Source: papundits.wordpress.com --- Thursday, December 15, 2016
By Andrew Bolt ~ Here in Australia, Maurice Newman says the NBN (National Broadband Network) disaster is becoming too obvious to keep off the books : Labor promised to “connect 90 per cent of Australian homes, schools and workplaces with broadband services, with speeds up to 100 megabits per second — 100 times faster than those currently used by many households and businesses”. It undertook to “connect all other premises in Australia with next-generation wireless and satellite technologies that will be (sic) deliver broadband speeds of 12 megabits per second, (and) directly support up to 25,000 local jobs every year, on average, over the eight-year life of the project”… The government planned to be the majority shareholder, but it said “significant private sector invest (sic) in the company is anticipated”… Fast forward to mid-2016. With around nine months of the projected eight years to run, instead of 25,000 jobs, 8000 people are employed directly or as subcontractors. Just more than 1.1 million connections, a tiny fraction of the 90 per cent of homes, schools and workplaces, promised, have been made. Of those, only 15 per cent opted for the top speed of 100Mbps. A third took the slowest speed of 12Mbps. Concerned by the NBN’s shortcomings, the Coalition government in 2013 called for a rushed strategic review. It exposed inefficiencies and warned of delays and huge cost blowouts, requiring peak funding of up to $73.6bn. Malcol ...
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