Forget the leap of a national broadband network. Take a look 1990s telecommunications — as envisaged by 1960s Britain. Nice forward fashion too!
National Broadband Network
Video of the Day: Back to the Future: 1960s take on 1990s tech
The government’s infrastructure gamble
Even though I applaud the idea of a national broadband network, I’m wary that a large scale, long-term project like this may end up being out of date not long after construction of the network is finished.
Crikey Clarifier: National Broadband Network, Part 1
FTTN? FTTH? WTF? The NBN explained.
Crikey Says: Communications policy shift = historic and radical
The Government’s commitment to a new era of publicly-owned information infrastructure is all well and good but there are some significant issues to worry about.
Telstra shareholders rolling in NBN gold
It may cost $43 billion over the next 8 years but the Rudd plan for its national broadband network has made Telstra shareholders happy campers this morning, writes Glenn Dyer.
100 million bits per second: you call that fast?
Instead of inspiring Australia and the world with a truly world-class next-generation broadband network, the Government promises to dish up only what other countries have already got, writes Mark Pesce.
Kevin Rudd’s leap of faith
The real test of the government’s national broadband network will be whether we use the technology to create new industries, writes Peter Cox.
The winds of change will not wait for Rudd’s broadband
There’s a very good chance that the new network will be long obsolete by the time it is finished, writes Chris Berg.
NBN: the brief facts
Bernard Keane breaks down the basics NBN style.
Fibre To The Node becomes Fibre To The Nerd
This is the biggest media policy shake-up since the introduction of subscription television and maybe longer, writes Bernard Keane.
Huge, historic and nationalised: broadband goes ballistic
Kevin Rudd may not be too keen on tough decisions, but he doesn’t baulk at expensive ones, writes Bernard Keane.
Unfunny April Fools’ jokes take over the web
Don’t believe anything you read on April 1. Another tip? Don’t try to rob a bank.
