<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">What about the potential for Australian produced content to be streamed to your nearest internet connected computer or tablet? Or better yet, exported via Netflix to a global audience?</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">Netflix solve a distribution issue, they’re not a studio. This being said, Netflix need the infrastructure to be present and that’s what this conversation is about. The NBN idea was meant to stimulate our industry to move beyond what it is now and enable businesses LIKE Netflix to set up and provide new services to Australia. (hence my dig at our dependance on mining)</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">IF the government was to talk to a business like Netflix and ask them what a fast growing online business needs to operate they’d hopefully be more receptive than listening to a bunch of complainers (I imagine the government looks at groups like this as whingers). </div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">netflix need - good connectivity, everywhere & local film and media content. - I think most people in AU want the same?</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">On 21 July 2014 at 12:03:59 pm, Lincoln Dale (<a href="mailto:ltd@arista.com">ltd@arista.com</a>) wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq"><span><div><div></div><div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Jacob
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On 21 July 2014 at 11:18:36 am, Mark Newton (<a href="mailto:newton@atdot.dotat.org" target="_blank">newton@atdot.dotat.org</a>) wrote:</div>
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The Government is entirely impotent in this area. They cannot
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<p>This is exactly where the mindset needs to change. </p>
<p>If the Government wants a business like Netflix and many others
to invest into Australia’s market then there should be incentives
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<div>umm. Just exactly what do you think the 'government' gets out
of Netflix and others offering services in Australia? And what
makes you think thats "investing in Australia" ?</div>
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<div>Employees in Australia? Not likely. At least not any more than
they would otherwise have.</div>
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<div>Equipment in Australia? Possibly. But I can pretty much
guarantee that not a single physical thing inside a server, disk,
NIC or switch has been manufactured in Australia.</div>
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<div>Netflix buying more of that 'stuff' may indirectly contribute
to suppliers to Netflix, but likely that doesn't magically result
in more tax $ to the Australian Government or magically promote
'investment' in Australia.</div>
<div>You think otherwise?<br></div>
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