There have been many many articles in recent times in regards to whether or not Labor’s National Broadband Network (NBN) plan is a waste of money. Certainly, the reputed price tag of the network – either $43b or $26b depending on who and what you believe and/or read – is a BIG price tag, but [...]
Well, the election was last night, and after an excruciating five-week campaign, we are all none the wiser as to who will be running Australia going forward, with the result looking set to be a hung parliament. The current standings vary from media outlet to media outlet, with some having the ALP ahead, some having [...]
As we move into the final week of the federal election campaign, broadband network policy has been a real hot potato over the last few days. The Coalition plan has been roundly attacked by many – despite being significantly cheaper than the government plan. The Government plan has been touted as “risky” and “a white [...]
Last Tuesday evening, V/Line’s newest, shiniest V/Locity DMU was stopped for almost 30 minutes at Spotswood station, operating service number 8229, otherwise known as the 16:40 Southern Cross to Marshall. Passengers were told that the new unit – (running at the front of the three unit consist) – had become “uncoupled” from the two rearward [...]
As a long suffering Geelong V/Line commuter, the progression of the Regional Rail Link project is very welcome. It will improve reliability and the predictability of the timetable, and therefore travel times into and out of Melbourne. Unfortunately, as is often the case with major infrastructure projects, residential properties need to make way for some [...]
Hot on the heels of Senator Conroy’s “Cavalcade of Frivolous Attacks on the Internet”, and his stinging “greatest single breach of privacy in history” attack on Google, his friends over in the Health Department are doing some information profiling of their own. Australians Get Health ID Number Tomorrow Here’s the quote that interests me: Earlier [...]
Julia Gillard became Australia’s first female Prime Minister today. Of course, her being a female is irrelevant, and in the fullness of time, we’ll find out if her rise to the leadership will be a good or bad thing. The thing is, she KNEW she would be become Prime Minister today. Couldn’t she have run [...]
There were amazing scenes at Canberra Airport this morning, with what might be the final flight of “Milky Bar Kid Airlines” leaving for Brisbane amid rumours of a fuel spill during final preparations for depature. One passenger is believed to have reported that a male flight attendant made the following announcement as the aircraft taxied [...]
The dust has settled a little since the surprise announcement yesterday of the $11Bn deal between the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co), and Telstra, that will see the NBN rolled out using predominantly passive Telstra infrastructure. Namely, this is Telstra’s network of pits, ducts, and some cabling infrastructure. The deal will see the gradual [...]
One of the biggest issues – particularly in terms of cost – for Australian ISPs at this time, is access to the local copper loop to provide DSL service. DSL services – (whether they be ADSL, ADSL2, SHDSL or any other xDSL based service) – cover the vast majority of all internet connections in Australia. [...]
