Senator Brandis's plan to 'Stop the Bytes' is folly and by tackling one aspect of a much larger problem the government is taking sides in an unwinable war. Yesterday on Business Spectator the issue of piracy, Australia Tax, global market segmentation, and multi-nationals failing to pay tax in Australia is discussed. What do you think of the government's efforts to 'Stop the Bytes'?
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The Australasian Association for Information and Communication Technology (AAICT) has launched the first project activity, the NBN Project Pin Map. Registered users can upload photos and descriptions to the AAICT website and place a pin to show where the photos were taken. Everyone is encouraged to share their experiences with the NBN and to take photos to put on the pin map.
Have you ever wondered what it will be like to have a faster NBN and to find that you still suffer from congestion and cannot get anything done? Well, the Coalition's multi-technology mix NBN appears to be headed in that direction. And there does not appear to be any concern from the company spending $43 billion to build the NBN. In Business Spectator the problems with a lack of capacity and the resulting congestion are discussed.
Labor is getting a caning right now in the NBN debate and many people are wondering why? How can Labor with a winning NBN policy make such a mess of this advantage? You might expect Labor to take their pre-election NBN policy, make a few tweaks to fix glaring problems and hammer away at the Coalition NBN plan to provide Australia with a slower, congested NBN at the same cost as Labor's NBN. But Labor is silent, why?
In Business Spectator the focus turns to Turnbull's NBN headache and how it has grown. Turnbull's effort to doggedly stick to the Coalition's NBN plan in the face of overwhelming evidence that it will harm the nation's interests has brought him back to earth and even his staunchest allies must now see Turnbull as a fall guy for a government with a broadband plan that is increasingly becoming a focus for protest.
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The Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull's startling admission at the recent CommsDay NBNRebooted event held in Sydney is a cause for concern because up to 30 per cent of premises are being left in limbo by a decision not to connect them to the National Broadband Network.
The Coalition's NBN policy is now a 'bare-minimum broadband' policy that will set Australia at the back of the pack over time. This week in Business Spectator the Turnbull approach to how to cause telecommunications chaos is discussed and what the detrimental effects will be for Australia are highlighted.
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Turnbull's headlong rush to find a solution to the TPG problem has had unexpected consequences for the telecommunication industry. The mess being created by Turnbull could take years to fix and considerable compensation for the companies affected by the telecommunications chaos. This week in Business Spectator the government's attempt to regulate a solution to TPG's FTTB cherry picking is discussed and what this will mean for the industry is identified.
Jut to prove a point the government's hand picked team at NBN Co has changed the accounting method used in the Half Yearly Report released recently so that the figures coincide with the government's copius NBN related reviews and audits carried out in the year following the 2013 election. In Business Spectator the dubious nature of the accounting used is analysed and what is missing has been identified.
NBN Co's FTTN/ Fibre on Demand has been released and the cost will shock most people. This week in Business Spectator the details of NBN Co's FTTN/FOD are discussed and what this means for customers that want to upgrade to FTTP is described and the outcome is not pleasant.
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