So Australia has a new Prime Minister, I have to admit Julia Gillard has something special, twice now we have had a leader in Julia that Australia did not choose outright, rather some one forced upon us by others The Labor party's major project the NBN is the different between the two major parties that the experts and most importantly the independents have identified.
Well not everyone agrees as these great articles one from the CNET Australia and the other from the Melbourne Age show why.
The NBN may now have gotten the go-ahead, but it's probably going to be years until fibre-optic cabling passes your house. In the meantime, the only way you're going to see NBN-like speeds in the 100Mbps range will be over cable infrastructure — if you can get it. But whether it's delivered over fibre or cable, what does the increased speed rating really mean in everyday usage? We set out to find out.
read the whole story here but the answer is not the speed in Australia
Fast broadband: hands on at 100Mbps
The other story details the myth that regional Australia
So, we're back to worrying about RARA - rural and regional Australia
There's a lot of righteous indignation on the part of many country people and, I suspect, quite a bit of sympathy on the part of city folk. But there are also a lot of misconceptions.
Many people have the impression there has been a continuous flow of people leaving the country for the big city. It's not that simple. The capital cities' share of Australia
read the whole article here but point two it is nothing but a myth that country Australia
