPTUS) >already has dark fiber waiting to be lit-up). > >The NBN is now considering (100%) using the existing cable to >ALSO provide BRAND NEW high speed to the home. This has >been planned for ages. A switch upgrade will do much of the work. > >The NBN is now going to USE BRAND NEW WIRELESS technology >to get to those in urban black spots. Ahem, what happens now? > >And the folk who can't get ADSL2+, CABLE, FTTH, FTTN (wireless) >are going to be using a satellite system. As it has always been in >the 20+ years I have been installing systems around Australia. >And until we get some Ka birds in the air, speed is not going to >change >one little bit. > >Even Ka band in Geostationary orbit isgoing to still put up with >latency. If you want JEOs, you need a lot of them. > >Mark Addinall. Whatever! The Government though, seems to be already preparing for Internet connectivity http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/22/aus_cybercrime_report/ "Security Essentials" is available "Free" from Microsoft for XP and above (as good as there is avaiable, Malware protection FREE) http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ Fact is without effective protection Super Broadband for Grandma, Mum, Dad, Kids, etc, can result in Australia being blocked as is Brazil etc for malicous behaviour. Petzl -- I am.You are.We are Australian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ6OFzDq3Ow&feature=related
From: Addinall on 22 Jun 2010 19:44 On Jun 23, 8:32 am, Petzl <pet...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:17:16 -0700 (PDT), Addinall > > > > <addin...(a)addinall.org> wrote: > >Buy an iPod and a 3G wireless card. > > >Funny thing is, it isn't going to get much better. Telstra have just > >been given $11 billion to carry on as normal! The KRudd > >government got rolled in an effort to get JUST ONE policy > >through! > > >The NBN is now going to be super-duper 100 Mbps for those that > >want to forgo pleasures in life such as eating. This will use > >BRAND NEW optical fiber (apart from where Telstra (and OPTUS) > >already has dark fiber waiting to be lit-up). > > >The NBN is now considering (100%) using the existing cable to > >ALSO provide BRAND NEW high speed to the home. This has > >been planned for ages. A switch upgrade will do much of the work. > > >The NBN is now going to USE BRAND NEW WIRELESS technology > >to get to those in urban black spots. Ahem, what happens now? > > >And the folk who can't get ADSL2+, CABLE, FTTH, FTTN (wireless) > >are going to be using a satellite system. As it has always been in > >the 20+ years I have been installing systems around Australia. > >And until we get some Ka birds in the air, speed is not going to > >change > >one little bit. > > >Even Ka band in Geostationary orbit isgoing to still put up with > >latency. If you want JEOs, you need a lot of them. > > >Mark Addinall. > > Whatever! The Government though, seems to be already preparing for > Internet connectivityhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/22/aus_cybercrime_report/ That's nice to hear. The rest of us started in 1989. Twenty one years ago, or thereabouts.... > "Security Essentials" is available "Free" from Microsoft for XP and > above (as good as there is avaiable, Malware protection FREE)http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ > Fact is without effective protection Super Broadband for Grandma, Mum, > Dad, Kids, etc, can result in Australia being blocked as is Brazil etc > for malicous behaviour. What planet do you live on Pretzl? Mark Addinall. > > Petzl > -- > I am.You are.We are Australianhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ6OFzDq3Ow&feature=related
From: Petzl on 22 Jun 2010 21:18 On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:44:56 -0700 (PDT), Addinall <addinall(a)addinall.org> wrote: >> Whatever! The Government though, >>seems to be already preparing for Internet connectivity http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/22/aus_cybercrime_report/ > >That's nice to hear. The rest of us started in 1989. Twenty one >years ago, or thereabouts.... Time to move on. Not everyone started then. This is now >> "Security Essentials" is available "Free" from Microsoft for XP and >> above (as good as there is avaiable, Malware protection FREE) http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ >> Fact is without effective protection Super Broadband for Grandma, Mum, >> Dad, Kids, etc, can result in Australia being blocked as is Brazil etc >> for malicous behaviour. > >What planet do you live on Pretzl? > >Mark Addinall. Just the real world in todays time Petzl -- "Until now the Whitlam government has been the gold standard for incompetence in Australia. We finally have a prime minister that has managed to out-Gough Gough."
From: terryc on 22 Jun 2010 22:30 On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:32:12 +1000, Petzl wrote: > Whatever! The Government though, seems to be already preparing for > Internet connectivity > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/22/aus_cybercrime_report/ "Security > Essentials" is available "Free" from Microsoft for XP and above (as good > as there is avaiable, Malware protection FREE) The gummint has prepared for nothing except kickbacks from Microsoft for stepping up its effort to force MS products onto everyone. > http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ Fact is without effective > protection Super Broadband for Grandma, Mum, Dad, Kids, etc, can result > in Australia being blocked as is Brazil etc for malicous behaviour. Cheese and chalk. One is victim, other is perpetrator. And what are the IP numbers allocated to Brazil? I will see what my mailer says about the effectiveness of this "blockade".
From: terryc on 22 Jun 2010 22:33
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:44:56 -0700, Addinall wrote: > On Jun 23, 8:32 am, Petzl <pet...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:17:16 -0700 (PDT), Addinall >> >> >> >> <addin...(a)addinall.org> wrote: >> >Buy an iPod and a 3G wireless card. >> >> >Funny thing is, it isn't going to get much better. Telstra have just >> >been given $11 billion to carry on as normal! The KRudd government >> >got rolled in an effort to get JUST ONE policy through! >> >> >The NBN is now going to be super-duper 100 Mbps for those that want to >> >forgo pleasures in life such as eating. This will use BRAND NEW >> >optical fiber (apart from where Telstra (and OPTUS) already has dark >> >fiber waiting to be lit-up). >> >> >The NBN is now considering (100%) using the existing cable to ALSO >> >provide BRAND NEW high speed to the home. This has been planned for >> >ages. A switch upgrade will do much of the work. >> >> >The NBN is now going to USE BRAND NEW WIRELESS technology to get to >> >those in urban black spots. Ahem, what happens now? >> >> >And the folk who can't get ADSL2+, CABLE, FTTH, FTTN (wireless) are >> >going to be using a satellite system. As it has always been in the >> >20+ years I have been installing systems around Australia. And until >> >we get some Ka birds in the air, speed is not going to change >> >one little bit. >> >> >Even Ka band in Geostationary orbit isgoing to still put up with >> >latency. If you want JEOs, you need a lot of them. >> >> >Mark Addinall. >> >> Whatever! The Government though, seems to be already preparing for >> Internet >> connectivityhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/22/ aus_cybercrime_report/ > > That's nice to hear. The rest of us started in 1989. Twenty one years > ago, or > thereabouts.... I'm currently trying to plow through the report. So far it seems to be almost entirely about creating more bureacracy in the recommendatins, aka pushing the big brother theme. |