Abbot and O’Brien on broadband
Following one of the most lame policy launches I have seen (Minchin makes Conroy actually look good :/ ), Tony Abbot hit the 7.30 report last night to tote the Liberal’s broadband plan for Australia. It didn’t seem to be much more than the usual “hands off and let the market deal with it” approach [...]
Public Sphere #1 High Speed Broadband in Aus
The first Public Sphere event has just finished It’s been an information packed, thought provoking few hours. Here’s a brief rundown of material that has resulted: Official Public Sphere event details on Senator Kate Lundy’s site. The Twitter feed from the morning. Craig Thomler’s liveblog from the event. Tom Worthington’s blog (Including links to the [...]
Government takes over NBN
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting to day that Telstra and OPEL have failed to secure a contract to roll out a national fibre network in Australia. This is potentially good news. The same political logic that says private business is the best and most effective choice for a service provider also says that there’s [...]
