[clug] stupid Communications ministers

[Paul]

Have you heard on IPTV or utube et.al obviously not...
Video is becoming more popular over the net, so its this requirement which will push 
internet speeds imho


Paul

On 17/11/2006 11:42 AM, Alex Satrapa wrote:
> On 16 Nov 2006, at 18:10, Dale Baldwin wrote:
> 
>> man did she piss me off today
>>
>> The Communications Minister, Senator Helen Coonan, says Internet speeds
>> in Australia are not as slow as Rupert Murdoch suggests.
>>
>> Mr Murdoch today labelled Australian broadband Internet speeds a
>> disgrace and said the nation was being left behind.
> 
> How many times do you download a complete new CD image of your favourite 
> Linux?
> 
> Why do you need > 1.5Mbps except for playing WoW or downloading porn?
> 
> Here is what most people use the Internet for these days, that I'm aware 
> of:
>  - World of Warcraft
>  - Internet banking (paying bills by BPay makes life so much easier)
>  - emailing the latest batch of photos of their baby/puppy/new house
>  - catching up with friends' blogs
>  - software updates for their OS of choice
> 
> It is already possible to waste your entire life sitting in front of a 
> PC connected to the Internet. Do you really need it to be faster?
> 
> Rupert wants faster Internet so that he has another (unregulated) 
> channel through which to pump his particular flavour of Kool Ai... I 
> mean... propaganda.
> 
> For once, I agree with someone from the Liberal party. It's more 
> important that we get broadband of any flavour out to everyone it can 
> possibly reach, than it is to get city folk a stronger hit of their 
> favourite addiction. Communities are dying, and having broadband access 
> in the wheat belt might just mean that people don't have to move to the 
> city to educate their children and run their agri-business (though the 
> sanity of running agri-business instead of agriculture is an argument 
> for a different forum).
> 
> Internode seems to be pushing faster ADSL out as fast as people are 
> buying it. The only reason to inject Government funds would be if a 
> similar company was having trouble overcoming some barrier in entering 
> the market. Telstra doesn't need help entering the market, since they 
> *are* the barrier to market entry.
> 
> Why do we need faster broadband, asides from playing games and keeping 
> up with the Joneses?
> 
> Alex
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