oldhorse

I have spent the last half hour reading all the coments so far and like me every body is of the same opinion get out of the net and leave it to th industry , I have been in the communications industry for forty years plus and the only reason it is in a mess in this country is because of th political fiddling over the years by both sides of the fence , with ministers who had no technicl background and present included, they go with the so called political wishes of the minorities of the time and what will we end up with , the internet choked by filters that any young person today can burrow through in five minutes even with out the knowledge, a quick google search will provide the information. Then we go onto brodband well sorry to say all those who want those others to get the contract will get a big suprise when they findout their fixed line service quality may never be the same again, some services they have today will not work any more. These other companies are only in for the quick buck not the long term , look at the problems one has with their present mobile broadband , not enough back haul , who ever said you could provide good quality using radio backhaul. To run NBN you need fibre to with a radius of a least 800 metres of your house , only one comapny comes close to that now , how are these othrs going to do it , look what happened to one network in one state when they could not afford an effective backup network, same has to apply to broadband will they provide that , no it costs more money. Their is only one company that cane deliver.