Tuesday, December 17, 2013

NBN trounced by regional offering from locals with an eye for enterprise | Technology | theguardian.com

NBN trounced by regional offering from locals with an eye for enterprise | Technology | theguardian.com: "As arguments on the national broadband network continue, some people have taken matters into their own hands

More than 15 years ago, an optic-fibre cable was laid from Sydney to Melbourne. It went through public and private land, up hill and down dale at a time when ordinary users and businesses were only starting to understand the potential of the great, rambling beast known as the internet.
When it came to our area, a community-minded farming family refused to let the cable be laid through their farm land unless a connection was made to our local town.
For years, the cable lay idle and its ownership changed as local business, council and community groups tried to figure out a way to use it without pouring in great chunks of capital not available to a country town."

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