A week or so ago I was having a quiet drink with several pilot buddies at the Southport Flying Club on the Gold Coast. One of my very long-term acquaintances (a retired heavy jet-jockey) asked me how my fibre-optics occupations were progressing. “Fine” I said, and tried to talk of some of my recent experiences. I was cut short, as he launched into a tirade against “this bloody useless waste of taxpayers money”. “What’s wrong with your broadband connection now, can’t you download movies fast enough”… etc etc. Whoa! I backed off and joined another group around the bar.
Unfortunately I …
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Why do we need a National Broadband Network? Jul 31
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“A level one network in New Zealand just won’t do the trick. Applications are SO important. There is only so much finite space in the headend buildings for people to install their own hardware and solutions.”
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