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Bevan Slattery wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I would hope
with all this spending some serious upgrading of national
infrastructure occurs and that broadband doesn't get the only
(or largest) piece of the pie.
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Meaning 50% or greater piece. I'm OK with it being the largest, not
just larger than everything thing else. Just wanted to clarify :)
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The other bit of the stimulus package is the same or more (including
various water initiatives) - $42b from the press releases (although I
don't know how the $$ add up to that). FWIW - the government has
claimed total cost will be $43b, not that they will borrow $43b - esp
as they have as part of it that companies will tip in infrastructure
(eg. existing fibre, duct etc) for equity.
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<pre wrap="">This is because overhead lines plus a Telstra and Optus HFC line is
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<pre wrap=""><!---->added to the mix leaving little or no headroom for future electrical
capacity upgrades.
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HFC, Telstra PSTN are run in the telecommunication height. Electrical
is above that. Not sure why anything on the poles would stop the
electricity being upgraded. <br>
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They would also have to make a ministerial determination determination
under Schedule 3 to do this (make it a low impact facility). No biggie.
However, I know a couple of energy providers already talking
'compensation'. Maybe the Fed Gov is going to replicate the power
transmission infrastructure in order to teach them a lesson too? ;)
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Ha! The energy providers should have had the sense to run their own
last-mile, but failed big time here in Oz.<br>
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It's going to be a hard road. I sincerely hope that at the very least a
new national backhaul infrastructure is created by amalgamating
infrastructure from existing providers and new construction. To me that
would have made this whole mess worthwhile.
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My understanding is that this is the plan. Let's see what happens if
Telstra decide to tip in some of their infrastructure - that might
drive the cost down. <br>
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MMC<br>
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