Not even Conroy was able to offer any concrete examples during the BB debate, that's how unprepared they are. His saving grace was that the coalition bloke had even less of a clue. It was embarrassing.
Go and google "national broadband network benefits". You will find very little of anyone in government actually listing much more than the doctor in the sticks consulting a specialist example (I want to know what this situation does to legal liability insurance - it's a hornets nest).
God knows my business will use bandwidth. I'll take anything you can offer and I actually don't care what it costs. Very, very few businesses can actually use the speeds they so liberally quote.
People's apathy has astounded me during this election. Gillard never answers a question straight. Ever. She is a bullshitter of the highest order and at the moment a marginal number of Australians too many are too fucking stupid to see it (or they are hoping for another handout.) In last night's People's Forum and especially in today's Press Club address she laid on slabs of rethoric with no real answers that were relevant to questions asked. She even became condescending and aggressive when asked questions she did not like. She is a political animal of note with less than two years of front bench experience and people trust her to run a country? Come on man.
When the whole thing started I found myself in a real quandry as I didn't like either of them. At least Abbot seems genuine and is man enough to be honest when he has no answer. Gillard will go off on some baloney tangent and end up slating Abbot to detract from he own lack of knowledge or substance on an issue.
But if the coalition goes down it will largely to their own making. The costings debacle has been their single biggest downfall.
From the polls it looks like I will be in the market for an anti Gillard filter for three years. The ones that flick the channel as soon as it picks up the monotone Joolyaaa drone.
Brilliantly said Blue,
You've articulated a heap of points that I've either thought or already made.
Joolya shits me to tears, never answers a question and when she does her answers contradict themselves. The chick on the townhall last night asked her if she feels like a hypocrite for saying Labor had lost it's way, but found it again by keeping 3 of the 4 in the leadership group and applauding the work done by the fourth. You can't have it both ways.
Meanwhile the coalition have gone bonkers, but I'll still vote for them cause there is a lack of viable alternatives. Stopping the boats is such a non-issue, but it won them the 2003 election so they'll bring it out again. Paid maternity leave up to 150k is a strange one, as is their built in assumption that women earn less than men. Taxing big business to pay for maternity leave doesn't really add up either, seems to go against the Liberal ethos.
Tony Smith, the wonky eyed goose the Libs put in charge of technology is a first rate plonker. Malcolm would have eaten Conroy alive on Lateline last night given half the chance. Such a wasted opportunity. People seem to forget the only reason Labor want to speed up the Internet is so they can filter it.
Like you, I'll take fibre to my home, in fact I'll get very excited that the government is buying me a new toy. Assuming, and it's a massive assumption, they can build it before running out of money. Like you, I'm prepared to pay for bandwidth, I'm actually looking forward to hosting G&GR from home on some decent farking hardware. That is, if they let you run a server on your gigabit connection, take nothing for granted.
I currently have 12Mb/s and it's perfectly capable of skype video. We regularly do this to South Africa, where they'd be lucky to have 4Mb/s. Great point on medical liability, what Doctor is going to want to dispense advice that the patient can record for a future court case?
