“Winners grin but losers wait” – The National Broadband Network for WA

The National broadband Network, which has been a large topic Australia wide in connecting the country with broadband, communications and digital economy. It all comes down to politics and what each state and national government can do to provide the service of superfast broadband to all Australians in urban and regional towns (with optical fibre – FTTP). The attached article from Friday, March 30 in The West Australian describes the access of the broadband network in the next three years and the many suburbs and areas missing the cut for the service (described as areas lacking economic benefit). The article describes the squabble between NBN Co., Julia Gillard and opposing communications minister Malcolm Turnbull.

These proposed government projects, like many others is down to power and finances with governments continually promising, contesting and controlling the country and each state. My thoughts on the above article is similar to any other regulation pending through parliament and the community not getting their tax paying dollars’ worth.  It is above any persons control and the on-going time it seems to take to be completed. Many other projects that seem to take centuries for governments to complete, for example; freeway extensions, proposed sporting stadiums or any other infrastructure project, recently large news in Perth with the city waterfront project.

The comments back and forth by government leaders and always stating the opposite of each response to try and claim the right or wrong, but with politics who really knows what is right and wrong and what is best for the country? There are daily articles in the newspaper on each liberal and labour government policies and actions, all stating words like spokesman or spokeswoman and the arguments between each that seem never ending.  

I think the broadband network is way overdue as Australia seems far behind the rest of the world in the available communication resources, in saying that we are isolated compared to other countries. In projects like this, not everyone is going to be happy and at this point the only very central suburbs will benefit from the fast speed connection. I love how the article explains all the positive points from NBN Co. on the project and the opposition stating that NBN is behind its original targets. All that eventuates is which government can really do the right thing and make everyone happy? 

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/13300392/winners-grin-but-losers-wait/