[AusNOG] Long live the NBN. The NBN is dead?! [personal]

[David Connors]

On 11 August 2010 17:45, Mark Newton <newton at internode.com.au> wrote:

> What do the South Koreans do online that's different to us?  Basically
> nothing.  They use web, they use peer-to-peer apps, they transact
> commerce;  All at 100 Mbps.
>

Oh they use the Internet VERY differently. Our offices used to be in a
building with a 24/7 Korean book store and Internet cafe. It was very
instructive, eg:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYMn3_bXrJU

That is what we can look forward to when "ping times" become as much a part
of the political debate as asylum seekers and pink batts scandals. Mind you,
it would be more enjoyable than watching football so maybe that is +1 for
the NBN.


> much the same way that we behave now.  Going from no internet access
> to ubiquitous internet access is a transformative step;  Going from
> dialup to broadband is also transformative, but perhaps less so.
> But going from broadband to faster broadband?  Not so much.
>

Bang on.

The government ads for the NBN show as much. 110 inch virtual blackboards
with the space shuttle on them in 3D zooming around - WTH!

My inner nerd wants fibre (and 1gbps point to point full duplex for $43bln
dammit) - but the $ are just too much and there are too many other things
more pressing in Australia that should deserve the national attention and $
first.

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