<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>First thing that comes to mind when reading this little conspiracy theory is one of the premises of NBN is that it will be sold and made a commercial entity; imagine SingTel/Optus having an interest in DoD critical infrastructure?<div><br><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;"><b>From: </b>"John Glendenning" <glendenning.j@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>ausnog@ausnog.net, ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, 13 October, 2010 9:25:23 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[AusNOG] NBN - military pretense?<br><br>Hi All,<br><br>Ive been reading up on our military buildup and some of the proposed big spend.<br><br>All of this military gear would benefit from having a robust communication infrastructure (fibre in the ground) so Im wondering how much of the NBN story could be driven by the need to keep up with a future Chinese arms race.<br>
<br>Surely the NBN is driven by lots of requirements, but how important do people think the military angle is?<br><br>Have a read of this article I found <a href="http://www.mediaspy.org/forum/index.php?/topic/20752-several-nbn-questions-answered/" target="_blank">http://www.mediaspy.org/forum/index.php?/topic/20752-several-nbn-questions-answered/</a><br>
<br>I love my consipracy theories!<br><br></blockquote><span><br><br>-- <br><span name="x"></span>Peter Tonoli <peter@medstv.unimelb.edu.au><br>IT Manager<br>The University of Melbourne St. Vincent's Academic Centre, St. Vincent's Institute and O'Brien Institute<span name="x"></span><br></span></div></div></body></html>