The Minister gets a bit touchy over the media reporting of Armidale launch
Posted Thursday, May 19, 2011Quoting from a Ministerial press release today "Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy today said reports of low customer numbers on the National Broadband Network (NBN) were misleading and ironic given the network was only launched on the mainland yesterday." Is the Minister getting a little touchy on this subject - seems so to me.
Sorry Minister, but you are the one who is misrepresenting the truth. The first customer was connected to the network back in April - on or about the 19th is my information. In the month since that first customer was connected only 7 people have been connected. During that same period of time Opticomm in Tasmania connected 70 "trial" customers in the one month before the launch.
"This is a responsible and sensible approach and it’s a shame some sections of the media can’t recognise this."
The media does recognise this, but they are reporting the FACTS rather than the political spin that you have been handing out over the past 2 years. I feel sorry for Tony Windsor who in my opinion has been totally conned by the Government as to the benefits this will bring. It will only bring the benefits if the network is designed correctly and in my opinion there are many fundamental flaws in NBNco's implementation and design.
"Senator Conroy said the agreement, which is being finalised between NBN Co and Telstra, will see Telstra decommission its copper network. This means as the NBN rolls out, almost every fixed line to a home will be an NBN connection."
But as there is an opt in requirement for the fibre connection, how is the copper going to be decommissioned without FORCING people onto the network? Are NBNco contractors going to trespass on properties which don't approve of the connection?
Stop being so precious, if you cant take the heat get out of the kitchen Minister or get companies who can deliver to do the work.
Sorry Minister, but you are the one who is misrepresenting the truth. The first customer was connected to the network back in April - on or about the 19th is my information. In the month since that first customer was connected only 7 people have been connected. During that same period of time Opticomm in Tasmania connected 70 "trial" customers in the one month before the launch.
"This is a responsible and sensible approach and it’s a shame some sections of the media can’t recognise this."
The media does recognise this, but they are reporting the FACTS rather than the political spin that you have been handing out over the past 2 years. I feel sorry for Tony Windsor who in my opinion has been totally conned by the Government as to the benefits this will bring. It will only bring the benefits if the network is designed correctly and in my opinion there are many fundamental flaws in NBNco's implementation and design.
"Senator Conroy said the agreement, which is being finalised between NBN Co and Telstra, will see Telstra decommission its copper network. This means as the NBN rolls out, almost every fixed line to a home will be an NBN connection."
But as there is an opt in requirement for the fibre connection, how is the copper going to be decommissioned without FORCING people onto the network? Are NBNco contractors going to trespass on properties which don't approve of the connection?
Stop being so precious, if you cant take the heat get out of the kitchen Minister or get companies who can deliver to do the work.
3 comments:
- At 22 May, 2011 13:59 Anonymous said...
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"It will only bring the benefits if the network is designed correctly and in my opinion there are many fundamental flaws in NBNco's implementation and design."
What are these flaws Stephen ? - At 23 May, 2011 14:32 Stephen Davies said...
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There is a series of articles that I will be publishing over the coming weeks which will be highlighting these issues.
- At 23 May, 2011 23:55 Anonymous said...
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Looking forward to them Stephen Davies
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