[AusNOG] "NBN Co to reserve data port for government"

[Alex Samad - Yieldbroker]

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Maybe this has been added by the request of our American FRIENDS, so that they  (US Government or Aus Government) can install surveillance equipment directly in each household
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From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Mark Newton
Sent: Wednesday, 17 July 2013 4:42 PM
To: Brad Gould
Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] "NBN Co to reserve data port for government"


On Jul 17, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Brad Gould <bradley at internode.com.au<mailto:bradley at internode.com.au>> wrote:


http://www.itnews.com.au/News/350209,nbn-co-to-reserve-data-port-for-government.aspx

Hmm. So everyone is going to run two LANs in their house, one for themselves and
one for government services?

I wonder how much bandwidth is going to be available for the government services when I
buy a 100/40 Mbps service from an RSP on "my" port?

(same thing that'll happen to the bandwidth for my "smart meter", I suppose)

Maybe the Government would be able to choose a different tack for service delivery if
it wasn't so terrified of the internet.  We're going to be approaching a world in which
all communications, entertainment, and remote service delivery is carried on the Internet
except those bits of communications, entertainment and remote service delivery that
come from the Commonwealth, because the Commonwealth is allergic deploying services
across the same transport everyone else uses.


  - mark


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