The NBN has been a massive discussion point in Tasmania amongst friends and colleagues lately. We feel like we’re entitled to this network, just as every other Australia should. Perhaps more so, because of our disconnection from the mainland, and the fact that we’re always thought of last with everything else. This is the first time Tasmania has ever got *anything* first and it has the potential to bridge a digital divide giving regional customers speeds as fast as capital cities currently enjoy with dying technology like ADSL2 (which much of Tas still cannot access).

Its a very scary time given the current political climate, with so much uncertainty now surrounding the NBN’s future. Let’s hope as the NBN grows and becomes more entrenched, that the Coalition start to come round, and support it at least at some level. We can’t afford another mess with Telstra, and for a Coalition government to sit on their hands arguing about a new broadband plan while the rest of the world migrates to fibre.