hotstocks, there is lots of misinformation about the NBN out there, and some unfounded outrageous claims. I haven't heard much that Alan Jones has said about the NBN, but that was a gem about his reason the NBN would be outdated.
Because of some of the uninformed outrageous claims that were being made about the NBN in 2010.
Claims like the Internet is fast enough and we don't need to invest in a faster network.
I wrote this (below) to highlight that what is the normal for today, will not necessarily be the normal in 10 to 15 years time when the NBN is planned to be finished.
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10 or 15 years ago when 56Kbps was king, a decision is made to limit each household to download only one Picture and one Text email at a time. There was no reason anyone would need to download any more than that at one time.
You can only fit around 4 large pictures on a single Floppy Disk, so why would you need to download more than one at a time?
Anyway, it's not like you can see more than one picture at a time.
You can always download the picture overnight or while you cut the grass.
Dial up is all we need, we don't need to spent money on expensive equipment for that so called Broadband.
It's not like anyone will use the Internet for Business purposes. Who would even bother trying to advertise on the Internet or sell products on the Internet. Sell cars on the Internet, how ridiculous. Next you will be telling me that there are companies that will employ people and make money from the Internet.
Work from home using the Internet? Hello! a reality check, you don't need the Internet to work from home.
Have information at your finger tips off the Internet? It can be done now, just connect to a BBS, select what you want and download. In the morning if the download is finished, you will be able to read that information. It's not like you can do anything with the information until the next day anyway.
Pay bills on the Internet? Are you stupid, you can't put cheques or money through the modem.
Do your Banking on the Internet, didn't you just hear what I said, you can't put cheques or money through the modem.
All I can say is that you are lucky that I am planning the future for this country, otherwise you would waste all that money on expensive equipment for that so called Broadband.
