To wireless, or not to wireless

The oo continue to remain undecided if we should go wireless or not in regards to the NBN

In their ever increasingly erratic position against anything NBN, it now appears that wireless is no good, providing that it sits within the NBN roll-out. Previously, they have been right behind the wireless 'solution', yet now, it appears that wireless is plagued with problems (duh).

PLANS for a wireless signal tower to deliver the National Broadband Network near Ballarat may face a legal challenge, with residents seeking advice on how to stop the development.

No Telework please, we're media

Considering the great lengths that the oo has gone to reveal about the NBN, such as how many customers to employees, how many have credit cards, and the all important, how bad for our health could it be, one would have thought that Conroy releasing a press release about an upcoming Telework Week would have been big news, particularly as it relates directly to this obviously hot topic issue.

Alas, a search of Bing and Google returned only one story dedicated to this release, and that was from a Fairfax paper. Even IT articles have written about it, so ignorance really cannot be the excuse.

I can only conclude that, considering the positive tone of the release, and the obvious benefits that the NBN will give to actions like Teleworking, that it really didn't fit in with the angle that the murdoch press is trying to sell us, in place of the actual news.

An Open Secret

Back in November 28, 2011, the oo ran with the 'breaking' story

CAPITAL spending on the National Broadband Network will top $50 billion and slower-than-expected development of digital video content could put at risk the financial returns for the ultra-fast network, a confidential report to Labor states. 

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 The full report by Greenhill Caliburn, obtained under Freedom of Information, also reveals that $50.6bn in capex would have been spent on the network by 2028.

Trouble is, although the oo may well have found this in a report they did indeed obtain from under FOI, these same figures have been available on the NBN's own website in their Corporate Plan 2011 - 2013 for over a year for anybody who was prepared to look, like, you know, a journalist perhaps. So, no, this is not some figure trying to be hidden away by the Government, it is a figure which was released over a year ago, and has been in the public domain all that time.

NBN Co does not leave local tech firms out in the cold

Recently reported in the oo came the headline

NBN Co leaves local tech firms out in the cold

In it, the story claimed

An analysis by The Australian reveals that of almost $7.4 billion worth of contracts with construction and manufacturing firms, $1.75bn - or 23 per cent - has been given to Australian-controlled companies.
The NBN Co disputes this figure, arguing it is closer to 50 per cent. The analysis has outraged local technology companies, which fear a greater use of skilled migrants as the NBN rollout gears up.

Blogger kezza2 at Crikey highlights the oo's artifice