[AusNOG] NBN - military pretense?

[Peter Tonoli]

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? 




From: "John Glendenning" <glendenning.j at gmail.com> 
To: ausnog at ausnog.net, ausnog at lists.ausnog.net 
Sent: Wednesday, 13 October, 2010 9:25:23 AM 
Subject: [AusNOG] NBN - military pretense? 

Hi All, 

Ive been reading up on our military buildup and some of the proposed big spend. 

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. 

Surely the NBN is driven by lots of requirements, but how important do people think the military angle is? 

Have a read of this article I found http://www.mediaspy.org/forum/index.php?/topic/20752-several-nbn-questions-answered/ 

I love my consipracy theories! 



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Peter Tonoli <peter at medstv.unimelb.edu.au> 
IT Manager 
The University of Melbourne St. Vincent's Academic Centre, St. Vincent's Institute and O'Brien Institute 
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