[Fwd: Re: [clug] stupid Communications ministers]

[Martijn van Oosterhout]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 05:28:12PM +1100, David Howe wrote:
> 
> > The Communications Minister, Senator Helen Coonan, says Internet speeds
> > in Australia are not as slow as Rupert Murdoch suggests.
> 
> Well she would have to say that because that is the government line, ie
> our broadband connectivity is OK.

I think she's just being unimaginative. Elsewhere in the world ADSL and
cable are becoming interchangable (you can get phone+internet+tv
through either). For that you need a lot of speed, especially if you
want to watch more than one channel at a time (hardly unusual with hard
disk recorders).

It's a pity cable never got very far in Australia. In Holland, where
94% of the population can get cable, cable providers have been offering
high-speed download for years so ADSL has been trying to catch up.
Capping at 1.5Mb would having been insane, they would have driven
themselves out of the market. That dynamic never existed in Australia.

Have a nice day,
-- 
Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog at svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
Url : http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux/attachments/20061117/41a9af54/attachment.bin