Alan Parkington <patriot@iheartaustralia.com.au> wrote:

> From
> http://www.crn.com.au/News/73447,opi...and-wimax.aspx

> That's one way to save $1bn

Yep.

> - nuke a huge contract bequeathed to you by the previous government.

In spite of your promise not to do that.

> Today Senator Conroy has killed off the OPEL broadband deal which was supposed to bring wireless broadband to lots of
> places where you can't get broadband.

Because they only care about saving $1B.

> They were going to use WiMax, which has copped its fair share of criticism and argument about whether it was
> appropriate.

Leaves nothing for dead, fuckwit.

> The new government says no, it wasn't going to give the coverage promised in the tender.

Easy to claim, hell of a lot harder to actually substantiate that claim.

> The OPEL consortium begs to differ. We're yet to learn whether the lawyers will be the real winners if/when OPEL
> challenges the cancellation in court.

Bet they wont, because they want the $4.7B

> Well, as a real live rural and regional broadband user, I can reveal
> the unspoken secret out here which is that NextG already reaches more places than WiMax was designed to reach, and
> does it faster now (than the initial WiMax rollout promised).

You aint 'revealing' a damned thing, fuckwit.

> All the government needs to do for the bushies who can't get ADSL is subsidise the outrageous NextG broadband fees or
> smack Telstra with a large loofah until they drop their fees on NextG across the board. Heaven forbid the government
> should decide to take the NZ option and split Telstra into retail and wholesale. That's far too sensible.

Pity about the legality of that now.

> Maybe if they win another election?

> For those who haven't tried NextG outside the cities, it really does work in the most outrageous places, boldly giving
> signal where no other mobile network has had signal before.

Wota fucking wanker.

> This network not only gives good signal at my place, no longer requiring me to hop across the upper level driveway on
> one leg while using the phone, but even works while standing in the downstairs shower cubicle. We won't get into a
> discussion over why I would be using my mobile phone in the downstairs shower cubicle. This is research, OK? Suffice
> to say, it also works in all manner of dodgy locations, whereas the GSM and CDMA phones dragged along for reference
> get no signal. Heck, the GPS doesn't even think there are roads out here, but NextG can rustle up a rescue chopper.
> Don't cry over WiMax, get on board the NextG bandwagon and push!

Let go of your dick before you end up completely blind.