tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post1919051172020639031..comments2024-03-29T13:03:12.535+11:00Comments on loon pond: You might think it's TGIF day, but for the pond is just another nausea day ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-40138819911559107752013-04-13T09:55:10.279+10:002013-04-13T09:55:10.279+10:00Ah, I just read what he had on the ABC. I'll g...Ah, I just read what he had on the ABC. I'll go and read the Crikey piece now.David Irving (no relation)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05728918405973140125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-80133251740433641432013-04-12T18:38:06.228+10:002013-04-12T18:38:06.228+10:00Sorry David, but here's what he wrote for Crik...Sorry David, but here's what he wrote for Crikey:<br /><br />The Coalition's policy and the accompanying 36-page backgrounder present a coherent and powerful argument. Most of it will be broadly familiar to anyone who's been paying attention to what Turnbull has been saying for the last three years -- as opposed to just whining that he doesn't get that FTTP is technically superior. He knows it is, but his argument is that technical superiority is not the only factor that needs to be considered ...<br /><br />He proceeded to pour cold water over Simon Hackett's arguments and graph, before wending his way to this:<br /><br /><br />Turnbull has factored in operational costs sourced from existing operators. He's also provided, on page 15, his working-out to challenge the notion that building FTTP in one hit now is, overall, cheaper than a two-step approach -- using the kind of modelling that investors are used to seeing. It's there to be challenged.<br /><br />Ultimately, it's a choice between two sets of beliefs. The Coalition's mix naturally includes "private ownership and an open, competitive market create more direct incentives for efficiency and lower prices for consumers" and "private investors are usually better placed than taxpayers to evaluate, fund and bear the risk of new investments in networks or technologies in an increasingly dynamic sector, and they've presented a business plan". Labor's naturally includes issues of equity and building infrastructure for the community good. That's been matched with the not-unreasonable technologists' beliefs about the empowering and enabling nature of data networks -- but they are nevertheless "just" beliefs.<br /><br />Etc etc. With this choice:<br /><br />And in any event, how much of this stuff should the government pay for, versus individual householders and businesses?<br /><br />Between now and September 14 the broadband battle will be fought on these two fronts: left-brain hard numbers and right-brain beliefs, gut feelings about the benefits versus the risks, and ideology.<br /><br />He shows every sign of having jumped the shark, and settled in Turnbull's camp. Sure he's cynical about what people will understand, but he absolutely doesn't mind Turnbull selling the pup. Maybe he dreams of running the new NBN for big Mal ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-7495572320818953692013-04-12T14:39:09.935+10:002013-04-12T14:39:09.935+10:00I don't think Stilgherrian was praising the co...I don't think Stilgherrian was praising the coalition's plan, he just reckons that most mug punters will think they're getting more-or-less the same thing as the govt's delivering, but cheaper and quicker. It's a triumph of image over substance (again).<br /><br />He may be right. Most people won't understand the differences between the two schemes, and I work with a bloke who's quite tech-savvy who doesn't see the problems with FTTN. I mean, he should know better, we're both IT Professionals, after all.<br />David Irving (no relation)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05728918405973140125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-43121537727886994962013-04-12T11:54:27.969+10:002013-04-12T11:54:27.969+10:00The piece referenced was written for the ABC, the ...The piece referenced was written for the ABC, the other pieces by Stilgherrian this week have been for Crikey. Neither could be remotely construed as Murdochian. <br />Perhaps Stilgherrian will explain his new "vision thing" and mention any corporate largesse in his weekly round up:<br /><br />http://stilgherrian.com/<br /><br />The pond fervently hopes that Turnbull's team drops a very large green box outside his home, and he stumbles into it regularly at night.dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-50203748943803592472013-04-12T09:52:43.223+10:002013-04-12T09:52:43.223+10:00Do you think Murdoch might have paid Stilgherrian?...Do you think Murdoch might have paid Stilgherrian? How much I wonder?iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-56156419028241598522013-04-12T08:39:08.554+10:002013-04-12T08:39:08.554+10:00Once I read Richardson and the effect was akin to ...Once I read Richardson and the effect was akin to the following:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cqBYF2jPB54<br /><br />Never again!<br /><br />higgs bosonnoreply@blogger.com