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I have not read through all the replies but a few things stand out about the Nation broadband scheme.
The new system will require you to put in lines into your home. The Network will only come to your fascia. Average price for putting lines throughout your home if you have say 2 connections is estimated at around $500-$2000. I heard it on the ABC radio yesterday. This does not cover the cost fo new phones, modems and fax machines that are compliant with the technology. Reason for the high costs is supply and demand. There are not enough technicians available to do this work with the necessary skill. Nor is the new gear available yet and we know how much new equipment costs.
Next this system will only really be good within Australia. The overseas lines are copper and will not be replaced for some time yet. Systems overseas will affect the speed of connection and download rates. Since most stuff is overseas guess what will happen? This should also be borne in mind with the notion of contention. That being, each node is only capable of a certain load. If 100 people share the same load the speed will not be heaps faster as has been suggested. It will be a shared speed and that might mean it might be twice as fast or just as fast as now. It really depends on how this is all setup. Quite frankly I see this scheme being a bit of a fizzer once the bills start rolling out.
Finally, when has the final cost ever been what the federal government has stated, or for that matter any government has stated. It always blows out. Some estimates are now suggesting it will be triple the cost of the 43 billion now. I hope this is not the case. Also bear in mind the cables stung up on the power lines have a service life of 25-30 year due to radiation from the Sun and the cosmos.
Yep waste of money Peter. I reckon fix up the problem areas and work on health and put 35 billion into that.
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