[AusNOG] GoodBye NBN

[Reuben Farrelly]

On 09/09/2013 11:43 AM, Mark Delany wrote:
> On 09Sep13, Paul Wallace allegedly wrote:
>
>> Last Saturday the people of Australia voted the supporters of FTTH out on &=
>>   voted the supporters of FTTN in.
>
> True.
>
>> That tells us that more people don't care about the problems to do with the=
>>   copper CAN than people who do care.
>
> Post hoc ergo propter hoc. IOWs, not true.
>
> It's more likely that larger issues like economic performance, cost of
> living and employment levels dominated their decision-making and that
> the NBN simply didn't rise to the surface as the most important
> factor. Much as that might surprise us technocrats.
>
> It says nothing about what people prefer. Indeed, surveys on the
> matter have routinely shown preference for the FTTH variant.

Yes - I was just about to post saying the same.

http://theconversation.com/australia-what-do-you-think-of-the-nbn-17647

... noting 64% of the responders were "positive" about the NBN.

One would hope the Coalition would be "mindful" about the public 
sentiment if the NBN rollout was significantly modified, given how much 
public support there seems to be for the NBN to date.

Reuben