Comments on: We cannot allow the NBN to be the next home insulation fiasco: urgent review needed http://michaelferguson.com/2010/04/we-cannot-allow-the-nbn-to-be-the-next-home-insulation-fiasco-urgent-review-needed/ Liberal member for Bass Wed, 16 May 2012 08:49:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mrs Natasha Scully http://michaelferguson.com/2010/04/we-cannot-allow-the-nbn-to-be-the-next-home-insulation-fiasco-urgent-review-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Mrs Natasha Scully Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:34:33 +0000 http://michaelferguson.com/?p=1132#comment-458 The NBN is capable of connecting to rural property customers (including farmers and other businesses located on rural properties) by ensuring there are 'break out points' along the routes from town to town. This is not a highly expensive or difficult exercise to implement. Unfortunately the NBN have chosen not to do that. By ensuring there are these kinds of 'break out points' property owners would have options to connect to the NBN when they want. I think a lot of Australians tend forget that the farmers and rural businesses are the economic drivers and supports for many rural communities. They need broadband more than ever - whether it be for clever irrigation systems, education and training or to trade their produce on world markets. The NBN is capable of connecting to rural property customers (including farmers and other businesses located on rural properties) by ensuring there are ‘break out points’ along the routes from town to town. This is not a highly expensive or difficult exercise to implement. Unfortunately the NBN have chosen not to do that.

By ensuring there are these kinds of ‘break out points’ property owners would have options to connect to the NBN when they want. I think a lot of Australians tend forget that the farmers and rural businesses are the economic drivers and supports for many rural communities. They need broadband more than ever – whether it be for clever irrigation systems, education and training or to trade their produce on world markets.

]]> By: Mrs Lisa Verschuren http://michaelferguson.com/2010/04/we-cannot-allow-the-nbn-to-be-the-next-home-insulation-fiasco-urgent-review-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-452 Mrs Lisa Verschuren Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:59:59 +0000 http://michaelferguson.com/?p=1132#comment-452 I would like to know are WE going to be connected to the NBN? We live 9kms from the nearest town (by choice) and are unable to receive high speed Broadband. Hence, we are left to battle with a second rate satellite internet service which offers slow/inconsistent speeds due to weather interruptions or traffic and at a cost that is defies belief. This limits our daughters' education opportunities as she cannot access video conferencing or upload web pages for school assignments for the reasons above. I would like to enrol in an on-line adult education course, but I am unable to because of how disadvantaged we are with satellite internet. We are constantly hearing how great this fast NBN will be, but why are our tax dollars being used to pay for a scheme we may likely never have access to? We are not the only ones in this frustrating situation; I can bet there are thousands of homes Australia wide in the same unacceptable predicament. I would like to know are WE going to be connected to the NBN? We live 9kms from the nearest town (by choice) and are unable to receive high speed Broadband. Hence, we are left to battle with a second rate satellite internet service which offers slow/inconsistent speeds due to weather interruptions or traffic and at a cost that is defies belief. This limits our daughters’ education opportunities as she cannot access video conferencing or upload web pages for school assignments for the reasons above. I would like to enrol in an on-line adult education course, but I am unable to because of how disadvantaged we are with satellite internet. We are constantly hearing how great this fast NBN will be, but why are our tax dollars being used to pay for a scheme we may likely never have access to? We are not the only ones in this frustrating situation; I can bet there are thousands of homes Australia wide in the same unacceptable predicament.

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