<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 13/08/2010, at 2:11 PM, Matthew Moyle-Croft wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font>I really want, given I have some kids, to have a broadband future here in Oz. I'd like to not have bandaid after bandaid that is the current suggestions. I'd REALLY like to have a vibrant communications industry with a lot of options for local loops/backhaul etc. <br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>Time will solve that problem for you - given another change of government it is unlikely that they'll still be kids by the time any broadband plan is fully executed.</div><div><br></div><div>Keep in mind that there were kids in regional areas starting high-school in 2007 (when the government of the day announced the previous national broadband plan) who may be leaving school soon never having had access to a broadband connection at home. Ask them whether they care if it's 12 megs or 100.</div><div><br></div><div>The wrong solution may not be better than no solution at all, but it's still a better result than the wasteful flip-flopping between different plans that stifle other investment.</div><div><br></div><div>John</div><div><br></div></body></html>