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Australian Couple Quoted 1 Million to Connect to the NBN

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday June 14 2018, @01:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the golden-rules-make-golden-fools dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Once again the flailing Australian National Broadband Network is in the news with a couple in Melbourne being quoted up to 1.2 million dollars to connect to the NBN. The primary reason for this is the the house in question is seven kilometres of fibre would be needed to connect the property. With the copper network being switched off around Australian, even in places where it is still viable, the only option is to switch to the NBN unless a competing network already exists. The NBN has stated that it can cost $30,000 to run fibre for a "few hundred metres". It is getting to the point where it can be cheaper just to move house if the internet is bad.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 14 2018, @06:54PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 14 2018, @06:54PM (#693108)

    I'm completely okay with my money subsidizing [my family]

    You realize how irrelevant that is, right?

    What you really mean to say is "I'm completely okay with taking other people's money for subsidizing my family."

    That's different. Very different.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Popeidol on Friday June 15 2018, @06:31PM (1 child)

    by Popeidol (35) on Friday June 15 2018, @06:31PM (#693629) Journal

    You realize how irrelevant that is, right?

    Yep. Thats why I mentioned it was anecdotal and you were free to ignore it.

    What you really mean to say is "I'm completely okay with taking other people's money for subsidizing my family."

    I'm offering it as a perspective directly relevant to the story at hand, because it might be useful to others. I'm okay with my money subsidizing rural areas, which includes family and friends. I've also lived in a city my whole adult life and understand why some people disagree. Your opinions are your own, but if you want to argue the point, maybe bring an argument?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 16 2018, @12:52PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 16 2018, @12:52PM (#693930)

      What's irrelevant is not your anecdote, but rather the fact that you're talking about how you want to spend your own money!

      That's not the issue at all.

      The issue is whether you and others should have the right to spend other people's money.

      You have an opinion; I have an argument.