With the recent announcement that the Coalition won’t be touching the last 500m of the copper network, this article may be moot, however closer inspection of the Coalition’s co-funding model for FTTH is needed. Hidden within the Liberal party’s broadband … Continue reading
Over the past week Malcolm Turnbull has made some very misleading, to the point of deliberate deception, statements on both the cost of connecting to the NBN & the rollout footprint of the Coalition’s FTTN plan. Both statements were designed … Continue reading
In my dealings with technology over the years, one thing I’ve noticed is that the simpler an argument is made for a specific technology, the easier it is to make a wrong decision in acquiring said technology. There is no … Continue reading
Of recent days it has become increasingly apparent even to the layman that Malcolm Turnbull’s broadband policy is a dud. There are no redeeming features (it’s not cheap, it won’t be deployed faster, & the cost/benefit of the policy is … Continue reading
Yesterday Josh Taylor hosted an Our Say debate via a Google Hangout between Malcolm Turnbull & Stephen Conroy. From the onset, it was clear that Turnbull was going to drag the debate down to his aggressive, arrogant, & dishonest level. Personally, … Continue reading
As a voracious consumer of media I’ve been left despondent of recent years in the low quality of journalism when it comes to anything technical. In “keeping up with the times”, newspapers & media organisations have created whole sections of their newspapers … Continue reading
A recent survey commissioned by Macquarie Telecom & conducted by Deloitte has, to me, highlighted the disconnect between senior management & ICT workers. The outcome of the survey, generally speaking, is that business is “not ready” for the National Broadband Network … Continue reading
This is the second article in my ongoing analysis of the Coalition’s broadband policy. There’s one saying that’s always rung true since I started in ICT (Information & Communication Technology), it was always said half in jest, half as a … Continue reading
This is the first of a series of articles I am writing on the Coalition’s Broadband Policy. I am looking at the misinformation on funding & the desire to hide any of the data that the Coalition uses for their … Continue reading
Recently I emailed Malcolm Turnbull’s office to get further details on his fabled policy. I have to resort to this after Turnbull blocked me on Twitter due to me being, I quote, an “anonymous troll”. @markjs1 blocking is ignoring. Which … Continue reading