A place where you can have all of your private data stored, within easy reach of the Taxation Department and other government instrumentalities, what a good idea
Digital Post Australia goes titsup in orderly fashion
Having fought a lawsuit against Australia Post (the nation's postal service) to have the right to offer its service, the much-hyped but ultimately-unwanted Digital Post Australia (DPA) is shutting down, saying its service is “not sustainable at this time”. DPA's closure might give pause to communications minister Malcolm …
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Thursday 19th June 2014 05:35 GMT RealFred
Re: Wrong business model
It wouldn't matter who the government of the day was, they still have your data in one place. Why would you only let the NBN build a network in Australia. They tried it before and you can see how well that went. Any government built network is a recipe for disaster. I don't see why they don't let private companies build their own networks, rather than having a government controlled network. It just makes it easy for the government to spy on and censor people. Remember the great Australian web filter, that was Conroys and labors attempt at controlling the internet. What a farce that was. The NBN was their next attempt, look how well that worked out
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Sunday 22nd June 2014 00:21 GMT Sorry that handle is already taken.
Re: Wrong business model
Private companies do have their own networks, and look how well that's turned out. Some highly populated areas have no fixed line broadband coverage at all.
The idea is that everyone should have access, and subscribers in areas the private companies have ignored (for whatever reason) are not excluded. This can pretty much only be done by governments because they are not driven solely by profit.
Private companies aren't prevented from providing a competing wholesale FTTP network. The access requirements are however specified; essentially anyone who wants to compete with the NBN has to offer the same level of access, coverage, and non-discriminatory pricing.
As for spying, do you think someone on Telstra's various broadband networks is any better protected? The NBN is also an OSI layer 2 service, which I believe effectively rules out content filtering at that level.
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Friday 20th June 2014 05:36 GMT John Tserkezis
Re: Why?
Agreed. I wondered the same thing.
I read the AustPost brochure, and looked for the icing on the cake. I couldn't find it.
Every service mentioned, I was either already using, or at least had the capability to use. From years earlier.
Especially notable was the cloud storage of bills and other "important" documents. Were they kidding?
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